While Auburn continues to soar to great heights this season, far surpassing even the most ardent Auburn fan’s expectations, perhaps no one is more grateful and appreciative than Auburn safety Zac Ethridge. For Etheridge knows firsthand that although football is the game he loves and plays with a fierce and fiery passion, it is still just that, a game. When compared to something as precious as life, it is far minuscule. October 31, 2009, is a day that will forever live...
Auburn offensive coordinator, Gus Malzahn, is arguably college football’s most creative offensive mind. One of the early innovators of the current wildcat offense, a formation he routinely ran at Arkansas with former Razorbacks Darren McFadden and Felix Jones, Malzahn has been successful at every stop throughout his coaching career. Most recent, his offensive philosophy has propelled the Auburn Tigers to the top of nearly every single offensive statistical category since his arrival last season. Under his guidance, this year’s Auburn...
Auburn’s backfield got trimmed this weekend with the surprising dismissal of redshirt freshman Dontae Aycock. The RB was a Florida 5-A high school QB and top prospect by most major rating services. The 5’10 218 pound athlete played RB during spring practice and was set to fall into the Tigers’ backfield rotation. The university announced that Aycock was dismissed from the program for violating team rules. Though the school did not provide further comment, there is speculation that prior to...
Photo Source: MontgomeryAdvertiser.com Some sad news is coming out of the Auburn camp. One of Gene Chizik’s top recruits, OL Shon Coleman, is battling a serious medical issue. The 6’7 285 pound Coleman, the top player in the state of Mississippi, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He is currently undergoing treatment at St. Jude’s Medical Research Center in Memphis, Tennessee. At this point, there is no status on his playing days as his focus right now is on defeating...
Auburn University has collaborated with Tailgate Guys to offer fans tailgate services that come complete with everything except heartburn. For a fee, those who don’t feel like packing their cars and carrying everything over to Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturdays can have the tailgate brought to them. Tailgate Guys will guarantee you a parking space, assembled chairs and tents, and they will even pack everything away for you after the game depending on the package you choose. All you have to do is show up with food...
Where do we even begin with the Big XII? The same conference that provided many of highlight reel material for Sports Center on Saturday nights for their fast break offenses also captured the eyes and ears of the college football world as the result of a three way tie near the end of the season. Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas Tech each finished with one loss in conference and Big XII officials were confused on how to deal with the...
