Three big storylines ahead of Auburn and UMass

The Hugh Freeze era of Auburn football officially gets underway this Saturday. It will mark the third different head coach to man the sidelines inside Jordan-Hare Stadium in the last three years. There's palpable difference in the atmosphere around Auburn these days. Maybe it's the immediate recruiting results, maybe it's Freeze's resume that includes success in the SEC, but there's a feeling that this coaching staff and program is in capable hands. That feeling was rarely evident the last two years. It'll be hot, but a new capacity crowd of 88,043 is expected to be in attendance for the Tigers and the Minutemen on Saturday afternoon. The energy certainly won't reflect that of a routine non-conference game to open the season, more like an important SEC game. Here's three big storylines, from Auburn Live's perspective, heading into the season opener that Auburn's athletic department is calling "Kickoff on the Plains."