The Hot Seat Football Game
Few in SEC are safe. Who knew that, when the SEC unveiled its new motto last year, that it had a hidden meaning related to a football coachs job security. Screen_Shot_2016-08-06_at_7.19.14_AM.png' alt='The Hot Seat Football Game' title='The Hot Seat Football Game' />Turns out It Just Means More was short for, It just means more coaches are going to get fired than in any other conference. At least thats how its starting to look. Unless the name is Nick Saban or Kirby Smart, odds are youll be able to find every other SEC coachs name on one hot seat list or other. Which ones are on our College Football Hot Seat rankings Scroll down to find out. Coaches on this list are ranked in order of their likelihood not just to get the boot during the season but also to be sent packing soon. Its heavily influenced by recent results, which is why coaches whose teams had a bye in Week 9 arent included. David Beaty, Kansas. Tom PenningtonGetty Images. Big 1. 2Record at school 3 2. Ranking last week Seventh. Kansas scored on Saturday. A few times, actually. Really, theres video evidence if you care to look for it. Why are we making such a big deal of this Because the Jayhawks, who lost 3. Fluke Usb Driver 199C more. Kansas State, had failed to score in their previous two games and had been kept off the scoreboard for more than 1. For a program thats been as downtrodden for as long as Kansas has been, even the slightest sign of improvement is noteworthy. Two weeks of college football are in the books, and the potential coaching carousel is starting to take shape. College Football College Football Hot Seat Coaches in Danger of Getting Fired After Rough Start Brad Shepard. On Tuesday, ESPN published Steeles 13 college football coaches who are on the hot seat. Jim Moras Hot Seat Was Scorching, But Then the Impossible Happened UPDATE. Quarterback Carter Stanley threw for 4. Kansas passer in eight years, and the 4. The Hot Seat Football Game' title='The Hot Seat Football Game' />Next step for Kansas winning again. That could be in store next week, as winless Baylor comes to Lawrence. Jim Mora, UCLAOtto GrueleGetty Images. Pac 1. 2Record at school 4. Ranking last week Not ranked. Its kind of mean to kick a man when hes down, or in this case when his franchise quarterback is, but Jim Mora has been on the hot seat all season even if we havent ranked him most weeks. And its usually nice and warm each time UCLA comes back from a road game, of which it has lost eight in a row. College Football Hot Seat Rankings Evaluating job security of all 130 coaches From win or be fired to untouchable, every college football coach gets rated. The latest, 4. 4 2. Washington, wasnt much of a shock because the Bruins defense yet again played the role of a swinging door against the run. They allowed 3. 33 rushing yards, slightly above their FBS worst 3. Huskies the third team to score 5 times on the ground. A few times this year UCLA has managed to overcome this major shortcoming because of junior quarterback Josh Rosen, who was averaging 3. But Rosen was sacked 4 times and held to a career low 9. Without Rosen, this not so good team would be really bad, which we saw last year when he missed the final six games and UCLA went 1 5. Mora already was struggling to win with him. If Rosen cant go, it may serve as his coachs death knell. Kalani Sitake, BYU2. Record at school 1. NFL Coaches Burning On the Hot Seat. November 21, 2017 By Rajan Nanavati. Its the one day of the year that head coaches of underperforming NFL teams dread the. Ranking last week Fourth. BYU ended a seven game losing streak, its longest in 4. San Jose State on Saturday. In doing so, the Cougars beat their previous best scoring output by 1. This came against a San Jose State team that is 1 8 under a first time head coach and hasnt defeated an FBS team since last November. In other words, dont get too excited about this result and think it suddenly means Kalani Sitake and his offensively challenged staff have figured things out. The Cougars are still guaranteed their first losing and bowl devoid season since 2. And unless they win out they visit Mountain West leader Fresno State next theyll finish with their most losses in at least 1. Kevin Sumlin, Texas A MBob LeveyGetty Images. SECRecord at school 4. Ranking last week Not ranked. Welcome back, Kevin Sumlin. We missed you. It just wasnt the same while your Texas A M team not only was winning but also doing so in relatively impressive fashion. Not like in September, when the Aggies looked as if they were going out of their way to play poorly even in victory. A narrow loss to unbeaten Alabama and then a win at Florida made it appear the worm was turning in College Station. Then came the listless 3. Mississippi State on Saturday. All that positive momentum went up in smoke, and any thought that A M could win out, thus making it virtually impossible to fire Sumlin, is no longer. Texas A M turned it over 3 times, and its quarterbacks were a combined 1. The running game now has failed to gain 1. And now comes Auburn, which will be fresh from a bye and licking its chops to pounce on a wounded foe. David Bailiff, Rice. Conference USARecord at school 5. Ranking last week Fifth. When your team registers its second highest point total of the season and you still lose by 2 touchdowns at home, you know its not been a good season. And its becoming evident it also will be the last that Rice has with longtime coach David Bailiff at the helm. The Owls lost 4. 2 2. Louisiana Tech for their sixth consecutive loss, though they were far more competitive than in the previous five games when they were outscored 1. That doesnt change the fact this program, which had a 1. Conference USA division title in 2. Their only win this season 3. UTEP, which got rid of its coach weeks ago. Will Rice do the same with Bailiff during the season Probably not. If it does, it would be to get a jump on finding someone to turn around the Owls. Larry Fedora, North Carolina. Jeff GammonsGetty Images. ACCRecord at school 4. Ranking last week Second. It still counts the same as the other 7 losses, but the North Carolina squad that lost 2. Miami didnt look anything like the one that lost its previous five games. And not just because the Tar Heels roster has undergone an absurd amount of injury attrition. The latest collection of contributors, many of whom Larry Fedora didnt plan to use this fall, put forth North Carolinas best effort in weeks. But considering that lack of talent and experience, it shouldnt be surprising they turned it over 4 times including a fumble at the Miami 3. Another blowout here, which was possible, would have made it easy for North Carolina to fire Fedora going into a bye week. Now his fate rests more on how the Heels look the next time out, Nov. Pitt. 2. Jim Mc. Elwain, Florida. Kevin C. CoxGetty Images. SECRecord at school 2. Ranking last week Not ranked. If ever theres been a situation where the win loss record doesnt tell the whole story, its with Jim Mc. Elwain. His first two Florida teams won the SEC East Division, beating rival Georgia in the process, but in nearly every big game the Gators came up short. And it was usually because of a lack of offensive cohesion. This season has been no different, other than that instead of beating Georgia, they were stomped by the Bulldogs, losing 4. Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday for their third consecutive loss. And that embarrassing performance came during the same week Mc. Elwain made claims his family has received death threats. Those claims could end up sealing his coaching fate in Gainesville. ESPNs Edward Aschoff and Mark Schlabach reported Saturday that Florida was trying to determine if it could fire Mc. Elwain for cause because the school has been unable to find evidence of threats against him. Butch Jones, Tennessee. Andy LyonsGetty Images. SECRecord at school 3. Ranking last week First. Last week we speculated how fitting it would be if the final touchdown of the Butch Jones era at Tennessee would be one in which one of his players threw up the double bird to opposing fans. But how the Volunteers latest game ended is so much more fitting. Tennessee lost 2. Kentucky on Saturday, its fourth consecutive loss.