Four weeks from Sunday, the College Football Playoff’s official 2025 12-team bracket will be set. Technically, that’s a lot of time for things to change in the college football universe.

For example, it’s more than enough time for a couple more SEC coaches to get whacked. Don’t say we didn’t warn you, Mike Stoops. And, hey, Jeff Lebby: You’ve already had a whole 23 months and 21 games to turn around Mississippi State. We don’t care that your final three regular-season games are against No. 5 Georgia, No. 19 Missouri and No. 7 Ole Miss. Get busy winnin’ or get busy dyin’.

It’s also enough time for two “mid” coaches like Maryland’s Mike Locksley and South Carolina’s Shane Beamer to exchange more unpleasantries about how the other does business. They have sparred for years — and are in the

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