SB Nation User Blog: AU04Natlchamps

The Eagle is flying

AU04Natlchamps — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:24:44 -0000

War Eagle,

I feel excited about what this staff has accomplished recruiting wise. I also feel good about what CGC has accomplished in putting together an excellent staff CGM,Luper,Rocker,Roof. If your not excited to see what this team looks like in September you dont have a pulse. Im expecting a 9 or 10 win season next year. We lost so many games by less then a touch last year. Any of you that have followed my post's know my love for CTT, with that being said I would be amiss If I said he did not look like he lost his passion. For those of you remember our new coach there is no lack of passion and fire. I'm sure you have been following recruiting, we have landed few studs and got a qb( Tyrik Rollison) to fill Raymond Cotton's place. I look at the players coach Luper has talked into taking a visit to our university and get excited for the years to come. We have had the top guys in the nation visit and have an outside shot on Randle. Coach Luper appears to be an outstanding recruiter. We have jumped from te number 29 class in the country to #19 according to Rivals and that is during a coaching transition. War Eagle, I am excited as hell about what we have going on at Auburn.

Poll

Has your feeling about the direction of our program changed since CGC has assembled his staff and started recruiting ?

Yes I had my doubts but feel confident

45 votes

Yes, this is looking like a staff and head coach that can get us a natl title

27 votes

I still have my doubts and have to see it on the field

38 votes

I just care if the cinderella cards win the super bowl today

0 votes

110 votes | Poll has closed

Auburn offers Rocker

AU04Natlchamps — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:13:53 -0000

Rivals.com Bryan Matthews is reporting CGC has extended an offer to former Outland trophy winner and Tiger great Tracy Rocker the D line coaching position. Any of yall that have been following out tiger team for awhile remember what a stud Rocker was. Rocker currently coaching the D line at Ole Miss who had a pretty darn good defensive line this year. Rocker, who was also awarded the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award as a senior, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004 and was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. This would be GREAT for our team if it comes to fruition

Poll

How do you feel about bringing former Tiger greats back to coach ?

I love it !

92 votes

Not sure, but optimistic

14 votes

I Don't care as long as they produce

20 votes

It would be nice to see Rocker produce a player of his caliber

10 votes

136 votes | Poll has closed

Chizik's Stock Is Rising

AU04Natlchamps — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:00:53 -0000

Fellow Tigers,

I think most of us felt dynamically different four weeks ago about our program. After our new fearless leader made some outstanding moves including the hiring of two of Okie state's best asst coaches, Taylor and Luper both excellent recruiters. We have the #1 prospect in the country visiting courtesy of Luper. Bastrop La. Reuban Randle a Five star receiver is set to visit the plains later this month. This is huge, you never know he could fall in love with AU like we did and be a TIGER ! Luper was in Wichita Kansas making a visit to Bryce Brown, the two watched thenatl title game together. If your not fimilar with Brown he is an absolute stud. Brown is rated one of the top 5 backs in the nation. Both recruits are still outside shots but when was the last time we had two of the top 10 recruits in the country with a sincere interest ? Raymond Cotton is also back n the mix thanks to Willis being retained. Lastly, I know most of yall watched Malzahn who I refer to as the Zohan coach the Golden Hurricane to a rout and a 40 plus point performance over Ball St Tuesday night. Chizik's stock is rising in my book.

War Eagle

Poll

After the dust has cleared are you excited about the moves CGC has made ?

Yes he has changed my mind by making all the right moves

91 votes

I'm still undecided I need to see the results in w's and l's

43 votes

I wish CTT was still here.

11 votes

Im just ready to enjoy fishing and the beach this summer.

9 votes

154 votes | Poll has closed

Willis Retained

AU04Natlchamps — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:42:40 -0000

In my opinion Chizik made a great decision retaining Wilis. Willis was heading up the recruiting of Raymond Cotton after Tubberville was fired. Raymond Cotton sr indicated Willis being fire was one of the reasons his son decomitted. I like the decision to keep Wllis on board. Willis has been a Auburn player and has a love for the university. With some luck Willis will be able to get Cotton back on board with us.

