With just the Army-Navy game this weekend, the FBS Coaching Carousel for 2017-18 is spinning out of control. More jobs have been filled, but that also means that more jobs are coming open as big-time programs put a premium on sitting head coaches. So, let’s get you up to date with hiring news and analysis for head-coaching moves as of Dec. 6. Hirings Texas A&M: Jimbo Fisher resigned from Florida…
Welp, here we go. Chip Kelly is a UCLA Bruin, Dan Mullen is a Florida Gator and there is so much more. In fact, 14 FBS jobs have turned over so far. The first real dominoes in the 2017-18 FBS Coaching Carousel fell on Thanksgiving weekend. I’m here to break down and analyze all of the moves and the remaining openings since our last update on Nov. 30 (updated as…
Postscripts is my weekly wrap of the week that was on the road and in college football. Look for my travel news and notes here each Thursday, along with some of my opinions about what’s happening in the college game we all love. – Matthew Postins I wasn’t on the road this weekend due to my dog’s surgery, so my weekend was spent, well, watching college football. My six-pack of…
This is our third Hot Seat Coaches edition for the 2017 season. In the College Football America 2017 Yearbook I highlighted our Hot Seat Coaches for this year. Now, no one likes to see a coach get fired (well, maybe some of you do). But there are realities to college football. Head coach is a performance-based job and if your team doesn’t perform, well, that can sometimes lead to a…
College Football America Publisher Kendall Webb, Editor-in-Chief Matthew Postins and Associate Publisher Chuck Cox discuss the SEC Coaching Carousel including the bold move in Gainesville this week. Did Florida really just fire Jim McElwain? Kendall: I’m still shaking my head at how fast that all came down. It looks like Coach Mac may have stretched the truth a little over the death threats thing, and if he did, that’s a…
Postscripts is my weekly wrap of the week that was on the road and in college football. Look for my travel news and notes here each Thursday, along with some of my opinions about what’s happening in the college game we all love. – Matthew Postins I’m going to be home this weekend. This is going to be weird. This will be the first time I’m home for a weekend…
FACEBOOK GAMEDAY GALLERY: Mississippi State Bulldogs 35, Texas A&M Aggies 14 COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Here we go again. The biggest knock against Kevin Sumlin and his teams at Texas A&M has been their inability to win in the second half of the season once they hit conference play. And just when the hot seat had cooled off a bit for Sumlin, there his Aggies were Saturday night getting pushed around in…
Half of 78 postseason spots accounted for with 39 teams at six or more wins After a topsy-turvy week that included several upsets, 11 more teams reached six victories to increase the total number of bowl-eligible teams to 39, exactly half of the 78 available spots in bowl games, including the four College Football Playoff teams. Twenty-five more teams are one win away from bowl eligibility heading into this week’s…
Postscripts is my weekly wrap of the week that was on the road and in college football. Look for my travel news and notes here each Thursday, along with some of my opinions about what’s happening in the college game we all love. – Matthew Postins This is that time of year when I wish there was three of me. We have college and pro football well into their seasons….
College Football America Yearbook Editor-in-Chief Matthew Postins and Associate Publisher Chuck Cox are back with Episode 6 of the College Football America RoadTripReplay, a podcast exclusive to RoadTripSports.com. In Episode 6, Chuck Cox talks about his trip back to Nacogdoches, Texas, for homecoming at Stephen F. Austin State University — the alma mater of both of our hosts — while Matthew Postins discusses his trip to Texas A&M-Commerce to see…