VanGorder’s comments about Auburn’s defense leave Chizik puzzled
Brian VanGorder’s defense is struggling to say the least. They’re giving up 435.5 yards per game and are on track to break last season’s record for the worst single-season defense in Auburn history....
View ArticleRivalries highlight Turkey Week
Revenge is a dish best served cold. The proverbial phrase holds meaning on the gridiron, especially in the Southeastern Conference when rivalry games often feature nationally-ranked SEC heavyweights...
View ArticleNCAA investigating Auburn’s football program
A report from Yahoo! says that Auburn is being investigated by the NCAA, again. Here’s the report from Pat Forde at Yahoo! Sports: According to multiple sources, NCAA investigators have been working...
View ArticleHow many head coaches will say goodbye to the SEC this weekend?
Derek Dooley has already said his goodbyes to a conference that wasn’t so nice to him during his tenure at Tennessee, as he was canned shortly after Vanderbilt skull-pounded Dooley’s Vols 41-18....
View ArticleAuburn fires Gene Chizik
Gene Chizik has been fired as the head coach at Auburn. Athletic Director Jay Jacobs released the following letter to fans: I have recommended that Coach Gene Chizik not be retained. President Gogue...
View ArticleRegular Season Recap: Auburn
Auburn Tigers Final Record: 3-9 overall, 0-8 SEC Coming off a national championship in 2010, falling of the proverbial football cliff is unexpected. So, when Auburn started the season 1-7, you knew...
View ArticleHas Saban already out-Beared Bryant?
Hold your houndstooth hats if you disagree. The Nick Saban-Bear Bryant debate will wage on until Saban notches yet another national championship in the near future, and then maybe you will finally...
View ArticleGene Chizik releases statement passionately denying cheating allegations
Former Auburn head coach Gene Chizik released a statement denying the involvement portrayed in the Mike McNeil report on Roopstigo.com. You can read the full report here. Chizik’s full statement:...
View Article5 SEC teams looking for revivals in 2013
Don’t you just love good ole’ southern tent revivals? If you’ve watched college football at all for the past few years, you’ve learned that the game we are so passionate about is very cyclical. Former...
View ArticleGene Chizik predicts how Auburn will finish in 2014
Gene Chizik isn’t that far removed from SEC football. Just two short years ago, Chizik was gearing up for his final season on The Plains that delivered an uninspired 3-9 record that eventually got him...
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Auburn’s Lost Class: Why Tuberville Should Shoulder Some Blame For Auburn’s...
For most of the past thirty years, Auburn has been a major player in the SEC. One has to wonder with the great recruiting classes Gene Chizik and staff have brought to Auburn, how have they fallen so...
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The SEC’s Best Teams in Big Games
Photo from Icon SMI We’ve all seen Les Miles work his magic in the waning seconds, Florida dominate under the national spotlight in Gainesville and Alabama man-handle the competition against the...
View ArticleMidseason SEC Coaches Power Ranking; Who’s No. 1?
We have reached the midseason mark on the 2011 season. The first half has flown by, and week seven will start the second half. We looked in the preseason at the coaches’ power ranking back in July, and...
View ArticleVIDEOS: Auburn vs Florida Preview & Coach Interviews
Here are interviews with the coaches about the upcoming game: Who will win this game? Florida or Auburn?
View ArticleAuburn’s Gus Malzahn Taking Arkansas State Head Coaching Position
Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn is reportedly taking the Arkansas State head coaching vacancy. This will be the second coordinator Gene Chizik has lost in a matter of weeks, as defensive...
View ArticleMichael Dyer To Arkansas State A Done Deal?
Things are crazy this time of year, real crazy. Coaches are getting fired and other coaches are leaving for promotions. But what usually does not happen is a big-time established SEC football player...
View ArticleSigning Class Report Card: Auburn Tigers
Biggest Needs: Auburn followed up their BCS National Championship season with an 8-5 record and exceeded most of the so-called “expert” expectations in the 2011 campaign. One of the biggest issues to...