War Eagle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get ready for coach Turner Gill

AU04Natlchamps — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:22:26 -0000

Would you like to have a member of the Tom Osborne's coaching tree coaching at Auburn ?

First I want to ask Power of Dixeland if I can change my new coach prediction for the bragging rights ? I think if Jay Jacobs wants to keep his job he needs to hire CTG. This is why, coach Gill has turned around a putrid Buffalo team. Coming to the plains with the current talent would be like a kid walking in a candy store for. Look what happened when Utah took a shot with Urban Meyer fresh out of Bowling Green a comparable school to Buffalo. This guy is a proven winner 28-2 as a starter at Nebraska, Gill finished fourth in the Heisman trophy running and propelled his teammate (Mike Rozier) to winning the heisman. Coach Gill was a part of three national championships at Nebraska. We all remember how dominant Nebraska was. He knows how to win and has been a part of a major program it is not like we are scooping him up frm Buffalo with no additional experience. Coach Gill is the man or Auburn he is motivator and appears to be a decent human being with a focus on the same values coach Tubbs had. I will be extremely disappointed if we miss him. I am sure CTG will give an impressive interview, let's just hope Jacobs doesn't mess this up.

War Eagle..

Poll

Is Turner Gill ready for SEC football ?

Of course. He coached with Tom Osborne for years and won three national titles !

35 votes

No way. Buffalo is not even close to SEC football.

14 votes

Not sure, but I sure like what I have read and seen.

34 votes

I get brain freeze even thinking about Buffalo.

3 votes

86 votes | Poll has closed

AU phone Interview with

AU04Natlchamps — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:04:23 -0000

Who I believe will be our new coach in the next 10 days, Coach Turner Gill. Bryan Mathews at www.rivals.com had this to say

"I have reason to believe today's phone interview between Auburn and Turner Gill went well and I expect them to meet face-to-face in the next couple of days"

Gill coached under Tom Osborne at Nebraska and won three national titles during his

time in Lincoln.

This guy will be a great addition to the Auburn family.

Greg Schiano/Brian Kelley

AU04Natlchamps — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:45:20 -0000

I am going to start by saying firing CTT was a terrible decision, two monkeys could have handled it better then Gogue and Jacobs. They need to be dismissed immediately. Having said that we have to move forward, I did take WEA'S suggestion and drop Gouge a line. Ivan Masiel wrote an article that sums up this debacle. The article can be found on www.espn.com.

Schiano Is the perfect candidate for Auburn. He turned around Rutgers, imagine what this guy can do with Auburn. Even with Rutger's slow start this year they are finishing up the year with a 5-0 record pending tonight's result. He is a great D coordinator, young at the age of 42 still has plenty of fire. Schiano was the D coordinator at Miami in the late 90's in addition he is of high moral character and graduates payers. After his 2006 season Schino was awarded the Walter Camp coach of the year award.

My second choice is Brian Kelley for obvious reasons. He has been a winner everywhere he has gone. A brilliant offensive mind. My bet is we keep Rhodes if we bring in a offensive guy and he's gone with a guy like Schiano or Strong

My third choice is Charlie Strong. This guy has earned a shot. Great recruiting ties in Florida and the players have always responded to Charlie's hard nosed attitude. I would be happy to have Charlie on he plains.

Poll

Are you ashamed of the way Tubbs "resignation" was handled ?

1. Yes Jacobs and Gogue are complete idiots for trying to say Tubbs resigned and they decided just to give him the 6 million dollar buyout

32 votes

2. No I stick by the university no matter what

3 votes

3 I am embarrassed, and can only imagine what the rest of the country thinks.

16 votes

4. It's just business

13 votes

64 votes | Poll has closed

Tommy Tuberville

AU04Natlchamps — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:05:47 -0000

