blog.al.com - 12/15/2008
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Tamika Moore/Birmingham NewsTo say the hiring of Gene Chizik lacked the "wow" factor Auburn fans were hoping for is an understatement. Here, he departs the airport Sunday night.The timing is questionable at best. Not just Jay Jacobs' announcement that his...
sports.espn.go.com - 12/15/2008
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sports.espn.go.com —
Former Auburn and NBA star Charles Barkley ripped
his alma mater on Monday, saying the only reason...
the Tigers did not hire Buffalo's Turner Gill as the school's new football coach is because Gill is black.
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Barkley says Auburn should have hired black coach
deadspin.com - 12/15/2008
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deadspin.com —
Every one is still scratching their heads over
Auburn's hiring of Iowa State head coach Gene Chizik,...
except for those Tiger fans who have already upgraded to clawing their eyes out. Pretty much everyone agrees that Buffalo coach Turner ...
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Was Turner Gill Denied The Auburn Job Because Of His ...
rivals.yahoo.com - 12/15/2008
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rivals.yahoo.com —
If you can't land one former defensive coordinator
who used a brief but successful stint at Texas...
to boost his head coaching stock, I guess it's only logical to go with another : Auburn has hired Gene Chizik as its new football coach, according to ...
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Auburn thinks that's one mighty impressive 10-game ...
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Dr. Saturday —
... exactly what you'd want him to do. How do you fault a guy for that?''
When Wilson stepped in to aid McCray, he was stabbed twice, a university source said.
We will not ask what led to half a dozen men attacking a defensive tackle in the first place. Wilson is recovering and shouldn't have any problems resuming his football career, and FuBar will be added to Zook's list of off-limits "taverns."
Quickly ... Auburn might have picked the wrong time to mail its season ticket renewal packages, and Gene Chizik is ...
Reporters Notebooks
The Wiz of Odds —
... Ray Melick, Birmingham News: Auburn fans, angry over the hiring of Chizik, began getting their renewal notices for season tickets in the mail last week, about the same time word leaked that Chizik was getting the job. ...
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Did Iowa St. and Auburn Make A Deal?
ventaboutsports.blogspot.com 12/21/2008 — Many people, especially Auburn fans and alumni, were questioning the hire of Gene Chizik as head the new Auburn head coach. Chizik had a less than stellar tenure at Iowa St., and many Cyclone fans thought he would get fired from there. Before that ...
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thesportscorner.ca 12/15/2008 — For me this isn’t about getting rid of Tuberville, that was a foregone conclusion. They’ve been trying to fire him as long as I can remember. I’m outraged at how Chizik left Iowa State, two weeks after demoting both his coordinators. No one on that staff had any idea he was ...
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Auburn Rallies The Troops To Defend Gene Chizik [College Football]
deadspin.com 12/16/2008 — As you may have heard , the Gene Chizik hiring was not well received in parts of Alabama. But with denial and anger out of the way, some of the Auburn faithful are ready to bargain. Former Coach Pat Dye and several former players turned out for ...
The Works, the Chiznick-style
warblogeagle.com 12/15/2008 — I know this is going to surprise you, but it wasn't too hard finding items for this edition of The Works. Pretty big weekend for Auburn-related news, I'd say. (If you've just arrived at the blog, welcome! Immediate gut reaction to the Chizik hire is ...
Best Hire Ever
rumorsandrants.com 1/10/2009 — I don’t know what to tell Auburn at this point. I spent half the damn 2008 season campaigning against Tommy Tuberville because he was dragging this team down into the pit of mediocrity that is the SEC West. As successful as he was, he no longer showed the same ability to strategize, ...
Is It Possible We Were Wrong About Chizik?
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Please Disregard the Prior Post
fromthebleachersblog.blogspot.com 12/14/2008 — All that stuff about "don't panic" and "they sky is not falling" and "Auburn will hire a good coach?" Never mind all that. Dogs and cats are, in fact, living together in the luxury suites of Jordan-Hare Stadium. Via Rivals.com : Iowa State's Gene ...
No words
warblogeagle.com 12/14/2008 — I thought it would be a good idea to go take in a basketball game with a couple of friends, get away from the computer for a while, get my mind off of the increasingly real nightmare that was "Gene Chizik hired as next Auburn head coach." I still ...
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