In case you didn’t notice, Charles Barkley is stupid.

With the 2008 NCAA college football season over, its reshuffling time for some football programs that failed to produce a successful campaign worth talking about around the campus.

One of which is the Auburn Tigers football program. These guys are looking for a new direction, hiring Gene Chizik of Iowa State to take over their team as head coach. A defensive coordinator for Auburn back in 2004, the Tigers finished a perfect 13-0 then, ranking as high as No.2 all over the country.

The Tigers hope that they would be able to get back on top with Gene Chizik returning to the program. Chizik replaces Tommy Tuberville, who was forced to resign a few weeks ago. He won 85 games in 10 seasons.

On the other hand, despite Chizik’s remarkable resume as defensive coordinator of the Auburn Tigers four years ago, he is still the guy who had a dismal 5-19 record as head coach in two seasons with the Iowa State Cyclones. Auburn hiring him was a shocker to some and you can’t blame them.

One guy, however, took it to another level.

Auburn alum Charles Barkley, lobbying for Buffalo’s Turner Gill, was enraged about the fact that his school hired a white dude as head coach. He claims the Tigers didn’t hire Gill just because of the fact that he’s black. And while that may be the most stupid piece of information you’ve read all day, you’ll keep reading just because you know Charles Barkley IS entertaining.

‘’I think race was the No.1 factor,'’ said Barkley, who played basketball for three seasons at Auburn during the early 1980s. ‘’You can say it’s not about race, but you can’t compare the two resumes and say [Chizik] deserved the job. Out of all the coaches they interviewed, Chizik probably had the worst resume.'’

‘’I'm just very disappointed,'’ Barkley added. ‘’I just thought Turner Gill would be the perfect choice for two reasons: He’s a terrific coach and we needed to make a splash. I thought we had to do something spectacular to bring attention to the program. Clearly, if we’d hired a black coach, it would have created a buzz.'’

Sir Charles, with the shape you’re in right now, you don’t need Gill to create a buzz. You can do that all by your lonesome.

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