November 02, 2009
AU NOTEBOOK: No comment from Chizik on shaky calls
Gene Chizik had a simple response when he was asked to discuss a questionable call in Saturday’s game.
November 01, 2009
SZVETITZ COLUMN: Huge win salvages season
Gene Chizik needed this win more than anybody.
October 31, 2009
SZVETITZ COLUMN: Criticism part of job title – just ask QB, coach
If anyone knows what Chris Todd is going through, it’s Gene Chizik.
October 17, 2009
AU FOOTBALL: Grading the Tigers at the midway point
Earlier this week, Antonio Coleman said to go to Auburn’s Haley Center if you wanted grades.
SZVETITZ COLUMN: Tigers had better get better fast
When Gene Chizik talked a day after Auburn’s loss to Arkansas, one phrase kept coming up over and over.
October 10, 2009
SZVETITZ COLUMN: Young Tigers learn on the fly
Maybe the only thing that surprised Gene Chizik about last week’s win at Tennessee was all the green he saw when he got on the plane.
September 19, 2009
AU FOOTBALL: Fans jumping on bandwagon, players try not to notice
Maybe it’s having their faces on a multi-million dollar scoreboard for 87,451 fans to see at every home game.
SZVETITZ COLUMN: Auburn’s stock rising, but who’s buying?
It’s not that Gene Chizik isn’t confident enough in his team to have a successful season, it’s just that, well, Chizik isn’t confident enough in his team. Not yet, at least.
September 14, 2009
AU FOOTBALL: Chizik unimpressed by first two wins of season
That Auburn has won its first two games isn’t much of a surprise, even when you find the most negative of preseason prognostications.
September 08, 2009
AU FOOTBALL: Chizik’s contract loaded with performance incentives
As goes Auburn, so go the extra zeroes in Gene Chizik’s bank account.
September 06, 2009
SZVETITZ COLUMN: Chizik in his element on the sideline
On the football field, Gene Chizik is in his element.
September 05, 2009
AU FOOTBALL: Chizik remains under microscope as kickoff approaches
Since his charter plane touched down in Auburn to a handful of supporters and administrative brass 266 days ago, Gene Chizik has had a straightforward — yet seemingly scripted — answer to every question tossed his way.
SZVETITZ COLUMN: Great expectations surround Chizik, Tigers
It’s finally here.
August 16, 2009
SZVETITZ COLUMN: Fans out in force to support Chizik
Even the ice cream man in the music-making van came out to see Gene Chizik and his 2009 Auburn football team for Fan Day at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
August 06, 2009
AU NOTEBOOK: Chizik brings new format to drills
If you drove by the Auburn practice fields sometime Wednesday evening, you might have thought the Tigers lost half their team to the severe thunderstorms earlier in the day.
