Tuberville in Limbo. Finebaum Piles On

Auburn's Tommy Tuberville met with Athletic Director Jay Jacobs on Tuesday to discuss Tuberville's future at Auburn. Incredibly, the two men didn't reach a conclusion to that conversation. One theory is that Tuberville will need to lay out a plan for replacing assistants and revamping the offense in order to stay.

Meanwhile, Paul Finebaum piles on by suggestion that Tuberville will stay, but that he's a lame duck. The tone of the article belittles the Auburn program spectacularly well. It's a must read for Auburn Haters everywhere.

Personally, I think Auburn would be nuts to fire Tuberville. His achievements include:

1 Undefeated Season
1 SEC Title
2 SEC Championship Game Appearances
4 or 5 SEC West Co-Titles
7-3 record against Alabama
5-5 record against Georgia

Other than the '83-'89 period, there's no run like Tuberville's in Auburn's entire history. Don't misunderstand what Auburn is vs. what Auburn thinks it is. They are a program with only 6 SEC titles. Until 2004, that was the same number of SEC titles as Georgia Tech...a team that left the league in 1964. It's half as many titles as Georgia, and it's less than 1/3 as many as Alabama.

Tuberville's primary problem seems to be that he went 3 years without recruiting an elite quarterback, and he misread his problem by firing Al Borges. Then he compounded his issues by hiring Tony Franklin. Those are very real problems for which is should be held accountable, but they are fixable problems.

The bigger issue. Who is better that they can realistically land? Mike Leach is already having discussions with Washington, and Texas Tech is preparing to make him a major offer. While Brian Kelly has said he's staying put in Cincy.

So who's the better candidate for Auburn? Better yet, who is a more proven candidate?

This Dawg fan is hoping Auburn fires Tuberville because they won't do better.

PWD