As I was watching Bill Belichick and UNC get totally destroyed by TCU on Labor Day evening, something dawned on me. Over the past five years, we've seen an influx of “celebrity” coaches in college football. Many seemingly are drawn to the sport after seeing Deion Sanders' success and the groundswell of attention around him. It isn't coincidental. Schools are actively going after these big names in an attempt to make a splashy hire and satisfy alumni, boosters, and fans of the teams—a show that they're trying to fight for something better.

But early in this experiment, it seems the notion of substituting real college football coaching experience for celebrity and clout isn't fully working. Although this experiment hasn't fully taken shape yet, it seems more often than not, the celebrity

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