War Eagle everyone,

We played our best football of the year in a losing effort this weekend. I was proud of our guys. In addition we made a good showing to our recruits that were in attendance. Any of you out there that may be squawking about firing CTT should be taken to the hospital to receive a brain transplant. He is a great coach, take a look at his body of work: record vs top 10 teams, SEC record, 8 bowl games in a row(has won 6 of his 8 bowl games), 6 wins in a row vs our hated rival. That stat alone should keep him around. CTT would have a job so fast it would make your head spin if we fired him. With Burns and Fannin coming back and a young D we are set up to turn things around next year. Think about how close our loses other then W vir have been this year. The Georgia and Arkansas game we were knocking on the door ready to kick it down inside the 15 with one minute to play. We are just a play here and a play there from having a very different looking season. I am as disappointed as anyone, I live and die with this team. My week is ruined if we lose. Just think about what we could look like with an top notch O coordinator to mentor Burns just as Borges did with Jason Cambell. I know the group on this blog that want CTT fired is small and at the end of the day none of our voices will ever be heard, however we need to support a coach that has brought so much to Auburn.

War Eagle

Poll

Will CTT turn Auburn around in 2009 ?

Yes at least a 8 win season

63 votes

A BCS bowl game and SEC Title

28 votes

He wont be around to get the chance

38 votes

I just want us to beat Bama this year

41 votes

170 votes | Poll has closed

A Look Back

AU04Natlchamps — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:54:02 -0000

I know yall remember the great years we have had since CTT has taken over our program. And as bad as my stomach churned last night I know he should at the minimum be given another year. Remember this game/year ?

SEPT. 18, 2004

It's late, awfully late. Fourth-and-12, Auburn down 9-3 to LSU. The third game of Campbell's final season is about to end with a loss at Jordan-Hare Stadium, in front of the largest crowd ever to see a football game in the state of Alabama. Coordinator Al Borges can barely stand to watch from the sideline. He took over the position in the off-season, replacing Hugh Nall, who replaced Bobby Petrino in 2003, who replaced Noel Mazzone in 2002. Is it any wonder Campbell has been struggling all day? As much as Borges tells him to let it rip in the new West Coast, the QB still sometimes plays as if he were afraid to mess up.

As the stadium waits, quiet as a spool of string, Campbell takes the ball from under center. The Tigers blitz. Before he's hit by two defenders, Campbell finds receiver Courtney Taylor with a 14-yard pass to get the game-saving first down. Three plays later, he hits Taylor again for a 16-yard touchdown. The Tigers win 10-9 and don't lose a game all season.

Do you think a bad football coach can go undefeated in the SEC ? LSU lost two games last year and won the national title, Florida was beat the year before by guess who ? Yeah our Tigers, who CTT has won his last two games aganst including a win in the Swamp Urban's first loss at home as the Gators coach. CTT has a winning record vs FL,TENN,GEOR,ala SIX WINS IN ROW AGANST BAMA! When you log onto this site Jay's title includes beating bama yearly since 2002. You want to risk this becouse we are having one terrible year. Emotion will make you think irrationally. Do we want to risk our program to a new Coach ? It was not even a year go when we beat Clemson in the Peach bowl and we all were on cloud nine with expectations of a HUGE year.

My vote is to keep CTT around and let him overhaul our offensive staff.

Poll

Will coach Tubberville be the head coach of the Auburn Tigers in 2009 ?

Yes ?

42 votes

No?

16 votes

I am numb and don't care

12 votes

70 votes | Poll has closed

Ensminger Will Take Charge of Auburn's Offense.

AU04Natlchamps — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:19:47 -0000

Auburnsports.com is reporting Steve Ensminger will take charge of Auburn's offense. But he won't be the offensive coordinator.Ensminger was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Clemson from 1997-98, Texas A&M from 1994-96 and Louisiana Tech from 1988-90. He served as Georgia's quarterback coach and passing game coordinator.

Tommy Tubberville said: "Steve Ensminger and I have sat down and talked a lot about responsibilities," Tuberville said. "He will be in the box, he and I will converse about plays. He will be in charge of the offense in terms of calling plays.

Tuberville said the search for a new offensive coordinator will begin shortly but he won't name one until after the season. He also said none of AU's current assistants will be considered for the position.

We will get this turned around. I think this gives us the best chance to win.