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Important Off-Season Improvement: Auburn
Icon SMI - Clint Moseley Continuing the series in off-season improvements is the Auburn Tigers. The Auburn Tigers had an okay season in 2011 after coming off an unbelievable season and a National...
View ArticleNick Saban Voted Most Intimidating Head Coach By Recruits
Rivals.com, the former premier college football rankings site on the internet, recently hosted a camp called the “Rivals 100 Five-Star Challenge”. The camp featured some of the biggest and best...
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‘Twas A Month Before Football
‘Twas a month before football, and all through the South, Rabid fans everywhere were running their mouth. The schedules were set for the season with care, In hopes that college playoffs soon would be...
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Meet the Wives of SEC West Coaches
Before football season gets started, let’s introduce you to the women behind each of the coaches in the SEC. Here’s the link to meet the wives of the SEC East Coaches. Below is a brief introduction to...
View ArticleAuburn impact freshmen
During the 2011 football season, the Auburn Tigers saw 15 of its 24 freshmen signees receive playing time. Some saw the field because coaches felt they were ready, while others played out of necessity....
View ArticleSEC coaches’ preseason stock watch
Here’s SDS’ preseason stock watch for all SEC coaches, and we welcome four newcomers in the process in Gary Pinkel, John L. Smith, Kevin Sumlin and Hugh Freeze. All four newcomers have their work cut...
View ArticleMiss State a must win for Auburn and Chizik
Auburn makes the trip to Starkville this weekend, and there may be more at stake than a simple (simple?) win in the SEC west. Gene Chizik and the Tigers will attempt to avoid its first 0-2 start since...
View ArticleGene Chizik joins Dooley and Phillips on hot seat
Joker Phillips. Derek Dooley. And now, Gene Chizik. Chizik lost ‘the game’ he couldn’t lose Saturday against Mississippi State, and the Tigers didn’t even pose a threat the entire game. The 28-10 final...
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Gene Chizik and an increasingly disgruntled fan base
The 28-10 dismantling of the Auburn Tigers at the hands of Mississippi State (28-3 if not for a 100-yard kickoff return by Onterio McCalebb) reminded the subjective SEC fans what the objective ones...
View ArticleWhat’s next for Gene Chizik and Auburn?
When fans took a look at the 2012 Auburn football schedule last spring, many skimmed right by the Louisiana Monroe game. After all, the Tigers’ home opener is sandwiched between a pair of games against...
View ArticleWhat we’ve learned in the SEC after three weeks
Twenty-three percent of the college football season is now over. Soak that in. We are now entering week four, and by the time next Sunday rolls around, a quarter of the season will be in the books....
View ArticleKiehl Frazier: A tale of two halves
For Auburn’s Kiehl Frazier, it’s already been a long season. The sophomore quarterback from Springdale, AR., has struggled mightily, prompting many Tigers fans to call for his benching. Frazier’s play...
View ArticleAuburn fallout with an Arkansas loss?
For head coach Gene Chizik, Saturday’s contest in Auburn against the Arkansas Razorbacks will be the most crucial game of his career. We’ve already said (seemingly ad nauseum) that Chizik and Auburn...
View ArticleGene Chizik apologizes to fans after Arkansas and vows to give offense an...
Gene Chizik may have the lost the game he couldn’t afford to lose Saturday against the dreadful Razorbacks 24-7. The Hogs were giving up over 500 yards of total offense and over 40 points per game on...
View ArticleAuburn’s quarterback crises
Most Auburn fans entered the 2012 season with tempered expectations. Those same semi-optimistic hopes have now faded to keeping their fingers crossed that their Tigers don’t get dominated on a weekly...
View ArticleChizik’s wife takes to social media to try and rally Auburn fans
We know Gene Chizik has at least one supporter – his wife Jonna. She posted a message via her Facebook page in an effort to try and rally the Auburn fan base. “Social media can be a very powerful...
