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AU FOOTBALL: 5 questions the Tigers must answer this spring

Chizik is excited...are you?

Spring football is finally here, and all the uncertainty that comes with it has arrived as well.

Compared to last year, when Gene Chizik and his newly hired staff were prepared to oversee their first spring practice at Auburn, there are far fewer questions when it comes to the overall vibe and feel of a Chizik-led spring. And with a bevy of returning starters on both sides of the ball, there are certainly fewer jobs up for grabs.

Yet there is still plenty to ponder starting today when the Tigers host their first of 15 important practices at the Auburn Athletic Complex.

Here are the five biggest questions heading into it.

1. Who will be the quarterback?
It’s not Auburn these days without this question popping up at this time of the year.

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By: Mike Szvetitz | Opelika Auburn News

How’s your bracket looking?

That good? Yeah, mine, too.

Well it’s not like you have to pretend to care about college basketball anymore, now that spring football is kicking off.

Oh, and how’s Auburn’s search for a new basketball coach? Yeah, it’s still going.

Now, what’s that you said about spring football?

Oh, yeah, it starts today. Like you didn’t know.

Of course you did. You’ve been holding your breath ever since Auburn’s 500-play, overtime win over Northwestern in the Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day, only coming up for air on National Signing Day at the beginning of February.

Now, you can rest easy as the Tigers begin preparations for the 2010 football season.

And this year is just as handwringing as last year. Probably more.