Barking Carnival

At least according to Iowa State player Darius Darks.
Darks posted his video response to Chizik accepting the Auburn head coaching job on Facebook.

“A lot of people asking me what I’m going to do with coach Chizik leaving. I understand business is business, but this man lied,” Darks said in the video. “At a team […]

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 […]

Mr. College Football says so, and that’s good enough for me.

Leach keeps trying to live the title of that old Mack Davis song, he just can’t find anyone who is willing to bail him out.
Tennessee? Nope, they went with a 33-year old whose only head coaching experience was a disaster in Oakland.
Clemson? Nope, they went with an assistant on the staff of the guy they […]

So after Tommy Tuberville “resigned” at Auburn, a woman calling herself “Amy” and identifying herself as an Auburn assistant coach’s wife, called into a local radio show. Turns it is was Donna Dunn, the wife of Auburn Defensive Line Coach Don Dunn (only in the South). She wasn’t pleased over the fact that her husband […]

Went a modest 2-2 last week but lost my 2 unit play. The Great Pumpkin needs to be fired for the effort Tennessee put forth. Goodness I hate Phil Fulmer. My lord.
The wins, however, were routine with Mizzou and Oregon routs. The tOSU game looked to be in the […]

That didn’t take long. Former OC Tony Franklin was hired away last December from Troy, and now he’s gone after six games.
Two days ago ESPN had an article that said in part “But contrary to some of the scuttlebutt out there among fans, Tuberville isn’t at odds with Franklin and insists that he’s not […]

MGoBlog’s Brian Cook has masterminded a scheme so clever that its best expression could only occur in the Oxbridge accent of a Bond villain. However, instead of threatening you with piranha nipple clamps and a plot to take over world financial markets (too late), MGoBlog brings together whoever is available the elites of the […]

The Atlanta Journal Constitution, the paper of record for southeastern sports, has a headline proclaiming that Vanderbilt stunned the Auburn Tigers and the SEC yesterday. What Vandy did yesterday should not be shocking to anyone that’s been paying attention this season.
First of all, Auburn isn’t very good. This is an enormous […]

I’m heading out of town in a little while, but I wanted to share this little nugget before I go.
Apparently the admins on the Plains are worried about their sensitive little boys getting booed this weekend. I can’t imagine why anyone would boo them though. Who doesn’t like a good baseball game on […]

The beauty of the unexpected bye week is that it gave us all an opportunity to see a lot more football on TV than most game weeks.
I learned the following:
Josh Nesbitt of Georgia Tech may be the best sophomore QB you haven’t heard about. That’s probably because he plays for Georgia Tech. Think […]

Both the AP and the Coaches’ polls have the same Top 10.
1. USC
2. Georgia
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida
5. Ohio State
6. Missouri
7. LSU
8. Texas
9. Auburn
10. Wisconsin
And Kirk Bohls of the Statesman is an asshole for having ranked East Carolina #2.

This post was prompted by the good discussion taking place on Scipio Tex’s Oklahoma Preview. The conversation starter was the fact that my ratings had 1971 as Oklahoma’s best team despite their loss to Nebraska. While you can read the rest of the discussion there, the short answer is that the 1971 season […]

One question I’ve always had about Will Muschamp is just how much freedom he’s had at his last three jobs. When he was at LSU and the Miami Dolphins, he was under Nick Saban. It’s natural to wonder how much control Saban exerted over his defense.
Tommy Tuberville at Auburn is a great defensive coordinator […]

The dog days of summer are upon us and the relative boring nature of this year’s Big 12 media day is of great concern for bloggers. Thus, we get ‘best of” lists. Hey, it passes the time.
War Eagle Atlanta broke down the best in-state rivalries in a piece called Brother Against Brother. […]