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South Carolina's New AD Bet $50 Million On Shane Beamer In His First 60 Days. Now They're 3-7 And Stuck With A $28 Million Disaster
Plus: Baylor's AD Resigns Effective Immediately, Penn State Wants Kalen DeBoer (But Won't Get Him), And Why The Big Ten's Real Problem Isn't Money - It's Boring Football
Week 13 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings
The excuses are gone. The "we're building something" narratives have expired. Athletic directors aren't just managing perception; they're managing reality. Here are the coaches who won't survive until January, the ones surviving on institutional paralysis, and why this coaching carousel is more brutal than any in recent memory.
Two Coaches On The Hot Seat Face Off Saturday Night. One Survives. The Other Runs Out Of Runway.
Mark Stoops (#16) vs Hugh Freeze (#5) in Auburn. Wake Forest looks like easy money against Mike Norvell (#1), until you see the numbers. Plus: LSU's governor just hijacked their coaching search, Nebraska locked down Matt Rhule with a $15M buyout, and Kent State's interim coach earned the permanent job by snapping a 17-game losing streak.
Michigan, Michigan State, and Kentucky Fans Are Done Waiting: Why Saturday's Games Will Crank Up The Heat On Three Coaches Already Feeling The Pressure
Sherrone Moore inherited a championship roster and turned it mediocre. Jonathan Smith's "slow rebuild" doesn't work in the NIL era. And Mark Stoops has a massive buyout—but Kentucky fans don't care anymore. Plus: Andrew Luck just became the most powerful person in college football, and nobody's talking about it.
3 Coaches On Our Hot Seat Rankings Have Critical Games This Weekend. Here's Why Their Inflated Statistics Are Hiding How Much Pressure They're Actually Under.
Mike Norvell's Florida State averages 536 yards per game, but 28% of those stats are fake. Bill Belichick's North Carolina hired the greatest NFL coach in history and got worse. Justin Wilcox's Cal finds new ways to lose every week. We expose the fraudulent numbers, explain why this weekend cranks up the heat, and reveal which coaches are closer to the edge than anyone realizes.
Luke Fickell's QB Has A 5 TD, 5 INT Ratio Through 4 Games. Here's Why Wisconsin's Season Implodes In Ann Arbor—And Fickell's Seat Goes From Hot To Volcanic
Plus: Why Clemson's 1-3 start isn't about talent—it's about Garrett Riley's play-calling. And North Carolina hired Bill Belichick but somehow got worse. Week 6 is where the pressure becomes unbearable.
Sam Pittman (#4 Hot Seat) And Kalen DeBoer (#17 Hot Seat) Face Career-Defining Games This Weekend. Here's Why The Pressure Just Got Real.
The coach who replaced Nick Saban sits at #17 on our Hot Seat Rankings—meaning 119 FBS coaches have better job security. This weekend's Georgia game either saves his reputation or sends him tumbling toward the top 5. Plus: the shocking stats that prove Notre Dame's defense is broken, and how 2 coaches went from "dead men walking" to Coach of the Year candidates in 4 games.