Auburn, essentially gave up their last year under Chizik(Sp) with virtually the same players, who beat the stuffing out of Tennessee. Last year, Auburn didn't want to try. So, they didn't! Malzahn had only been gone a year. Most all of these players were players he had recruited, when he was there initially. So, it is not that Malzahn was able to work all kinds of miracles. It is the players had simply lost interest in playing for Chizik. They folded their tents early in order to watch their Coach suffer the consequences. The rest is history.