The NEXT: Coach of Auburn?

Tommy Tuberville likely isn't done, but Google Trends apparently isn't sure.

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"I ain't going nowhere!"

As of 3:45pm on December 3rd, the third-hottest Google search (it's listed as "volcanic") is "Tommy Tuberville fired." It wasn't a great year for the Auburn Tigers—they were on the wrong end of one of the worst Auburn/Alabama games ever—but most established media reports seem to think Tuberville is getting at least one more year. With Will Muschamp locked up as the next Mack Brown at University of Texas, who gets this gig when Tuberville rolls out? Obvious names: Jim Grobe, Chris Petersen. Choice you may not think about: Bobby Petrino, who used to work for Tuberville and has no problem bolting on programs (apparently). Choices we'd like to see get in there: Kevin Wilson, Charlie Strong (kidding - he'd never do that to Urban Meyer), Brent Venables, Chip Kelly or maybe Skip Holtz. Giving this job to Turner Gill would be amazing, but likely never happens.

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