"Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located behind the wall of industrial-sized cooling fans used to keep Pete Thamel's phone and laptop labeled "Coaching Carousel News Breakers" from overheating and exploding like the Death Star, we are following what would appear to be a good plan for anyone and everyone who has even the tiniest line of crossover into the Venn diagram of college football: wearing a hardhat and hiding under our desks as everyone around us shouts, "Timber!" as yet another FBS head coach falls."
"It's fitting that this is all peaking just before Halloween. Because a year ago, I dressed in a costume as a college football coach, circa 2007 "I'm a man! I'm 40!" Mike Gundy. That night I was a little overserved and didn't realize that I had placed my metal folding chair directly over a smoldering fire pit and wound up burning my Cowboy Orange butt because, yes, I as Mike Gundy unknowingly had been on a hot seat."
An ongoing wave of firings has shaken college football, with at least eight Power 4 head coaches removed and a dozen total when Gang of 6 jobs are included. The turnover has created a hot-seat atmosphere across programs and amplified the Bottom 10 conversation after Week 9. Halloween timing and a personal dressing-as-Mike Gundy anecdote underline the chaotic, almost theatrical mood around coaching changes. Social media moments, such as a tweet about Oklahoma State and Brian Kelly, punctuate the turbulence. Upsets continue on the field, exemplified by the Minuetmen losing to five-win Central Michigan.
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