View ArticleWill Chizik survive next two weeks?
Here we go, again. The tumultuous 2012 year that has seen the Tigers get off to a 1-4 start has hardly been enjoyable to fans around the Plains. The narrative has quickly gone from wondering whether...
View ArticleTwo programs heading in different directions meet in Oxford
To the average college football fan, Auburn-Ole Miss will be a snoozer that many won’t even pay attention to. However, I’ll be tuning in to see the storylines within the game: Ole Miss is trying to win...
View ArticleWhy the Auburn coaching situation could get ugly
Auburn finds itself in quite an interesting predicament right now with head coach Gene Chizik. The Auburn Tigers are clearly underachieving. Sitting at a 1-4 record (0-3 in conference) with their lone...
View ArticleMid-season SEC coaches’ power rankings
Now that over half the 2012 season is in the books, let’s take a look at the coaches’ power rankings for this season, shall we? Top Shelf: Nick Saban If you can have one coach in all of college...
View ArticleGeorgia out to make a statement against Kentucky
By most accounts, Kentucky has thrown in the towel this season. Trailing by 42 points during a dismal effort last week against Arkansas, the Wildcats were saved in the third quarter from the worst loss...
View ArticleOpportunity Saturday: What’s at stake this weekend
Separation Saturday was two weeks ago. This weekend, teams have a serious opportunity to go ahead and accomplish several items and goals on the agenda for 2012. This weekend is Opportunity Saturday. 1....
View ArticleWill the SEC see four head coaching vacancies?
Four teams that are really struggling through the first half of the season are Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee. Along with those four teams, the head coaches are feeling more and more heat as...
View ArticleVideo: Pete Roussel thinks Gene Chizik returns to Auburn next season
Senior editor of CoachingSearch.com Pete Roussel thinks Gene Chizik returns no matter how Auburn finishes.
View Article8 major storylines in the SEC this weekend
Week nine is just two days away, and the SEC features eight huge storylines this weekend: 1. Closeout Saturday: Undefeated Florida can put a bow on the SEC East with a win over Georgia, boosting them...
View ArticleJohnny Manziel looks to rebound against struggling Tigers
This time last week, many were very optimistic about the Aggies’ chances to upset the favored LSU Tigers at Kyle Field. And for much of the first half – and you could argue for much of the game –...
View ArticleDid the Aggies deliver Chizik’s walking papers?
As if Gene Chizik’s job wasn’t in jeopardy already, Texas A&M’s 63-point outburst on the Plains Saturday night may have ended any chances of the War Eagles’ leader returning to the sidelines next...
View ArticlePhillips just the first of many SEC coaching casualties
Joker Phillips was informed on Sunday he would no longer be Kentucky’s head football coach next season. In other news, the sky is blue. Phillips became the first SEC lame duck coach to receive his...
View ArticleTrap game for UGA on the Plains?
The short, 72-mile trek to Atlanta on Dec. 1 should be a pleasant drive for Georgia fans. Mark Richt would have his second SEC East title in as many years and the fifth-ranked Bulldogs (8-1) would be...
View ArticleAuburn making plans to fire Gene Chizik, report says
A report from 247Sports.com (pay link) said that Auburn president Jay Gogue has informed members of the board of trustees they are ‘preparing to possibly’ dismiss head coach Gene Chizik after the...
View ArticleRecapping the SEC coaching news this week
The coaching carrousel got kicked off this past week in the SEC, and it’s only just the beginning of a whirlwind of changes coming. Here is a recap of all the news that happened this week: Kentucky...
View ArticleGeorgia saving its best for last
As many Bulldogs would attest, Saturday’s win at Auburn wasn’t supposed to be that easy. Was it? From the outside looking in, I too thought the flatlined fighting Gene Chizik’s would at least put up...
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