Posts Tagged ‘Gene Chizik’


Never Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good Story

By Posted on: April 23rd, 2013 in Featured Article, Football, News 16 Comments »
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                     Gene Chizik met with the media Monday and called the ESPN/Selena Roberts                      report “absurd.” By now most well informed Auburn people are aware of the facts that have come out completely refuting the innuendos, half Continue Story…

The [unnamed source] Who Cried Wolf

By Posted on: April 5th, 2013 in Featured Article, Football, News 26 Comments »

Pack it up, folks. It’s time to give in. We had a good run but the jig is up. Auburn football is doomed. If only I had a nickel for every time I have heard that in the previous three years. Auburn University Athletics (football specifically) has once again found itself facing sensationalized accusations.  I Continue Story…

Monday Musings

By Posted on: March 24th, 2013 in Baseball, Basketball, Football, News, Other Sports 5 Comments »
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A New Era in Accessibility. Expect to see a lot more of the Auburn football team this spring. While former coach Gene Chizik preferred keeping a lid on practices, Gus Malzahn is opening things up a bit. While we won’t be returning to the open policies of Tommy Tuberville, the media will have a half Continue Story…

Will Auburn’s Gogue Finally Take Action?

By Posted on: March 11th, 2013 in Football 21 Comments »
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So this is what it’s like to be Vanderbilt? In defense of the Commodores, even they can’t say they’ve finished last in the SEC’s two major sports in the same season. But Auburn can. For those at home keeping score, 13 teams finished ahead of the Tigers in both basketball and football this academic year. Continue Story…

When Did We Start Believing…

By Posted on: January 17th, 2013 in Football 13 Comments »

…In Gus and his offense?(Outstanding video courtesy of the Auburner!)      War Eagle, everybody! It may be the bleak mid-winter outside, but I still can’t keep from thinking about Auburn football! While we prepare for a couple of inches of snow in Alabama today, let’s think back to where this football team was just four Continue Story…

In Gus We Trust – Or Bust

By Posted on: December 28th, 2012 in Featured Article, Football 11 Comments »
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All In – Those two words became ingrained within our subconscious during the previous coaching regime. Ever since Auburn’s run to the national championship in 2010 it has been second only to, “War Eagle,” and for good reason, because All In fits in very well with the current state of Auburn football. Newly hired head-coach, Continue Story…

Hurry Up and Wait

By Posted on: December 7th, 2012 in Featured Article, Football 71 Comments »
Gus Malzahn will lead Auburn into a new football era.

Tom has Jerry, Batman has the Joker, Charles Barkley has his golf swing, and now Nick Saban has Gus Malzahn. For the first time in many months, Auburn fans had reason to rejoice earlier this week when Gus Malzahn was introduced as Auburn’s new head football coach. The hire does not come without criticism. Some Continue Story…

Shadow Days – Auburn’s Post-Chizik Era Begins

By Posted on: November 30th, 2012 in Featured Article, Football 28 Comments »
It is imperative for Auburn to make a homerun hire.

“Did you know that you could be wrong and swear you’re right?” – John Mayer, Shadow DaysJohn Mayer’s track, Shadow Days, bears no similarity to Auburn athletics, but this opening lyric lines up perfectly with where Auburn’s football program now finds itself. Gene Chizik banked an enormous amount of trust when he led Auburn to Continue Story…