Hugh Freeze is the new head coach of Auburn football and the storylines are plentiful. 

Freeze returns to the SEC after resigning as head coach of Ole Miss prior to the start of the 2017 season after a "pattern of personal misconduct" was discovered, including that Freeze had placed calls to numbers associated with an escort service from his work phone. 

It’s also no secret that Auburn was interested in current Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin, turning to Freeze after Kiffin signed a new deal to remain in Oxford, Mississippi. 

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And then there are the storylines that will take place between the lines on the football field. 

At Auburn, there is one job – beat Alabama. 

It’s been three years since the Tigers found a way to beat Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide, and the Auburn faithful are hopeful the program has found the right man to flip the script.

Freeze has defeated Saban twice in his career, scoring back-to-back wins over Alabama in 2014 and 2015 while at Ole Miss. 

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He understands the importance of the Iron Bowl, telling reporters at his introductory press conference that he welcomes the challenge Alabama presents. 

"You don’t take this job if you’re not built to want that," Freeze said when asked about the future matchups with Saban. "I welcome that. I want it. I want to be in that arena." 

"I have great respect for Nick," he continued. "He and Mrs. Terry have been great friends to us too, but I hope they’re a little nervous today."

Freeze takes over on The Plains after going 34-15 at Liberty University in four years as head coach. 

Auburn has not won more than nine games since the 2017 season. 

President Biden's administration has pledged an additional $53 million in aid to Ukraine to assist in fixing the war-torn country's electrical grid.

The $53 million will be used largely to purchase circuit breakers and distribution transformers, according to The New York Times. The funds come as part of a multinational effort to bolster Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which has been targeted with Russian missile strikes for more than a month.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces shifted toward targeting Ukraine's power and water stations in early October, seeking to make Ukrainian citizens suffer through the country's bitter winter.

In total, the U.S. has sent nearly $20 billion in military aid to Ukraine since Russia's invasion began in February.

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The Biden administration is already struggling to track those funds, as Republicans warn of impending audits once they take control of the House in January.

Likely future House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said his party will not be giving Ukraine a "blank check" to fend off Russia's invasion. A potential audit would determine how much, if any, of the U.S. aid is ending up in the wrong hands. The Biden administration's previous tracking efforts have inspected only a fraction of the aid provided to the country.

The Republican push to ramp up oversight enjoys some bipartisan support in Congress. Some staunch Ukraine allies fear the party will cut off aid to the country entirely, however.

The lawmakers agree that current monitoring efforts appear woefully inadequate, with the Biden administration inspecting just 10% of the 22,000 weapons the U.S. has provided to Ukraine between February and November 1, according to the Washington Post.

McCarthy has based his criticism of the aid packages on America's economic situation as the economy threatens to fall into a recession.

"I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine," McCarthy said last month. "They just won’t do it. … It’s not a free blank check."