The Anniston Star Online > Sports > College College sports headlines from The Anniston Star Online. View source archive --> Search this source --> ·Joe Medley: Despite Tigers' blowout in Iron Bowl loss to Alabama, timing bad for coaching change Before I reel off reasons why Auburn's parting with Tommy Tuberville's was the wrong call at the wrong time, I have some telling facts. Not counting Bill Oliver's five-game interim act, Auburn's past two head football coaches were a combined 132-57 in 151/2 seasons. ·Florida's Tebow sports rare combination of toughness, versatility TUSCALOOSA  Urban Meyer was sure the quarterback for Nease High in Florida would go to Alabama. The Florida coach knew Tim Tebow, the 6-foot-3, 225-pound stud recruit with the rocket left arm and powerful legs, would torment his Gators and other Southeastern Conference teams from Tuscaloosa for four years. ·Four AU recruits decommit On Feb. 24, 2008, Terrance Coleman became one of Auburn's first commitments for its 2009 signing class. On Wednesday, the four-star defensive end from Williamson became one of the first to jump ship. ·Saban scolds Auburn, others On the day Tommy Tuberville resigned as Auburn's head football coach, Alabama coach Nick Saban struck a different tone than the day the Crimson Tide hired him. ·Who's next? Not that long after Nick Saban was hired at Alabama, Auburn is ready to bring a new face into the college football landscape of the state of Alabama. ·Xavier guard Raymond too hot for Tigers CINCINNATI  B.J. Raymond scored a career-high 32 points against an Auburn defense that already knew better than to leave him open, and No. 14 Xavier remained undefeated Wednesday night with an 81-74 victory, Sean Miller's 100th as coach. ·AU women hoops wins AUBURN  DeWanna Bonner led No. 14 Auburn with 26 points and 11 rebounds in a 95-74 victory against North Carolina A&T. ·Volunteer alums wary of Kiffin NASHVILLE, Tenn.  Peyton Manning says he still bleeds orange, and Albert Haynesworth hopes new coach Lane Kiffin works out at Tennessee. That doesn't mean the former Volunteers are ready to embrace the guy who replaced their close friend and former coach, Phillip Fulmer. ·Flip could send QB to Heisman NORMAN, Okla.  When Oklahoma tight end Jermaine Gresham saw Sam Bradford go hurtling end over end in an all-out effort to score a touchdown, his first thought wasn't a good one. ·Alabama notebook TUSCALOOSA  Alabama nose tackle Josh Chapman and Florida quarterback Tim Tebow go way back  to Aug. 27, 2005, precisely. That day, Tebow's Nease High squad traveled to Hoover to play Hoover High in a nationally televised season opener for the Bucs.

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