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Imagining Gene Chizik's Opening Speech

Auburn's new coach Gene Chizik has remained under the radar thus far. Fortunately here at the ClayNation column we became aware that each new coach has to stand up and introduce himself to the other SEC coaches at the annual coaches meeting. Fortunately we were able to capture the entirety of this fabricated introduction....

Football's Dirtiest Programs: #8, Auburn

Using its own calculus, FanHouse ranks the 10 Dirtiest Programs of the last 20 years. Mike Freeman, the columnist whose article served as the inspiration for this series, amazed on-lookers when he did what few realized was possible: simultaneously pissing off both Alabama and Auburn fans. For its part, the Loveliest...

07 Issues: Passing of an Important Generation

Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles is expected to step down this week. His departure is yet another symbol of the passing of one of college football's greatest generations, the great coaches who presided over the game from 1960 or so until the mid to late 1970's. Broyles coached the Razorbacks from 1958 to 1976...

Black Monday In Alabama... Or Just Another Beautiful Sunny Day If You're An Auburn Fan

As you would expect, all the talk in the state of Alabama today is centering on the firing of head football coach Mike Shula. For the third time in four years, Alabama will yet again try to fill the shoes of the very late Paul "Bear" Bryant. Listening to the syndicated Paul Finebaum Radio Show out of Birmingham on Monday,...

Pat Dye News From the Web

05/10/12 Auburn Football: ESPN Right To Leave Tigers off of... Source: Bleacher Report The Auburn Tigers were rightfully nowhere to be found on ESPN's "College Football Live" preseason top-25 list.
04/24/12 Alabama becoming Miami-like pipeline Source: Columbia Tribune - Columbia MO Alabama is becoming the kind of NFL draft factory that the Miami Hurricanes were a decade ago.
04/17/12 The Dye-Log: Beautiful Weekend In Auburn Source: FOX Sports I watched them several times, including the A-Day Game, and in my opinion the Auburn football Tigers made tremendous progress in their 15 practices during spring training.
03/29/12 Former Auburn Coach Pat Dye gets in on tie-dying... Source: The Montgomery Independent - Montgomery AL Former football head coach Pat Dye and NFL lineman Kendall Simmons were back on campus Wednesday to sign autographs for fans as part of a diabetes fund-raiser.
03/28/12 Former AU punter talks about beating odds in new book Source: ABC - WTVM 9 What many didn't know about their All-American player was that those records were set and games were won with a severely disfigured foot.