Gene Chizik beat him in 2010 ... “I’m one of those Auburn guys that respect Nick Saban as a football coach for what he’s accomplished,” Johnston said. “I am an Auburn guy, but at ...

In fact, during the 17 seasons that Saban was at Alabama, Auburn had five different head coaches face him in Tommy Tuberville, Gene Chizik ... and Auburn during the Nick Saban era, starting ...