Tommy Tuberville's mother gave an interview to the local paper in Opelika, AL and was quoted as saying, "He didn't resign.  He was fired."

Many will recall that Tuberville was fired from the Auburn head coaching job last week.  Initial reports were that Tuberville was meeting with Jay Jacobs and co. to present a plan to turn things around.  After that didn't work, he was reportedly "fired."  Later Jacobs, the AD, came out stating that he wasn't fired but that he chose to resign his position.  Jacobs was quoted as saying he tried to convince Tuberville to stay 3 times.  He even went on to say that he told Tuberville that if he wanted to leave for another head coaching job, he would get rid of the buyout so the other school could get him.  As it turned out, Tuberville and the Auburn program split amid a storm of speculation and receiving a $5 million buyout. 

As my readers may recall, I've been tracking this myself since October of this year after the loss to West Virginia.  I said then that if he didn't turn things around and he didn't beat Bama he would be out.  Here it is December and Tuberville is out as Auburn's coach. 

The fact that Jay Jacobs would sit there and insult the Auburn family's collective intelligence is just disgusting.  It's a sign of how that program has fallen into chaos since 2003 when Auburn boosters attempted a coup to get rid of Tuberville.  Following that season, Tuberville took the Tigers to a perfect season and a SEC Championship but failed to get to the big game. 

Those same boosters were involved in the process this time, albeit they denied any involvement.  So, if Jacobs says Tuberville resigned and his mother says he was fired, who do you believe?  Yeah...that's what I thought.