blog.al.com - 12/16/2008
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Joe Songer/Birmingham NewsGene Chizik: New contract is in hand at AuburnAuburn Athletics Director Jay Jacobs wouldn't discuss the specifics of football coach Gene Chizik's contract Monday, but said it was an incentive-based deal ``just like in the business world.'' Jacobs...
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 ...
bleacherreport.com - 12/17/2008
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bleacherreport.com —
Get the popcorn, get comfortable, and let me
tell you a tale. I can neither verify nor...
deny the authenticity of this story. However, I can verify that there are many truths in it than can be proved. That being said enjoy. I got these facts from a ...
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Intrigue, Conspiracy and a Great Story May Have Gotten ...
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Auburn Coachapalooza '08: The Swan Song
Dawg Sports —
... him other than accepting his dream job. Because it's never good form to carry a joke too far. But following Dawgsports' guiding principles of a) hating Auburn and b) improving any situation with the addition of music, I present the ultimate theme song for Auburn's 2008 Tommy Tuberville Replacement Tour. Sympathy for the Devil, music by Richards and Jagger, lyrics by MaconDawg and Gene Chizik:
Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of worth and haste I've been a Cyclone for two long years Stole many a booster's soul and ...
Headlinin': Have BCS bid, will travel? Utah and Ohio State will get back to you on that.
Dr. Saturday —
... • I'm glad someone here was worried about looking crazy. Gene Chizik is so excited to be coming back to Auburn, he doesn't even care about the money. The hefty raise is just, you know, ...
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PENN STATE SIGNS UP FOR THREE MORE YEARS OF JOEPA —
Mondesi's House
From the News of the Unreal Department comes this nugget: Penn State has signed coach Joe Paterno to a three-year contract extension that keeps him there through 2011 (unless he gets a huge offer from, say, Michigan to buy him out and replace Rich Rodriguez). The 82-year-old Paterno brings ...
Reporters Notebooks —
The Wiz of Odds
Charles Goldberg, Birmingham News : Gene Chizik will make approximately $2 million a year as Auburn's coach, according to someone familiar with his contract. Kevin Scarbinsky, Birmingham News : Chizik? As coach? At Auburn? Nick Saban will eat him for breakfast . John Rohde, ...