Tommy Thigpen (center) celebrates a Carolina win with Butch Davis (right).   While it remains to be seen whether Gene Chizik can get it done on the field, there’s no question he’s determined to get it right on the recruiting trail. He continued on the theme of hiring top recruiters yesterday when he hired Continue Story…

Led by Tay Waller’s career high 32 points, Auburn stunned Mississippi State this evening at the Beav. Auburn now pulls even in the conference with a 5-5 record, but is still in third place in the west behind the Bulldogs, who dropped to 6-4. LSU, at 8-1, leads the division. HC Jeff Lebo has now Continue Story…

  The next four games are huge for Auburn. Reader sentiment rarely surprises me at Track’em Tigers. This past Monday was the exception. Writing about the struggles of Auburn basketball coach Jeff Lebo, I asked readers to weigh in on whether the fifth-year coach should be fired at season’s end. Based on his record, I expected an Continue Story…

War Eagle, everybody! Time now to once again honor our departed head coach of the past decade, with another celebration of one of his greatest games. On October 2, 2004, Auburn traveled to the mountains of east Tennessee, to play the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville. The Tigers had not won in Neyland Stadium since 1983, Continue Story…

Mississippi State is now represented on the SB Nation with a new blog, For Whom the Cowbell Tolls. Pretty clever name. You guys run over say and say howdy if you like. See if you can find out how new HC Dan Mullen got off to such a quick start in recruiting down there in Starkville.

I’m preparing a thread over at sister SB Blog Track ‘Em Tigers to determine who every team in the SEC ranks as their three biggest football rivals and compare the cross-over. I’d like to know who Kentucky fans feel are their top three conference rivals, either current or past. Please help me out and vote in this Continue Story…

I’m preparing a thread over at sister SB Blog Track ‘Em Tigers to determine who every team in the SEC ranks as their three biggest rivals and compare the cross-over. I’d like to know who Carolina fans feel are their top three conference rivals, either current or past. Please help me out and vote in this poll and Continue Story…