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Does Anybody Really Know What Rank He Is?

Does Anybody Really Know What Rank He Is?

Does anybody really care? Much was made of recent coaching rankings by The Sporting News that had Auburn’s head coach Gene Chizik listed 36th overall and seventh in the SEC. Yes the rankings were ridiculous.  The logic for putting Chizik, who in just three years at Auburn has already won an SEC and a National Title, behind the likes of Gary Pinkel (who’s never won anything, even in the weak Big 12) and James...
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The Worm Turns (And It Has Teeth!)

The Worm Turns (And It Has Teeth!)

May 15, 2012 — Remember December 2010?  It wasn’t that long ago. The Auburn Tigers were marching steadily toward an unbeaten season and a berth in the BCS National Championship Game while media pundits far and wide gnashed their teeth, rended their garments, wrung their hands and bemoaned a system gone awry. The national media tried, convicted and attempted to execute the Auburn team and its players in a frenzy...
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Auburn Compliance Staff Once Again Gets It Right

Auburn Compliance Staff Once Again Gets It Right

March 9, 2012 — Thursday was a trying day in the midst of a trying season for Auburn head basketball coach Tony Barbee and his Tigers. Auburn was bounced from the SEC Tournament by Ole Miss in the first round, almost assuredly ending a season that saw occasional glimmers of promise. But that wasn’t the worst blow delivered to the Tiger basketball program. Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports reported Thursday that...
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A Penny for Your Prayers

A Penny for Your Prayers

February 27, 2012 — Auburn fans come in all shapes and sizes. We are rich and we are poor, we are outspoken and we are meek, we are black and white and everything in between. First and foremost, however, we are family. We are all brothers and sisters united in a like passion, bound by a spirit unlike any other. That’s what makes the news that Johnny Richmond, 59, better known to thousands of Auburn fans as Mr....
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Sweet 16

Sweet 16

February 20, 2012 — Unlike most cats, tigers show a real affinity for water.  They enjoy swimming and are quite good at it. Yes they are. For the 16th consecutive season the Auburn Men’s Swimming and Diving team won the SEC Championship. For all the talk about domination of this, domination of that, this is what true domination looks like. That’s not 16 total SEC titles. That’s 16 straight, 16 in a...
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You Want Us On That Wall

You Want Us On That Wall

All quotes courtesy of A Few Good Men We did our job.  We’d do it again.  February 18, 2012 – The Never To Yield Foundation was recently excoriated by an Auburn journalism professor on an Auburn-friendly blog (and in message board postings) for its position on Evan Woodbery and his employer the Mobile Press-Register. The professor and the blog that posted his commentary are certainly entitled to their opinions...
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