COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Over approximately the last five years, college football has moved much closer to the professional ranks with the advent of name, image and likeness compensation, revenue sharing and the free-agent market of unlimited transfers.

Some of that has made the product on the field a little bit more like the National Football League, as well, in ways that fans, boosters and even college administrators might not have realized yet, head coach Mike Elko said Monday.

Eleven football bowl subdivision head coaches have been fired so far this season, which Elko attributes to the NFL-like parity that has found its way to the Southeastern Conference over the last two years.

“The parity in this conference is at an all-time high,” he said. “So, when you look at it week-in

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