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Chizik knows it is not just him leading the charge for AU
There’s no reason to doubt Gene Chizik when he says, “It’s not about me.”
He’s right.
He’s right when he said it about the success his football team had in his first season on the Plains.
And he’s right when he said it about the recent raises and contract extensions he and his staff received two weeks ago.
Gene Chizik says he’s not about the money. And, again, I wouldn’t doubt it.
Sure, $2.1 million a year is way more than most people make (in a lifetime), but, compared to some of the top coaches in the country — and a few in his conference — it’s peanuts. Really, really nice peanuts.
Auburn’s A-Day game is going global.
The Worldwide Leader, ESPN, will be picking up a live feed of Auburn’s A-Day game and will broadcast it to the masses on ESPNU.
The game is set for Saturday, April 17, with a 1 p.m. kickoff.
This announcement comes one day after ESPN declared it would televise National Champion Alabama’s spring game. The games are set for the same day, with Alabama’s kicking off one hour later.
Perhaps this will force Gene Chizik to go by a normal scoring system. Last year’s, which rewarded points to the offense and defense for just about everything, probably wouldn’t be TV-friendly.
War Damn Dyer...Welcome to the Family Michael!!
That’s right Auburn fans, it’s National Signing Day. A day when all college football fans get to brag about what place
they came in for untested talent. Will this be Auburn’s best class ever? Only time will tell. Check back often as our resident poster and now official updater Chopper will be bringing you the latest signees.
Official Signees (faxes received) **Page will be modified often, check back!!**
1. Brenham (Tex.) Blinn C.C. QB Cameron Newton – enrolled
2. Visalia (Ca.) College of the Sequoias OL Roszell Gayden – enrolled
3. Coffeyville (Kan.) C.C. TE Brandon Mosley – enrolled
4. Ariton (Ala.) High DE Craig Sanders – enrolled
5. Buford (Ga.) High LB Jessel Curry – enrolled
6. Jupiter (Fla.) High PK Cody Parkey
7. Atlanta (Ga.) Washington WR Antonio Goodwin
8. Kansas City (Mo.) Park Hill P Steven Clark
9. Springville (Ala.) High WR Jeremy Richardson
10. Greenville (Ala.) High DT Kenneth Carter
By: THS
You never accept losing. You never proclaim moral victories. You never make excuses. You always take responsibility for your performance.
Auburn…
- But we’re going to break the rules. I just can’t get upset with this team right now. I did that enough after the LSU game. Our guys have busted their butts all year. It’s been a hell of a fight to turn the program back around. I wish I could go on another diatribe about Chizik’s future, but this rollercoaster of a season has silenced any opinions. Think about what we HAVE accomplished:
Lets put Neil in, he can't be any worse. Right?...Right?!?
By: Kevin Strickland
In the aftermath of another abysmal, soul-wrecking performance, the now 5-3 Auburn Tigers are searching for silver linings in some very dark clouds.
Lets get this out of the way. There is almost nothing positive to take from the 31-10 thrashing delivered by LSU Saturday night. Search if you will, but there are no silver linings. There are no bronze linings. There are no linings of any color, only clouds. Menacing clouds.
If there’s any solace at all to be wrung from the shockingly bad display, it would be that career backup quarterback Neil Caudle came off the bench when the outcome was decided, played with enthusiasm and reckless abandon and made plays that neither starter Chris Todd or designated “wildcat” Kodi Burns have shown any recent capability of making.
By: Kevin Strickland
Saturday’s showdown between first-year coaches Lane Kiffin of Tennessee and Gene Chizik of Auburn offers a variety of interesting subplots. As both replaced coaching legends whose stars had dimmed, and as each are tasked with re-establishing the proud traditions of their respective programs, this head-to-head matchup is inevitably a major benchmark in measuring the progress of each.
Come Sunday morning, Tiger fans will have more reason to boast while Volunteer supporters will be left scratching their heads and wondering when they’ll be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
The meeting between the Tigers and Volunteers is a study in contrasts. In everything from the demeanor of their head coaches to their respective strengths and weaknesses, the two teams are polar opposites.
Chizik is low key. He gives little to the media beyond standard coaching cliches and pat phrases. His press conferences are virtually interchangeable. He’s cautious, reserved and evokes a business only aura.
Chizik and Auburn Get no Respect.
By: Kevin Strickland
Auburn head football coach Gene Chizik schlumped into his weekly press conference, flopped wearily into his chair, adjusted the microphone, and issued a resigned sigh.
He reached up, tugged at the knot of his tie and eyes bulging declared:
“No respect, I tell ya. We get no respect at all.
“When the polls came out on Sunday, I sent an email to one of the voters. Told him I was climbing up to the top of Samford Tower and was going to jump. They sent Brother Chette to talk to me. He says ‘Ready…Set…’
“No respect.
“I ran into Coach Dye when we went out to eat the other night. I asked him what he thought about the execution of our special teams. He says it sounds like a good idea to him.
Still no love for the 4-0 Auburn Tigers
By: Kevin Strickland
The Auburn Tigers out-punched the Ball State Cardinals 54-30 Saturday night to move to 4-0 on the season. If history is any indicator, the hot start bodes well for Tiger fortunes.
Only 27 teams in Auburn history have started a season 4-0. Eight of those occurred after 1974.
Of the eight teams in the last 35 years that started 4-0, only two failed to win at least ten games. The 1994 Tigers reeled off nine before a closing with a tie and a loss. Auburn started 2000 with five consecutive wins before fading to 4-4 down the stretch.
Two of the eight finished the season without a loss.
Only one of the eight lost more than two games.
Three of the eight won the SEC West (one other would have but was on probation).
By: Kevin Strickland
Could this be a magical season?
Auburn 41 – West Virginia 30.
This is Auburn football.
It’s not the Auburn football your grandfather remembers. It’s not the Auburn football your father remembers. In fact, it’s not even the Auburn football you remember unless you were born prior to Sept. 5, 2009.
Auburn fell behind 14-0 and trailed 21-10 to the visiting West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday night before rallying behind an opportunistic defense and a determined offense to fell WVU.
Auburn 41, West Virginia 30.
This is a different kind of Tiger football team.
No disrespect to former coach Tommy Tuberville, whose teams won their share of thrilling, emotional, nationally relevant games, but digging out of a hole when the opponent had momentum wasn’t one of their strong points.
Arkansas 27, Auburn 10
Georgia 35, Auburn 17
By: Kevin Strickland
The former champion lay battered and bruised on the canvas, belted to the ground by a faster opponent with a chip on his shoulder.
Months of conditioning and reconditioning, a complete change in attitude and approach led him precisely where he was the last time he’d battled this challenger — flat on his back.
In the stands, his family covered their eyes and screamed “Stop the fight!”
Not this time.
The former champion got to his feet and waded back in. More blows rained down.
The former champion took each shot, staggered but didn’t fall. Instead he taunted his opponent. “You ain’t so bad. You ain’t so bad. I ain’t even breathing hard.”
The champ took punch after punch, daring the opponent to knock him out.
When the challenger failed to bring him down, the ex champ went on the attack and felled his opponent with a barrage of shots to the head.
