College football is known for having hot seats on many a Power Four sideline. Some fan bases that feel entitled to double-digit wins annually, especially in the south or Texas, make coaches feel as if the seat has heat built into it or the off switch is broken.

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Usually “hot seat season” doesn’t begin until the end of summer, but this fall, the coaching carousel fired up with two moves in mid-September. And while many never understood the DeShaun Foster to UCLA hire last year, not a lot of people had Virginia Tech firing Brent Pry after a 0-3 start on their bingo card.

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