Bottom 10: Where the teams aren't hot, but the coaches' seats are

"Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, currently located behind the huge pile of to-go containers that Jess Sims brings home from all of her "College GameDay" road eats segments, we know that where there is smoke, there is also fire. And barbecue. And ash. But hopefully no ash on the barbecue. There are a lot of chairs being barbecued in college football these days."

"Hot seats that became kindling, and way too early for an October fall harvest bonfire. UCLA and Virginia Tech became the first FBS teams to part ways in-season with their head coaches, one a legendary former player and the other a legendary former assistant coach. And that has led to a hunka hunka burning "Who's Next?" hot seat lists."

"It's enough to make one, well, take a seat, and pause to contemplate their place in this world. Might one day we wake up to find an athletic director standing in the door of our office with a pink slip? Or a booster who sells cars and thinks he's an expert on the spread offense standing in our door with a buyout check?"

Imagery from "Burnin' For You" frames burning and desire. A pile of to-go containers from Jess Sims' College GameDay road eats sets a humorous backdrop. Smoky, barbecue and ash metaphors describe the precarious state of coaching chairs. Numerous coaching hot seats are emerging unusually early in the season. UCLA and Virginia Tech executed in-season separations from their head coaches after Week 3. One departed coach is identified as a legendary former player and the other as a legendary former assistant coach. "Who's Next?" hot-seat lists proliferate across college football as programs evaluate leadership. Post-Week 3 Bottom 10 rankings follow the season's early upheaval.

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