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December 21, 2008

2008 CFB Year in Review: Coaching cans and keeps

http://www.examiner.com/x-1307-Indianapolis-Sports-Examiner~y2008m12d20-2008-CFB-Year-in-Review-Coaching-cans-and-keeps 2008 has brought us some interesting moves in college football’s hiring and firing of coaches. The Indy Sports Examiner thought we’d take a look at some of the more meaningful, if not baffling, recent coaching choices in D1 college football. 1) Auburn hires Iowa State’s Gene Chizik. Wha? In his two years at Iowa…
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December 20, 2008

Barkley is Bananas

http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoneyblog/2008/12/barkley-is-bana.html Charles Barkley’s recent comments that race was the main criteria for Auburn University in picking its football coach are potentially very destructive. On December 13 Auburn named Iowa State’s Gene Chizik as its head coach rather than Turner Gill of the University of Buffalo. Barkley wasn’t at any of the coaching interviews. He hasn’t…