Chizik speaks, 9/13

Hey everyone. I'll gussy this up in a bit.

Let's roll with the substance:

Gene Chizik on the Tigers' special-teams problems: ``We're just not playing well. It's a situation where there are some personnel issues ... and some continuity issues. There's a lot of new names and faces."


• Chizik on the offensive line's play: ``They're getting it. They need to keep playing physical. I haven't bought stock into them yet. I just don't want anybody to get ahead of this thing."
  
  
• Chizik on Ziemba being split out wide Saturday and begging for the ball: ``Let me assure you ... that'll never happen no matter how much he yells for it."
  
  
• Chizik on Burns as a passer out of the Wildcat: ``He won't be making any throws he's not good at."
  
  
• Chizik on the chances of DE Cam Henderson playing this season: ``None. It's some issues that are ... he won't be playing this year."
  
  
• Chizik asked if that's his discretion: ``They're pretty much all at my discretion."
  
  
• Chizik on Gus Malzahn: ``He's very good at his trade."
  
  
• Chizik asked if he feels anything in common with WVU coach Bill Stewart, who also was an an unsuccessful head coach once upon a time: ``I'm really not familiar with the situation at West Virginia. With me, that's so long ago, it's not something I pay a whole lot of credence to. I don't get validation from the outside world."
  
  
• Though Chizik won't address Tommy Trott's injury, the chatter here is that Auburn's senior tight end has a (relatively) minor injury to an MCL. If he's dealing with a sprain, he shouldn't be out too long. Maybe two or three weeks?

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