Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs says that he and AU president Jay Gogue tried to talk Tommy Tuberville out of resigning and that they had never considered firing him.

A source tells ESPN’s Joe Schad that Tuberville could have returned for another season, but knew he didn’t have the full support of the board of trustees (or major boosters).

Jacobs also said that no university representative has been in contact with a potential candidate.

Alright, let’s take a look at this, and admittedly, it’s early…

1)  We’ve known for a while that Auburn and Tuberville have not seen eye to eye and that this could be heading toward an Arkansas-Houston Nutt type divorce. 

2)  There are plenty of ways to make it clear that a person isn’t wanted… even without threatening a firing.

3)  Supposing Gogue and Jacobs did want Tuberville back, it’s hard to imagine him walking back in with just ONE more year guaranteed.  As I’ve pointed out, what kind of offensive coordinator would want to step into a potential one-and-done situation?

4)  As for the “our reps haven’t talked to a candidate” line… that’s pretty standard stuff.  By bending the English language, that statement could be true while a coaching search firm HAS spoken to the AGENTS for various coaches.

More to come.

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