Another year has now passed and Ole Miss heads into this Saturday’s “Battle For The Golden Egg” with a lame duck coach, suspended players, a 13 game losing streak in the SEC and a high probability of ending the season with just 2 wins.

For most of the past thirty years, Auburn has been a major player in the SEC. One has to wonder with the great recruiting classes Gene Chizik and staff have brought to Auburn, how have they fallen so hard and so fast.

Looking at the previous three years of recruiting under former coach Tommy Tuberville helps to answer the question.

The Auburn Tigers open up against Utah State tomorrow on The Plains. It’s been a great off-season celebrating a National Championship, but it’s certainly time to grind once more.

1. Coaching Stock: Will Muschamp was not just a Defensive Coordinator for one of the top programs in the Country; He was the heir to the thrown of Mack Brown.  Texas and Ohio State are the only two programs in the country that I would rank ahead of the Florida Job in terms of recruiting
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The Dan Mullen to Miami talks are heating up. With Jon Gruden all but telling Miami to pound sand, the Hurricanes will have to move on to their next candidate in the list of coaches. I’m not for certain, but Dan Mullen has to be second on the list and is followed by Randy Edsall
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Preseason football practice is underway for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Chris Low of ESPN provides some analysis of what to watch at this point of the season for the Tide.

Tommy Tuberville makes comments regarding Auburn’s 2004 football team deserving a title in the wake of the Reggie Bush scandal and the vacation of USC’s wins that season.

Tommy Tuberville, former Auburn football coach, has made recent public statements about the difference between the SEC and the Big 12 (or 10 or whatever). He was reprimanded for those. During the Big 12 Media Days event, he was asked a loaded question about the conference falling apart and about the Mike Slive, the SEC
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Tyler Montell dives into the plot behind the removal of Tommy Tubberville and the introduction of ‘Clean’ Gene Chizik as the head coach of the Auburn Tigers football program. Complete with two stunning videos.

In the news over the past few days, two former SEC coaches have been quoted praising the Southeastern Conference.  As noted in a previous post, Texas Tech coach (former Auburn coach) Tommy Tuberville recently discussed how the SEC was in a much better position for long term success versus the Big 12.  Following these comments,
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