Auburn has hired former Temple offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler to try to revive an offense that sputtered after winning a national championship.The Tigers announced Sunday that Loeffler will replace Gus Malzahn, who left to become head coach at Arkansas State.The former Michigan quarterback has worked with six future NFL passers during his college career, including Tom Brady and Tim Tebow.... [Read More]
Illinois fullback Jay Prosch is transferring to Auburn to be closer to his ailing mother.Prosch, a 6-foot-1, 250-pound sophomore from Mobile, Ala., filled the role of Illinois' starting lead blocker for the past two seasons and recorded 10 tackles on special teams in 2011. His mother, Iris, was diagnosed with brain cancer last spring and has been receiving treatments both in Mobile and at Duke... [Read More]
Auburn quarterback Barrett Trotter isn't coming back for his senior season.The seven-game starter announced his decision Monday, but isn't planning to transfer. Trotter lost his starting job late in the season but relieved an injured Clint Moseley in the Chick-fil-A Bowl with perhaps his best performance.He wound up passing for 175 yards and rushing for 32 in the win over Virginia.Trotter passed... [Read More]
Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder has returned to the college ranks to take the same job at Auburn.Auburn announced the hiring Monday of VanGorder, who has run Atlanta's defense for four years.VanGorder's move continues his pattern of moving back and forth between college and NFL positions. He is the former coach at Georgia Southern and former defensive coordinator at Georgia,... [Read More]
Auburn sophomore running back Michael Dyer is suspended for the Chick-fil-A Bowl on New Year's Eve against Virginia, sources told AuburnSports.com. The reason for the suspension is not clear at this time. Dyer finished the 2011 season second in the SEC in rushing yards behind only Alabama's Trent Richardson. Dyer rushed for 1,242 yards and 12 touchdowns on 242 carries. It was his second... [Read More]
Three Auburn assistant coaches are in play for head coaching jobs, including offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn at North Carolina. Malzahn interviewed for the North Carolina job Thursday, according to someone familiar with the process. All of this comes as Auburn waits to learn what bowl game it will be playing in. North Carolina played the 2011 season with defensive coordinator Everett Withers... [Read More]
Jared Cooper’s playing career at Auburn appears to be over. Cooper, the fifth-year senior from Brewton, who worked his way into the Tigers’ starting left guard spot this year, underwent surgery Monday and will be out for the rest of the season, head coach Gene Chizik said Tuesday. Cooper injured himself against Arkansas and sat out last week’s win over Florida on the sidelines with a boot on his... [Read More]
Clint Moseley is a small-town guy about to arrive in college football's bigtime. The sophomore quarterback for Auburn (No. 20 BCS, No. 19 AP) will make his first career start Saturday for the Tigers at No. 1 LSU, a daunting debut that he's embracing. "It couldn't get any better," Moseley said Tuesday. "Aggressive defense. No. 1 team in the country. All the hype coming up to it.... [Read More]
The NCAA said it found no major violations committed by Auburn regarding Cam Newton or other pay-for-play allegations and has concluded multiple investigations of the program. The NCAA released a statement Wednesday saying it has closed its 13-month investigation into Auburn's recruitment of the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, whose father shopped his services to another school for nearly... [Read More]
Auburn coach Gene Chizik delivered two messages Tuesday: He's standing by quarterback Barrett Trotter, and there's plenty of offensive blame to go around. Trotter will remain the starter for the 24th-ranked Tigers and their sputtering offense Saturday night when Florida visits, Chizik said. The laundry list of things the coach would like to see improve certainly includes Trotter but it doesn't... [Read More]
The fastest player on the University of South Carolina roster has been cleared to play in Saturday’s big game against the Auburn Tigers. Gamecock freshman wideout Damiere Byrd – who missed the first four games of the 2011 season as a result of his involvement with a student mentoring organization – has been reinstated by the NCAA. According to USC, Byrd “had no idea” that his involvement with the... [Read More]
Receiver Trovon Reed's star-crossed Auburn career has been thrown another loop, this time by a shoulder injury he suffered in last Saturday's win over Florida Atlantic. Coach Gene Chizik said Tuesday that Reed, Auburn's second-leading receiver, won't play at South Carolina this Saturday. "We'll monitor him week by week to see where he goes with his shoulder," Chizik said. Chizik said... [Read More]
Mobile's Danny Sheridan has been contacted by the NCAA concerning information about the recruitment of former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton and expects to talk to a representative from the organization's investigation staff this week. Sheridan was contacted through his attorney, Vince Kilborn, who said, "I can confirm that an NCAA representative called me Monday and asked to speak to my... [Read More]
Mobile's Danny Sheridan has been contacted by the NCAA concerning information about the recruitment of former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton and expects to talk to a representative from the organization's investigation staff this week. Sheridan was contacted through his attorney, Vince Kilborn, who said, "I can confirm that an NCAA representative called me Monday and asked to speak to my... [Read More]
Auburn had decided on the successor to Cam Newton. Barrett Trotter, the backup to Newton during their national championship season last year, has won the job. Trotter, a sophomore, is the only player on the roster to see significant action with the Tigers. He completed 6 of 9 passes for 64 yards in 2010 in relief of Newton, who won the Heisman Trophy. "Barrett has worked extremely hard to... [Read More]
Auburn freshman athlete Kris Frost showed up at Tuesday's morning session with a huge sling and stablizier on his right shoulder. Turns out it wasn't for show. Coach Gene Chizik said Frost is out for the year with a shoulder injury he suffered over the summer. "He's going througn a very thorough rehab process," Chizik said. "He's doing very well right now. We'll know more in a few... [Read More]
The Alabama County police sent out letters to parents suspected of not paying child support telling them they won tickets to the Auburn-Alabama game. All they had to do was show up with ID to collect. Instead of winning free tickets, they won an arrest. They called it "Operation Iron Snare" and it seems to have worked like a charm.
An NCAA official told Auburn coach Gene Chizik that it is not done investigating the Tigers' football program and the recruitment of Cam Newton, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Chizik asked NCAA vice president for enforcement Julie Roe Lach several questions, including why the NCAA had not announced that the Newton investigation was finished, during a presentation at... [Read More]
