🏈 Auburn History Lesson

[rammajamma]

Stump Thrower on sports
December 10, 2008
By Stump Thrower
The Auburn Villager

Is history repeating itself?
In 1990, the University of Alabama hired Gene Stallings as its football head coach. By 1992, the Tide went undefeated and won the National Championship. By 1995, the NCAA imposed severe sanctions against Alabama, the most ever for a "first time" offender.

Auburn head coach Pat Dye, who had been on the job since January 1982 and reaped success, submitted his resignation November 1992. This came after allegations of recruiting violations by Auburn player Eric Ramsey in September of 1991, and two years after Stallings had been hired. Dye coached at Auburn for 12 years.

In January 2007, the University of Alabama hired Nick Saban as its football head coach. By 2008, after barely breaking even in 2007, the Tide is now 12-1 after losing last Saturday's SEC Championship game to Florida.

Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville, who had with Auburn since December of 1998 and also successful, submitted his "resignation" last week as AU's head coach.

Before the Alabama's hiring of Stallings and Saban, the Tide football situation, specifically coaching, had been in turmoil. Alabama even turned on two of its favorite heroes: Ray Perkins and Mike Shula. On both occasions Auburn had a winning streak against the Tide.

While the reason or reasons for Tuberville's resignation remain unclear, one matter is unquestionable. The pattern and practice of what occurred in the early '90s is eerily similar to what has been happening in this state since January 2007. This time, however, Auburn is in a better position to fight because it is now dealing with a habitual offender. Also, the proper agencies have a better knowledge and understanding of the situation. There will be more to come.

I think yall may be right. History is repeating itself, however, not in the way you hope. In 1975 Shug Jordan, a popular coach resigned. In 2008 Tuberville, another wildly popular coach resigned. In 1975 Auburn was coming off a bad 3-6-2 Record. 5-7 in 2008. In 1975 Alabama was 11-1. 12-1 in 2008. In 1975 Auburn brought in a former coordinator as their new coach, Doug Barfield. A coaching hire that was very unpopular with "the family". In 2008 Auburn hires Chizit, a wildly unpopular coach with "the family." But most importantly, Auburn once again finds itself out coached, out manned and out classed by the University of Alabama, and so begins to point fingers and look for excuses, even before the horrible choice of head coach even plays out. So yea history is repeating itself for "Stumpbroke" and the entire Auburn program.

 

[cjaytch]

I think this Aubie is trying to say we will be on probation again soon. I guess that is the best they can hope for at this point....

 

[rammajamma]

While I was excited about Coach Saban being able to make Alabama a national contender again, I never imagined that he would also be able to destroy the football programs of everyone he played in just a couple of years. Who knew.... :lol:

 

[Kirk Van de Graaff]

Here we go with the..." There will be more to come. " old saying. They better watch out on all that stone throwing, it might have a boomerang effect. :lol:

 

[Guest]

This time, however, Auburn is in a better position to fight because it is now dealing with a habitual offender. Also, the proper agencies have a better knowledge and understanding of the situation. There will be more to come.

The agencies have perfect understanding of who the habitual offender is. Given Auburn's propensity for breaking the rules (the AD is in the repeat offender window RIGHT NOW for basketball violations and subject to repeat offender penalties), a safe bet would be the barn getting caught before Bama does. The Barn has a long and storied tradition of NCAA violations.

Keep it down home cuz.

 

[hammer]

While I was excited about Coach Saban being able to make Alabama a national contender again, I never imagined that he would also be able to destroy the football programs of everyone he played in just a couple of years. Who knew.... :lol:

Yeah,I have been thinking the same thing.I am glad to see AU going through all of this.Watchout Les will probably be gone next year lol.

 

[reger60]

I, for one, am sick of seeing threads about Auburn on this board.

 

[Guest]

I, for one, am sick of seeing threads about Auburn on this board.

While I don't disagree....I have always maintained that talking about Auburn talking about us, is different than talking about Auburn...if that makes any sense.

 

[rammerjammer]

I, for one, am sick of seeing threads about Auburn on this board.

While I don't disagree....I have always maintained that talking about Auburn talking about us, is different than talking about Auburn...if that makes any sense.

I'm the dude, that plays the dude, who is the dude!!

 

[Kirk Van de Graaff]

I, for one, am sick of seeing threads about Auburn on this board.

I for one second that. :lol:

 

[BarnBurner]

I, for one, am sick of seeing threads about Auburn on this board.

It is getting a little old, but this is almost too good to pass up. After recieving six years of hell from all my Barner associates (I think I live in an area where there is an even Bama/Barn split) and then watching their program do everything it can to make itself worse, it feels really good to have something to throw back in their face. Since the Iron Bowl, I haven't once heard any more smack save the few morons that wanted to rub our narrow defeat against UF in my face. I guess this fact is lost here considering the audience.