Auburn hires Texas defensive coordinator as head coach

by HenryJames on Dec 13, 2008 4:03 PM CST in Texas Longhorns and Other Football

Former Texas defensive coordinator that is.

ESPN, the same network that reported Auburn hired current Texas DC Will Muschamp two days ago, now says Auburn has hired Iowa State coach Gene Chizik as its next head coach.

What could go wrong?

The Cyclones went winless in Big 12 play this season, and their win total has dipped in each of the past three seasons.

Last week, Chizik stripped offensive coordinator Robert McFarland and defensive coordinator Wayne Bolt of those duties and reassigned them within the staff. He also fired quarterbacks coach Tony Petersen and secondary coach Shawn Raney.

Oh, right.

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Auburn is SEC aggy. They expect great things when they had it about as good as it was gonna get.

by bighornfan32 on Dec 13, 2008 4:27 PM CST reply actions

You can’t write satire this funny. Most delusional fan base ever.

by Scipio Tex on Dec 13, 2008 5:22 PM CST reply actions

You scared me. Don’t do that again please.

by Nero on Dec 13, 2008 5:56 PM CST reply actions

Well. Can’t wait to see Auburn fans 3 years from now, longing for the good ol’ days of the Tubberville era.

by EyesOfTX on Dec 13, 2008 6:22 PM CST reply actions

Dangit Scip, don’t do that!!!

by dasmithjones on Dec 13, 2008 6:37 PM CST reply actions

OT – gilbert is tearing it up in the playoffs.
imagine the numbers he would put up in our “junk” offense

by 98 on Dec 13, 2008 6:47 PM CST reply actions

Are they serious? Chizik?

This screams panic hire. Or comfort hire. Or both.

13-0 must seem like a very long time ago for these guys.

by Levander Williams on Dec 13, 2008 6:58 PM CST reply actions

I think it screams “we missed out on our first 8 choices, and had to default back to Chizik.”

by EyesOfTX on Dec 13, 2008 7:26 PM CST reply actions

Chizik? Seriously?

WTF do I have to do to get out of Lubbock?

by Mike Leach on Dec 13, 2008 8:02 PM CST reply actions

Truly unreal. How charismatic can a guy name Gene really be? Because even Aubies can’t look at his resume and be impressed, especially after seeing what Muschamp just did with A LOT less pure talent.

by hiphopopotamus on Dec 13, 2008 9:03 PM CST reply actions

Most delusional fan base ever.

There is something really really funny about UT fans calling another fanbase delusional.
I love reading this site and the humor, but unreal arrogance of some Texas fans is unreal.

by Son of EL on Dec 13, 2008 10:10 PM CST reply actions

Our unreal arrogance is unreal? So…if our arrogance is not real, but that’s also not real, what is the nature of reality? Thanks for the zen koan.

As to your point, what exactly makes us delusional? We tend to be hyper self-critical, if anything.

Auburn acted in this matter as if they were a Top 5 college job. They’re a bottom of the top 20 program – probably the 6th best job in the SEC. And they ended up with a horrible reach when the free market told them just what they thought of them. That’s the definition of delusion.

by Scipio Tex on Dec 13, 2008 10:35 PM CST reply actions

Unreally, dude, your unreal arrogance is just really unreal, and it’s so unreally unreal that it’s just really unreally delusional. I’m just tryin’ to keep it real…er, unreal here, dude. Really.

by EyesOfTX on Dec 14, 2008 7:34 AM CST reply actions

Well said, Eyes…I think.

by hopefulhorn on Dec 14, 2008 9:10 AM CST reply actions

Saban has to be laughing his butt off. His arch rival has hired an idiot for head coach. I give him 2 years max. As for Iowa State they never ever should have fired McCarney

by Pitchin Paul on Dec 14, 2008 9:32 AM CST reply actions

I’m not really sure what arrogance is involved in pronouncing judgement on this hire. To just about anyone this looks like an extremely rash decision made out of unreal expectations about who desired the job. Unless you somehow believe that Chizik was the desired man all along and that you’d better get in on his 5-19 ass before someone else scooped him up.

by Minnesotahorn on Dec 14, 2008 1:11 PM CST reply actions

Minnesota, I laughed.

by Trips Right on Dec 14, 2008 1:37 PM CST reply actions

Gene Chizik deserves this oppotunity for everything he has done for me in my career.

by Yamon Figurs on Dec 14, 2008 4:53 PM CST reply actions

Hey, great move for the Chizzer. Nothing was going to change in Ames.

He can take his base 4-3 defense rife with a lack of in-game planning and halftime adjustments while continue Auburn’s tradition of persistent underachievement.

It’s unreal how great of a fit it is, really.

by Vasherized on Dec 14, 2008 8:12 PM CST reply actions