Auburn’s football program changed players’ grades to secure eligibility, offered money to potential NFL draft picks so they would return for their senior seasons, and violated NCAA recruiting rules under former coach Gene Chizik, according to a report by former New York Times and Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts. The report appears on Roberts’ website, [...]
Reuben Foster, With Auburn Tattoo, Picks Alabama
February 5, 2013 | Posted by
Reuben Foster, the No. 1-ranked linebacker in the country who sports an Auburn tattoo on his right forearm, chose rival Alabama in advance of National Signing Day on Wednesday. The 6-foot-2, 242-pound Foster is an inside linebacker and the No. 16 recruit in the ESPN 150. He originally committed to Alabama two years ago before [...]
Rodney Garner Leaves UGA For Auburn
December 21, 2012 | Posted by
Rodney Garner has been courted by his alma mater, Auburn, many times over his 15 years as an assistant coach at Georgia. This time, the Tigers got their man. Garner, the assistant head coach, defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator with the Bulldogs, assumes the same position with the Tigers in a move that will [...]
Gene Chizik Fired By Auburn 2 Years After Championship
November 26, 2012 | Posted by
Auburn fired coach Gene Chizik Sunday, just two years after leading the Tigers to the National Championship. Talk about what have you done for me lately. . . Chizik’s dismissal caps a four-year run at Auburn that was significant in its unbeaten season of 2010 with Cam Newton at quarterback and spectacular in it failure [...]
Reports: Auburn Football Under NCAA Investigation
November 22, 2012 | Posted by
Auburn football, which has fallen significantly after winning the BCS national championship just two years ago, is under NCAA investigation for the recruitment of players courted by Tigers’ assistants Trooper Taylor and Curtis Luper, several sources revealed. Yahoo! Sports reported Wednesday that Taylor and Luper are not actively recruiting for the school at the present [...]
Auburn’s Jovon Robinson In Transcript Scandal
August 11, 2012 | Posted by
Shady ethics have been a part of college sports for a long time now. It’s the stuff that, if focused on, can sully the pageantry and magnificence of the games. Questions abound frequently in whispers about how an academically challenged student got accepted to a particular college. What’s happening at Auburn right now might shed [...]
