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Sep 15, 2026

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Greg Schiano Lost to UMass and Boston College, and That Made Him the No. 1 Hot Seat in College Football

Mike Norvell moved up a spot without playing a snap, Ryan Day made the single biggest jump on the board, and almost every coach who cooled off this week did it by beating somebody who had no business being on the schedule.

Mark Haines

College Football

We Graded Greg Schiano Against Bill O'Brien and Bret Bielema on 45 Career Measures. He Loses 29 of Them.

Sep 11, 2026

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We Graded Greg Schiano Against Bill O'Brien and Bret Bielema on 45 Career Measures. He Loses 29 of Them.

The winningest coach in Rutgers history is stuck 1 win short of 100, at an athletic department that cannot afford the $18.5 million it would take to move on.

Mark Haines

College Football

Sep 9, 2026

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Week 2: Coaches' Hot Seat Rankings

Luke Fickell Led Notre Dame At Halftime And Left Lambeau With The Hottest Seat In America. Mike Locksley Won 62-0 And Dropped 3 Spots. Dabo Swinney Moved 44.

Mark Haines

College Football

The Clock In The Stadium Said Michigan Lost. The Big Ten Has A Different Clock, And You Are Not Allowed To See It

Sep 8, 2026

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The Clock In The Stadium Said Michigan Lost. The Big Ten Has A Different Clock, And You Are Not Allowed To See It

Michigan beat a MAC school by one point on Saturday, and to do it the Big Ten had to reveal that the clock 110,000 people were staring at isn't the one that counts.

Mark Haines

Doeren

TCU's Receiver Spent 3 Days in a Hospital With a Brain Bleed. TCU's Response Was to Ban the Newspaper.

Sep 4, 2026

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TCU's Receiver Spent 3 Days in a Hospital With a Brain Bleed. TCU's Response Was to Ban the Newspaper.

Also, Dave Doeren enters year 14 at NC State with 0 ACC Championship Game appearances and a defense that fell from 19th to 111th in 3 years.

Mark Haines

College Football

Florida State Paid $1.4 Million to Get Booed by Minute 20

Sep 1, 2026

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Florida State Paid $1.4 Million to Get Booed by Minute 20

Tony Elliott was on the hot seat 2 years ago. Saturday he put Dave Doeren on it, and our board moved for the first time all season.Sub Headline

Mark Haines

Deion Sanders

Aug 28, 2026

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Deion Sanders and Mike Norvell Are Closer Than Anybody in Boulder Wants to Admit

Over the same 3 seasons, Norvell went 20-18 and Sanders went 16-21, and both peaked on borrowed talent before the floor gave out. Plus the 3 days that closed the door between the NFL and college football, and the Baton Rouge hearing Monday that could kick it back open.

Mark Haines

College Football

Wisconsin Fans Stopped Chanting and Canceled 7,193 Season Tickets. That Is How You Measure a Hot Seat in 2026

Aug 25, 2026

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Wisconsin Fans Stopped Chanting and Canceled 7,193 Season Tickets. That Is How You Measure a Hot Seat in 2026

Our Week Zero board ranks all 10, from Mike Norvell at No. 1 to the 4 coaches whose own presidents put a defense of them in writing last fall. Plus a military college that sold its jersey to a gun store. Headline

Mark Haines

Odom

Purdue Committed $48 Million to 2 Coaching Decisions. Indiana Put $11 Million a Year Into Its Staff and Won a National Title

Aug 21, 2026

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Purdue Committed $48 Million to 2 Coaching Decisions. Indiana Put $11 Million a Year Into Its Staff and Won a National Title

Barry Odom loses all 38 shaded rows in the workbook against Curt Cignetti and Marcus Freeman, and almost none of it is his fault.Sub Headline

Mark Haines

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

Greg Schiano Lost to UMass and Boston College, and That Made Him the No. 1 Hot Seat in College Football

We Graded Greg Schiano Against Bill O'Brien and Bret Bielema on 45 Career Measures. He Loses 29 of Them.

Week 2: Coaches' Hot Seat Rankings

The Clock In The Stadium Said Michigan Lost. The Big Ten Has A Different Clock, And You Are Not Allowed To See It

TCU's Receiver Spent 3 Days in a Hospital With a Brain Bleed. TCU's Response Was to Ban the Newspaper.

Florida State Paid $1.4 Million to Get Booed by Minute 20

Deion Sanders and Mike Norvell Are Closer Than Anybody in Boulder Wants to Admit

Wisconsin Fans Stopped Chanting and Canceled 7,193 Season Tickets. That Is How You Measure a Hot Seat in 2026

Purdue Committed $48 Million to 2 Coaching Decisions. Indiana Put $11 Million a Year Into Its Staff and Won a National Title

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