Heart breaking: Auburn tigers head coach summited his resignation letter to the management…….

All week long, Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze said that despite next week’s Iron Bowl looming large, Saturday’s matchup against the New Mexico State Aggies would have he and the Tigers’ full attention.

After all, the Aggies were coming to Jordan-Hare Stadium riding a six-game win streak and were piloted by the same starting quarterback who was responsible for six total touchdowns against a Freeze-led Liberty team last season.

Freeze said he believed two things: New Mexico State was one of the best Group-of-5 teams in the country and that the Aggies had the potential to sting the Tigers.

And Jerry Kill’s New Mexico State team proved both to be true Saturday as the Aggies stunned the Tigers 31-10 from Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday night.

The loss was Auburn’s first ever to a Conference USA opponent and the first to a Group-of-5 team since 1991, when it lost to Southern Miss.

Meanwhile, Saturday’s result gives New Mexico State its first win over a SEC opponent in program history.

Here are the takeaways from Saturday’s disaster, which snapped the Tigers’ three-game win streak and dropped them to 6-5 (3-4 SEC) on the year.

Auburn couldn’t have asked for a better start last week against Arkansas.

Come Saturday afternoon, however, the Tigers couldn’t have asked for a much worse start.

With New Mexico State quarterback Diego Pavia starting under center despite being listed a “day-to-day” earlier in the week, the Aggies’ offense generated an 11-yard, 75-yard opening drive that ended in a 9-yard touchdown pass from Pavia to running back Kordell David.