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 By Caleb Jeanneret Mack Brown announced he was coming back for the 2025 season.... and UNC pulled the rug out from under him and announced today that Brown would not return as the head coach at UNC, which opens up one of the most intriguing openings, and the best opening so far in the 2025 offseason. With conference realignment, no team is ever set in stone, and with the basketball success, I wouldn't be surprised if in a year North Carolina was in the SEC, which could bring some bigger names than you think to the job. These coaches are in no order, but are my five favorite realistic replacements for the Tar Heels. 1. Andy Kotelnicki- OC Penn State North Carolina is known as a place for top QBs, which have included Sam Howell and Drake Maye in the past few years, but the offense hasn't always been the smoothest. Kotelnicki is one of the best offensive minds in the country and has success quickly at multiple spots. When Lance Leipold took over at Kansas, he brought Kotelnicki ...

 By Caleb Jeanneret Bo Nix is opening eyes across the league and closing in on Jayden Daniels' lead for Offensive Rookie of the Year. The rise seems fast, but besides the first two games, Nix has looked like a veteran quarterback this season. How does his season stack up against past (QB) rookie of the years through 10 games? Bo Nix through 12 games: 2548 passing yds 64.9 CMP% 300 rushing yds 21 total TDs 7 turnovers 2023- CJ Stroud 3,540 passing yds 63.4 CMP% 143 rushing yds 23 total TDs 12 turnovers Stroud got off to a scorching start last year, so beats Nix in terms of passing yards and total TDs, but Stroud had more turnovers (7 fumbles, 5 INTs), less rushing yards, and a lower completion percentage. 2020- Justin Herbert 3,467 passing yds 66.3 CMP% 185 rushing yds 28 total TDs 16 turnovers Justin Herbert's rookie season is considered to be one of the best of all time, but isn't too far ahead of what Nix is doing. More passing yards, higher completion percentage, and TDs...

By Caleb Jeanneret Mike Gundy has struggled this year, not only with on-field success as the Cowboys are 3-9, 0-9 in the Big 12, but also has had some quotes come out making him seem disinterested and frustrated with everything. Is there a mutual split incoming? It would be tough to imagine Oklahoma State firing the all-time winningest coach in program history, but it may be time to move on. This would be an interesting job, as I think it would attract some up-and-coming coaches, but would have to compete in recruiting with some pretty big programs, Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas A&M. Top candidates: 1. Alex Golesh- HC USF 2. Barry Odom- HC UNLV 3. Rich Rodriguez- HC Jacksonville St.

 By Caleb Jeanneret Rumors are circulating that Dan Lanning is circulating in NFL HC circles. Would he be great? Why wouldn't he be? Will it happen? Almost certainly not He has unlimited resources and doesn't seem to despise recruiting like Chip Kelly, but it is very fun to find coaches to take over for him. Here is my top 5 favorite candidates to replace him if he were to leave. 5. Will Stein- OC Oregon The roster would be kept for the most part, and the offense is elite, it's just not as fun as some of the others below, but had to be mentioned. 4. Rhett Lashlee- HC SMU One of the country's top offensive minds has successfully turned around SMU with a career record of 26-10 and currently has the Mustangs in the top 15 in their first year in the ACC. Before becoming the HC of SMU Lashlee was successful as the OC at SMU and Miami and would continue to build the legacy of great offenses at Oregon. 3. Curt Cignetti- HC Indiana This would make the most sense, turning around...

 By Caleb Jeanneret The 2nd college football playoff rankings will come out tonight, and I assume they will do some dumb things, so here is my prediction, as well as what they should do: If you haven't seen my last week's rankings check them out HERE . Predictions (Top 12): What it should be: 

By Caleb Jeanneret  The University of Florida announced this morning that Billy Napier will be the Head Coach of the football team going forward, and although every fan of the football team disagrees, will not be firing him. It's obvious that Florida is worried about bottoming out as a program, much like Nebraska is on the verge of doing after firing Bo Pelini. The only difference is Billy Napier may bottom them out on his own. Even though Florida will not be hiring a new coach, I did want to go through some possible firings/job openings across the power conferences, and who my favorite fit would be to replace them.     Neal Brown- West Virginia Neal Brown was on the hot seat following the 2022 season but saved his job after winning 9 games last year. He is currently 4-4 (3-2 in conference) and isn't necessarily on the "Hot Seat." If they miss a bowl game, I think it's time to move on. Brown was brought on as an offensive mind, but in five complete seasons, he has...

All eyes were on the College Football Playoff Rankings last night as there was nothing else of note happening. The committee showed us that the only thing that has changed is the number of SEC teams it can squeeze in.  There is one pretty likely scenario where an 11-1 Indiana team misses the playoff. Let's envision a scenario where Penn State wins out, but misses the Big Ten Championship game, Miami wins out but loses the ACC title game to SMU, Colorado beats an undefeated BYU team in the Big 12 championship game, and Indiana's only loss comes close to Ohio State, therefore missing the Big Ten Title game.  Penn State gets in because they are already ranked higher than Indiana, and don't play H2H. Miami gets in because the committee has shown that they won't punish the loser of a conference title game. SMU then has to jump someone to get in because they would be one of the 4 highest ranked conference champions. Colorado would also jump someone as they would be a highly-r...