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Sonny Dykes Is No. 5 On The Hot Seat: 5 Reasons TCU’s Offense Has Him There, And Why Saturday At Baylor Decides Which Way It Goes

Oct 16, 2026

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8 min read

Sonny Dykes Is No. 5 On The Hot Seat: 5 Reasons TCU’s Offense Has Him There, And Why Saturday At Baylor Decides Which Way It Goes

Plus: The Playoff Is Close To Expanding To 24 Teams, Kalshi Will Fine Bettors Who Harass Athletes, and NCAA Prez Baker Jokes About A 48-Team Playoff

Mark Haines

College Football

Oct 13, 2026

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Week 7 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

Oklahoma Beat No. 1 Texas With 1 Offensive Touchdown, and Mike Elko picked a fight with a message board.

Mark Haines

College Football

Jedd Fisch Is 14-3 At Husky Stadium And 3-8 Everywhere Else. Here’s What Washington’s Coach Has To Fix With 4 Road Games In His Last 7, Starting With Third Down.

Oct 9, 2026

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Jedd Fisch Is 14-3 At Husky Stadium And 3-8 Everywhere Else. Here’s What Washington’s Coach Has To Fix With 4 Road Games In His Last 7, Starting With Third Down.

Plus the College Sports Commission investigates up to 10 Power 4 athletic departments it can’t subpoena, the Playoff’s 30-day window with ESPN gets longer, and Arkansas trustees are reportedly 7-3 for a change at athletic director.

Mark Haines

Lincoln Riley Won, and USC's Students Chanted "Fire Lincoln" Anyway. He's 1 of 4 Coaches Who Won on Saturday and Still Couldn't Get Out of the Coaches Hot Seat Top 10.

Oct 6, 2026

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Lincoln Riley Won, and USC's Students Chanted "Fire Lincoln" Anyway. He's 1 of 4 Coaches Who Won on Saturday and Still Couldn't Get Out of the Coaches Hot Seat Top 10.

Plus Jedd Fisch jumps 90 spots to No. 6, the House has 20 working days to pass the college sports bill, and 2 readers tell us where we got it wrong.

Mark Haines

Josh Heupel Is 37-6 Against Unranked Teams and 3-8 Against the Top 10. Tennessee Pays Him $9 Million a Year to Fix the Second Number.

Oct 2, 2026

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14 min read

Josh Heupel Is 37-6 Against Unranked Teams and 3-8 Against the Top 10. Tennessee Pays Him $9 Million a Year to Fix the Second Number.

Plus BYU's athletic director shopped for Kalani Sitake's replacement, and the College Football Playoff will go to 24 teams the minute ESPN pays for it.

Mark Haines

Sep 29, 2026

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7 min read

Week 5 - Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

Mike Locksley takes No. 1 after a 54-3 home loss, and Lincoln Riley climbs 13 spots for what he says he didn't see.

Mark Haines

Shane Beamer Is 2-10 Against Power-Four Teams and Just Blew a 16-0 Lead at Home. His Buyout Drops $5.8 Million On Jan. 1.

Sep 25, 2026

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Shane Beamer Is 2-10 Against Power-Four Teams and Just Blew a 16-0 Lead at Home. His Buyout Drops $5.8 Million On Jan. 1.

Inside this week's Diagnosis: what South Carolina's gaudy September numbers look like once you check who they came against, all 6 Beamer seasons next to Kalen DeBoer's and Steve Sarkisian's, and the 2 games left that decide the future.

Mark Haines

Sep 22, 2026

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Week 4 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

With nonconference play finished, the excuses have expired. Here are the 10 coaches who need a win this Saturday.

Mark Haines

Arkansas Is Fine Paying Ryan Silverfield $33.5 Million And Fielding The Cheapest Roster In The SEC

Sep 18, 2026

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Arkansas Is Fine Paying Ryan Silverfield $33.5 Million And Fielding The Cheapest Roster In The SEC

The Athletic puts the 2026 Razorback roster last in the league at $22 million to $25 million, against a $33 million to $38 million average. Silverfield's Memphis teams rated +2.84 against schedules 3 points below average. Sam Pittman's Arkansas teams rated +5.38 against schedules 5 points above it, and Arkansas fired him.

Mark Haines

Archive

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

Sonny Dykes Is No. 5 On The Hot Seat: 5 Reasons TCU’s Offense Has Him There, And Why Saturday At Baylor Decides Which Way It Goes

Week 7 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

Jedd Fisch Is 14-3 At Husky Stadium And 3-8 Everywhere Else. Here’s What Washington’s Coach Has To Fix With 4 Road Games In His Last 7, Starting With Third Down.

Lincoln Riley Won, and USC's Students Chanted "Fire Lincoln" Anyway. He's 1 of 4 Coaches Who Won on Saturday and Still Couldn't Get Out of the Coaches Hot Seat Top 10.

Josh Heupel Is 37-6 Against Unranked Teams and 3-8 Against the Top 10. Tennessee Pays Him $9 Million a Year to Fix the Second Number.

Week 5 - Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

Shane Beamer Is 2-10 Against Power-Four Teams and Just Blew a 16-0 Lead at Home. His Buyout Drops $5.8 Million On Jan. 1.

Week 4 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

Arkansas Is Fine Paying Ryan Silverfield $33.5 Million And Fielding The Cheapest Roster In The SEC

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