Rockerbraves Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Iowa State went 2-10 this year, losing their last 10 games, and was winless in the Big 12; even though they did not play Texas, Oklahoma, or Texas Tech In his 2 years as HC, he was 2-14 in conference play The defensive genius gave up 40 or more points 7 times in his 2 seasons. In the 3 seasons before that, Iowa State gave up 40 or more points just twice. He played 8 ranked teams and went 0-8, losing by an average score of 37 to 15 He NEVER won a road game, going 0-11 on the road, (including a loss to a 5-7 Toledo team that had been beaten by the same Buffalo team coached by Turner Gill) 6 of his 19 losses were by at least 4 touchdowns Chizik's defense finished an average of 88th in the NCAA in total defense. In the previous 3 seasons, Iowa State's defense finished an average of 55th, with 2 of those years in the Top 35 Scoring defense was even worse. Under Mean Gene, they finished an average of 102nd in the NCAA. The 3 years before he got there, Iowa State finished 53rd He turned a program that had at least 7 wins in 5 out of the previous 7 years, and a program that went to 5 bowl games in 6 years; into a program that won just ONE Div I-A game this year...and lost to a Div I-AA team last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 It's all part of the Big 12's plan to become the premeire conference in college football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theprofessor Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 The defensive genius gave up 40 or more points 7 times in his 2 seasons. Chizik's defense finished an average of 88th in the NCAA in total defense. It's what they do in the Big 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I thought Muschamp was going to Auburn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerbraves Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 I thought Muschamp was going to Auburn. You weren't the only one. FOX10 News sources thought so too. http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/sports/Muschamp...BeGoingToAuburn Sorry, the page you requested was not found. Please check the URL for mistakes. You can also try using the site navigation or search tool to find your content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbarton11 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Hiring a second rate coach from the Big 12 got LSU a national title, maybe it will work for Auburn too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAYER Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I guess it doesn't matter that he was the DC when Auburn was undefeated and Texas won the BCS Championship. I think he will be a perfect fit for Auburn and the SEC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerbraves Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 Hiring a second rate coach from the Big 12 got LSU a national title, maybe it will work for Auburn too. How soon Sooner fans would like to forget. In 2001 when Oklahoma was closing in on a trip to the National Championship game. Freshman QB Josh Fields hit Rashaun Woods for a TD in the 4th quarter to give the Cowboys the 16-13 win. The very next year, a OSU Coach miles team won yet again in a 38-28 game that wasn't as close as the score indicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbarton11 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 How soon Sooner fans would like to forget. In 2001 when Oklahoma was closing in on a trip to the National Championship game. Freshman QB Josh Fields hit Rashaun Woods for a TD in the 4th quarter to give the Cowboys the 16-13 win. The very next year, a OSU Coach miles team won yet again in a 38-28 game that wasn't as close as the score indicated. Thats is true, two great wins for Les and the Cowboys, but name 2 other big wins Les had at OSU, name just 2 more big wins. Many might question the second win over OU as being a big win since they where not real strong for OU's standards in 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerbraves Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 Thats is true, two great wins for Les and the Cowboys, but name 2 other big wins Les had at OSU, name just 2 more big wins. Many might question the second win over OU as being a big win since they where not real strong for OU's standards in 2002. One year after ruining the Sooners' postseason plans with a late touchdown in Norman, Fields and Woods connected for three TDs as Oklahoma State upset No. 3 Oklahoma 38-28 on Saturday. "We played our best opponent; we played our best football," Cowboys coach Les Miles said. "Considering all of our big wins this year, this was undoubtedly our best one." The Cowboys (7-5, 5-3) beat Nebraska and Oklahoma in the same season for the first time. As the last seconds ticked off the clock, orange-clad Oklahoma State students and fans ran onto the field and tore down the goal posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWPFFL BrianW Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Oklahoma won the Big 12 title, and the Rose Bowl in 2002. I would hardly call that not up to "Sooner standards." Particularly when you look at their recent bowl success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 And then Iowa State thieves Auburn's DC for their HC job.... nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerbraves Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) Here's one explanation (rumor) that's been going around that make some sense of this Auburn fire/hire. The night of the Alabama-Auburn game after Auburn gets drilled 36-0 a prominent Auburn booster and board member (not the bank owning one, the yellow cowboy hat wearing one) calls Houston Nutt to inquire what it might take for him to come to the turdliest village on the plains. Apparently stealing Ole Miss coaches is a pasttime in Auburn. Well, as we may recall Tubbs got a somewhat unique non-interference clause in his last contract following Jetgate. Auburn pledged to Tuberville that neither the school president nor athletics director or anyone acting under their authority "shall discuss or negotiate directly or indirectly Auburn's prospective employment of any other person as Head Football Coach of Auburn" without giving Tuberville prior notice. In non-lawyerese it basically means that if Auburn got caught monkeying around with a new coach behind Tubbs' back again he gets paid alot. Unfortunately for Auburn, Nutt's agent is Jimmy Sexton. Tubbs' agent is Jimmy Sexton. Whoopsie. Tubbs walks in the following Monday discussing his intentions to resign and wants his money now that he knows his contract has been breached. Multi-day discussions ensue and end with Tuberville's official resignation on December 3 and Auburn paying him the buyout anyway because it "is the right thing to do." Yes, its the right thing under the contract, otherwise who pays buyouts for resignations right? Now, guess who Gene Chizik's agent is? Right, Jimmy Sexton. Nutt gets a salary bump (more money for Jimmy) and an extension. Now, how does Auburn keep Jetgate II from hitting the front of ESPN in an embarrassing manner? Hmmm, perhaps by hiring a Sexton client who needs to get out of his personal football coaching hell known as Iowa State? How else is he going to go anywhere with that 5-19 record. This seems to explain the inexplicable way in which this all went down. Edited December 23, 2008 by Rockerbraves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWPFFL BrianW Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Again, this all can be summed up pretty simply by saying... Tail Wagging the Dog. This is not a shock to me, nor should it be for anyone else (if its true, which, this is the best explanation I've seen so far, though one has to question rocker and his news sources) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Again, this all can be summed up pretty simply by saying... Tail Wagging the Dog. This is not a shock to me, nor should it be for anyone else (if its true, which, this is the best explanation I've seen so far, though one has to question rocker and his news sources) It's called "stealing it off another board". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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