"Ray: Forty-seven Division I coaches have already lost a game this year, which means that 47 coaches are on the hot seat, because that's the way it's always worked. And frankly, that's how it probably should work now that college football is trying to be like European soccer, jamming all the power into a few hands. For instance, Erik ten Hag was fired after three games at Bayer Leverkusen based on . . . well, that's how soccer works."
"after getting boat-raced at Florida State, Alabama cannot win enough games by enough points to save DeBoer from the ire of a fan base that forgives nothing and forgets less. In other words, DeBoer cannot beat Louisiana Monroe on Saturday by enough touchdowns to regain the benefit of their doubts. And that is why college football is such mutant fun. That, and the knowledge that DeBoer's buyout is $70 million."
"Israel: I genuinely think Mike Gundy is being paid by Newsmax or one of these conservative outlets to show up on television every few weeks to carp about kids getting paid or whatever to distract from his middling record. No amount of crying about the sport's lost purity is going to make his team better, but maybe turning himself into a sun-dried-prune"
Forty-seven Division I coaches have lost at least one game, putting many on the hot seat amid heightened turnover. College football is compared to European soccer in its concentration of power and willingness to fire quickly. Erik ten Hag's swift dismissal at Bayer Leverkusen is cited as an example of that trend. Kalen DeBoer replaced a legend and suffered an opening loss by two scores, intensifying scrutiny from an unforgiving fan base. DeBoer's $70 million buyout raises the stakes. Mike Gundy frequently appears on television criticizing player compensation, which some view as distracting from his middling record.
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