SEC Football Previews: Counting on continuity
All systems go for Tigers in Chizik’s second season
In his second season at Auburn, Coach Gene Chizik has the Tigers poised to challenge Alabama and Arkansas in the SEC West.
Friday, July 30, 2010
HOOVER, Ala. — The hiring of Gene Chizik at Auburn in the winter of 2008-2009 drew yawns, if not derision, in many quarters of the SEC and befuddlement in some quarters of the Auburn nation.
A season into his regime, Chizik appears to have the Tigers poised for a push toward the top of the SEC West, where two of the past three BCS national champions reside.
Auburn improved by three victories in 2009, gave eventual national champion Alabama a big scare in the season finale and defeated Northwestern 38-35 in a surprise appearance in the Outback Bowl, one of the most entertaining games of the last postseason.
Auburn and Arkansas are seen by some as the most serious threats to ...
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Sports, Pages 19 on 07/30/2010
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