Chizik fired

[RedEyed Duck]

Two years ago, Auburn coach Gene Chizik was celebrating an undefeated season and a national championship. On Saturday, he coached his last game as the Tigers' head coach.
Gene Chizik was dismissed two years after leading the Tigers to their first national title since 1957.
The dismissal of Chizik doesn't come as a surprise at all. Two years removed from a national championship, the Tigers ended the 2012 season 3-9 and went 0-8 in SEC play. It was Auburn's worst season since the Tigers went 3-8 overall and 1-7 in SEC play in 1998. It was also the first time Auburn went winless in SEC play since going 0-6 in 1980. The Tigers had never gone 0-8 against SEC opponents in a season.

The Tigers also finished the regular season near the bottom of the SEC in most major offensive and defensive categories and were outscored 340-224 this season, including 272-81 in SEC play.

It definitely didn't help that the Tigers suffered some absolutely embarrassing losses this season. A 63-21 loss to Texas A&M this season was the worst loss by Auburn since its 68-7 loss to Georgia Tech in 1917. Auburn was also shut out in its last two SEC games and was outscored 150-21 in its final three SEC contests. The Tigers have been outscored by archrival Alabama 91-14 in the past two years.

Although Auburn was relatively young this season, the product on the field wasn't getting better as the year went on, and two new coordinators didn't have much of a positive influence on the Tigers in games. With new offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler, the Tigers finished the season ranked 118th nationally in total offense (305 yards per game), and under new defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder, they ranked 84th in total defense (420.5).

Chizik finished his four-year Auburn career with a 33-19 record (with 14 of those wins coming during the 2010 season) and was 15-17 against SEC opponents. Since winning the national championship in 2010, the Tigers have gone just 11-14 and totally fell apart this fall. There just weren't enough positive signs for the future with Chizik in charge.

[webbmaster]

I'm shocked.

The Family is dysfunctional.

[hillhunter]

Chizik will go down as the worst one hit wonder of all time in college football. They better hope that all these investigations don't dig something up from as far back as 2010 or they will strip that one off him too. Hope not in a way, but also didn't think the way Cams daddy pimped him out was right either.

[skywalker]

It's amazing how the 'all in' is no longer talking.............crickets.

[webbmaster]

It's amazing how the 'all in' is no longer talking.............crickets.

It was all a big hoax. They are not a Family or a "special place."

((((((Aubrun creed))))))

[Deltamud77]

Auburn is in a tough spot. I cannot imagine any upper tier coach is going to want any part of the program with potentially pending NCAA sanctions on the horizon. More important than that, who would want to coach the rival of Nick Saban?

[webbmaster]

Please hire Bobby Petrino. Please!!!

[camlock]

Please hire Bobby Petrino. Please!!!

please don't...cause as much as I hate that guy he can coach an offense and he wins, I'd just as soon he not be in the SEC anymore period.

[Drakeshead]

Rumor on ESPN Sports Radio is that Kentucky is looking at Bobby P.

[SWAG]

Auburn stole a coach from Ole Miss once before....do they try it again?

[MSDawg870]

While we are on the carousel, could anybody see tubb leavin t tech for Arkansas? Wouldn't surprise me.

After Nutt went to ole miss, nothing surprises me anymore.

[camlock]

Auburn stole a coach from Ole Miss once before....do they try it again?

I'd bet on them going after Mullen before Freeze...

[camlock]

While we are on the carousel, could anybody see tubb leavin t tech for Arkansas? Wouldn't surprise me.

After Nutt went to ole miss, nothing surprises me anymore.

I think it was a done deal before he bitch slapped his assistant coach on TV.

[SWAG]

I think Tubberville to Arkansas sounds right.

[Drakeshead]

I think Tubberville to Arkansas sounds right.

That too is what the morning ESPN Radio is saying would be in the small list of coaches for Arkansas.