AUBURN, Alabama – Auburn's Gene Chizik says he has a plan to turn around the Tigers next season.

"That's very accurate," he said Sunday.

The Tigers fell to 2-8 overall and 0-7 in the SEC when they lost to Georgia 38-0 Saturday. Auburn University President Jay Gogue has said he'll review Chizik's work at the end of the season. There's no doubt that the Tigers have struggled.

"I'm just very disappointed where we are," Chizik said.

As for next year, Chizik said he knows there is work to do.

"I think it's really going to start with evaluation from top to bottom, from scheme to recruiting," Chizik said. "We have to look under the hood of the car. We have a car that's not running very well right now.

"From there, you can make very informed decisions on where you need to go."

Chizik said he really wanted to talk about the team and next Saturday's game against Alabama A&M.

"This is not about me. It's never been about me," he said. "Really and truly, I want to talk about our next football game and our seniors for the last time playing in this stadium. I understand the question, but it's not really about me."

And as far as this season, Chizik said, "Anything I say sounds like an excuse, and I don't make excuses."

Chizik said he's tried to be steady with his program.

"We haven't changed in four years. We have had three bowl wins and 30 wins in four years. We haven't changed a whole lot on a day-to-day basis," Chizik said. But while the principles haven't changed, Chizik added the players have had to learn with new things with new coordinators.

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