Gene Chizik

CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA One year after winning college football's biggest prize, Auburn is in scramble mode. One year after winning only four games, Virginia is on the rise. The Cavaliers have doubled their wins from last year. The Tigers, who beat Oregon in last season's national championship game, are unranked and having to plug holes for Saturday night's Chick-fil-A Bowl. Auburn running back Mike Dyer has been suspended by...Read Full Story

CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA One year after winning college football's biggest prize, Auburn's fall has been painful. The unranked Tigers will finish the season Saturday night against Virginia in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Star running back Mike Dyer has been suspended, and there's no guarantee he'll return next season. Defensive coordinator Ted Roof has left for the same post at Central Florida, and offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn is...Read Full Story

LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa Iowa State began the year with a narrow win over an FCS team on a hot September night. The Cyclones ended 2011 with a disappointing 27-13 loss to Rutgers on a frigid December afternoon in Yankee Stadium. In between those two dates, they managed to produce a roller-coaster 6-7 season. Iowa State won their first three games with thrilling fourth-quarter rallies, then crashed hard with four straight...Read Full Story

BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. Clint Moseley's first career start for Auburn was one he probably won't be able to forget — at least not until the soreness of six sacks wears off. One week after winning over coach Gene Chizik with his second-half performance in a victory over Florida, Moseley was held to 12-of-20 passing for 145 yards and had an interception returned for a score in 19th-ranked Auburn's 45-10 loss to No. 1 LSU on...Read Full Story

Tom Herman came to Iowa State three years ago when Paul Rhoads took over a 2-10 football team from the departed Gene Chizik. While the offensive numbers weren't dazzling, together he and Rhoads took Iowa State to bowl games in two of the past three seasons and led Iowa State to some program changing upsets. [...] Iowa State loses offensive coordinator is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com. View and VoteRead Full Story