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The SEC is taking silly season quite seriously, plucking top coaches away from rival conferences.

In a season defined by disbelief, the unlikely achieved the improbable. Except, of course, that one BCS title game constant.

It is too simple, and not entirely correct, to say that the "legion of skeptics, critics and naysayers" who attacked Auburn for hiring Gene Chizik four years ago have been awarded the last laugh. That quote comes from the jacket of "All In," the b...

The coaching profession is littered with glorious achievements and spectacular failures. Gene Chizik has known them both in short order.

Gene Chizik warned as early as April of his team's youth and inexperience. After watching Auburn's opener against Utah State, it's clear he wasn't kidding.

The siege of bad news and controversy has assaulted college football from all sides. We propose a New Deal for 2011: new conferences, new coaches, new stars.

HOOVER, Ala. -- Wearing a conservative plaid suit and new cordovan tasseled loafers, Auburn defensive end Nosa Eguae looked well beyond his 19 years Thursday. That's pretty much the way he played at end of last season, when he started 11 games and ma...

HOOVER, Ala. -- For the fifth consecutive July, the coach of the defending national champion stepped onto the podium at SEC media days. But for the first time, the coach of the defending national champion didn't sound like a man describing the greate...

Whether it is an anomaly or the pendulum swinging back to the bad old days is debatable, but recent headlines indicate college football is up to its headgear in ethical quicksand.

Looking for a different way to inform newly elected Hall of Fame members, the National Football Foundation began handing out the most special game balls a player can receive.

Auburn's national title is ancient history as the Tigers try to rebuild with youth.

Bowl season illustrated the importance of motivation, the inevitability of rust and the sheer excitement generated by a bowl game decided in the final seconds.

As Auburn basks in the glory of its national championship win, Gene Chizik prepares his team for life as a defending champion absent many of the faces that helped deliver the trophy.

To truly understand what Monday's win means to Auburn's faithful, view the Tigers' accomplishments through the prism of five decades' worth of near-misses, shared titles and close calls.

Only Auburn and Oregon reached the BCS title game. Why did the Tigers and Ducks make it? Let the players and coaches explain how they did it.

His runs and passes will long live in Auburn lore, but Cam Newton brought more than athletic skills to the Plains. He established himself as a leader the Tigers could follow all the way to the BCS title game.