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sports.espn.go.com - 12/16/2008
Did Race Play A Role In Auburn's Hiring Of Chizik? - ESPN Video
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Did Race Play A Role In Auburn's Hiring Of Chizik?
Auburn Hires Gene Chizik; Must Know Something Nobody Else Does
ncaafootball.fanhouse.com - 12/13/2008
Auburn Hires Gene Chizik; Must Know Something Nobody Else Does
— ncaafootball.fanhouse.com — As we reported yesterday, Iowa State head coach Gene Chizik interviewed this week for Auburn's head coaching... vacancy. (more) Auburn Hires Gene Chizik; Must Know Something Nobody ...

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sportingnews.com - 12/13/2008
Auburn hires Gene Chizik as football coach
— sportingnews.com — Auburn has hired Gene Chizik as its head football coach, The Birmingham News and Rivals.com a...... (more) Auburn hires Gene Chizik as football coach

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Track Em Tigers:  Backlash Over Chizik Hiring Gains National Prominence

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Backlash Over Chizik Hiring Gains National Prominence
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An Abusive 10 Things I Think Smell Like Shit
The Bad News Bloggers — Lots of interesting topics and frankly some of them are kind of disturbing and serious Brian Giles pulls a "Brett Myers." Not exactly the public punching/hair pulling that happened in Boston with Myers, but Brian Giles's girlfriend (we're guessing former) is suing the Padres outfielder for numerous beatings, attacks and general unmanliness. She also claims Giles hit her while pregnant and caused the miscarriage of the couple's child. I'm not sure how criminal charges weren't involved (maybe they were), but a series of abuse by a ballplayer finally leading up to a lawsuit (civil) instead of criminal action strikes me as suspicious. And ...

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sportingnews.com 12/16/2008 — There is a guy who calls himself "Governor of Alabama," but before he does anything he ducks behind a curtain and communicates with a tiny, holographic image of the state's real power broker, Charles Barkley. He's really in charge of the ...
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com 12/19/2008 — Read full story for latest details.
Charles Goldberg: Late start hasn't stopped Auburn's Chizik from talking to top recruits
al.com 1/25/2009 — Charles Goldberg: Late start hasn't stopped Auburn's Chizik from talking to top recruits Gene Chizik's late start in recruiting hasn't stopped the new Auburn football coach from aiming high, so much so that the final two weekends of recruiting have ...
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Gene Chizik? Really?
thepigskinpathos.blogspot.com 12/14/2008 — Car: Auburn. Large Metal Fan: This announcement This Auburn hire needed to be a grand slam, a hat trick, a triple double, other sports metaphors meaning really freaking awesome hire. But no. Instead it looks like Auburn has hired Gene Chizik .  ...
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collegegameballs.com 12/21/2008 — The One Where Gene Chizik Gets Snow-Jobbed [Deadspin]
Charles Barkley Apologizes for Dogging on Gene Chizik, Still Thinks Hiring Was Racia
ncaafootball.fanhouse.com 12/18/2008 — Charles Barkley made a pretty big stink recently when he said, publicly, that he believed Gene Chizik's hiring at Auburn was racially motivated. It wasn't shocking to hear that someone disliked Chizik's hiring -- most people at Auburn did as well -- but what really stirred the pot was the race ...
Color Blind: Has Auburn Resurrected a Race War In The South? — Bleacher Report - College Football 12/16/2008
I didn't read into this completely, and I've always had an animosity for the Post-NBA Era of Charles Barkley, but did Sir Charles strike more than a nerve with his comments this week? I mean, when you think about it, he has a valid point. But I'm a ...
Auburn Is Prejudiced Against Bald People — Bleacher Report - College Football 12/16/2008
During the course of the recent Auburn coaching search, it became clear that Auburn university officials are prejudiced. Influential boosters and other behind the scenes power brokers have an obvious bias against balding people. What else ...
It Pays To Be Loyal: Turner Gill Receives Extension and Raise To Stay at Buffalo — Bleacher Report - College Football 12/16/2008
Turner Gill is staying put in Buffalo, at least for the time being. After leading the Buffalo Bulls to an 8-5 record and its first MAC Championship, head coach Turner Gill has received an extension and a pay raise through 2013. BCS programs such ...
Athletes, Students Have Power to Stop Racially Based Hiring — Bleacher Report - College Football 12/16/2008
Athletes and students have the power to stop racially based hiring.  They have the choice of turning aside or getting involved in this issue and changing things. When I first heard about Turner Gill, an Afro-American, being turned down for the ...
Stewart Mandel: Chizik has zero chance to succeed — SI.com - NCAA Football 12/17/2008
We've seen a lot of bizarre and controversial coaching changes in recent years, but Auburn's ouster of 10-year-coach Tommy Tuberville and subsequent hiring of 5-19 Iowa State coach Gene Chizik may be the strangest yet.