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Malzahn Back to Auburn

By 11W Staff - 04 December 2012
19 Comments
- Football

Good hire. (cbssports.com)

Source cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/21262691/

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Baroclinicity on 4 Dec 2012 - 4:52pm #

Floodgates are officially open.

dancorona5 on 4 Dec 2012 - 4:53pm #

is michael dyer coming back too....

Kurt on 4 Dec 2012 - 4:57pm #

Excellent hire. I argue he was responsible for almost all of Chizik's wins anyway. I wonder if he's leaving the wife behind...?

BED Staff on 4 Dec 2012 - 5:32pm #

That and a $180K "amateur" QB.

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NoVA Buckeye on 4 Dec 2012 - 11:58pm #

It's true when they say money can buy anything...

/Duff'd It

onetwentyeight on 4 Dec 2012 - 4:57pm #

This is interesting. Remember when he took the Arkansas St. job and everyone was SHOCKED b/c he could've gotten way better offers? And he said something about being from that area and wanting to build that program up etc etc.

And now he's back at Auburn. Methinks he knew Chizik was a fraud and that he was the reason they won it all (well, him and Cam newton) and that if he left and waited it out that Chizik would be exposed soon enough.

The gamble seems to have paid off.

William on 4 Dec 2012 - 5:01pm #

And things come full circle.

highwire on 4 Dec 2012 - 5:01pm #

Guess Auburn didn't board the Bert train quick enough.

OldColumbusTown on 4 Dec 2012 - 5:15pm #

This hire makes the most sense of any. He's familiar with almost all the players, the school, the administration, the conference, the high school coaches... it's a home run hire for Auburn from a PR standpoint, I think.

The interesting thing is the entire offensive side of the ball at Auburn was recruited for Malzahn's offense, and was used this past year in a more pro-style offense. It was square-peg in a round-hole. You'd think Auburn would see a pretty quick offensive turnaround, as long as War Eagle hasn't lost too many guys over the past year to suspension, arrests, transfers, etc.

"What we do in life echoes in eternity"

hodge on 4 Dec 2012 - 5:35pm #

Exceeeeeeeept that he was on Chizik's staff. Might be collateral damage during an NCAA investigation--especially if something turns up while they're investigating Trooper Taylor and the other assistant's recruiting methods.