{"id":3467,"date":"2017-10-18T11:27:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T16:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2017-10-18T11:27:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T16:27:31","slug":"hot-seat-coaches-cool-their-cushions-with-big-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/hot-seat-coaches-cool-their-cushions-with-big-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Seat Coaches Cool Their Cushions With Big Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By: Chad Wilson – Editor GridironStuds Blog<\/strong>
\nTwitter: @GridironStuds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Few things are more brutal than Monday morning traffic on the way to work. \u00a0That is unless you have opened up the Twitter app on any Sunday morning during the college football season. \u00a0It can be the purest of entertainment to watch fans meltdown and fire entire coaching staffs, administration and swear off their program loyalty. \u00a0At first it can be comedy but when it persists, it can turn into problems for coaches, teams and programs. \u00a0With that said, some coaches that social media fired a few weeks ago have reclaimed their temporary pass with big wins last week.<\/p>\n

Comeback LSU<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not even halfway into his first full season as LSU’s head coach, \u00a0Ed Orgeron had received his pink slip from LSU Twitter. \u00a0Getting blown out by Mississippi St. was a sobering experience for the Tiger faithful but when that was followed up by a home loss to Troy St., \u00a0LSU fans were driven to drink and offered to drive Orgeron to the nearest airport. \u00a0Fortunately, fans don’t directly do the hiring and firing so Orgeron kept his job past Troy St. \u00a0Since the Troy St. debacle, \u00a0Orgeron and the Tigers went on the road and upset the Florida Gators then\u00a0pulled a rabbit out of a hat last week to defeat the Auburn Tigers. \u00a0LSU was down 20-0 at one point during the game and fans had plugged in Orgeron’s hot seat only to have him and the Tigers unplug it with a dramatic come from behind win 27-23. \u00a0Orgeron can enjoy a lukewarm seat until their trip to Tuscaloosa to face the Fighting Nick Sabans. \u00a0That game is in two weeks. \u00a0Yikes, no one said this coaching thing was easy.<\/p>\n

The Benevolent Gators<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Florida Gators were gracious enough to cool Orgeron’s seat off for him two weeks ago and once again were feeling the early holiday giving season spirit when they allowed Kevin Sumlin to get some relief after losing the Texas A&M 19-17 last week. \u00a0It’s been a long time since the Gators lost back to back home games but in so doing, \u00a0Jim McElwain may have transferred the heat from his two SEC foes’ seat to his own. \u00a0Sumlin’s rear end was getting blistered after the UCLA collapse earlier this season and mediocre performances vs. Nicholls St. and Louisiana Lafayette. \u00a0A win at Florida was needed and Sumlin got it. \u00a0Now he can enjoy some comfort as his 5-2 Aggies take a bye week before hosting Mississippi St.<\/p>\n

Graham Pass Granted<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the heels of back to back losing season’s in Tempe, \u00a0Arizona St. head coach Todd Graham entered this 2017 season with a flame broiled keister. \u00a0Most in the desert consider Graham to be a dead man walking. \u00a0He did himself no favors by struggling to get by New Mexico St. in the opener and then losing consecutive games to Texas Tech and San Diego St. \u00a0A good showing against Oregon and Stanford left Graham in a holding pattern until last Saturday night. \u00a0The Washington Huskies were \/ are everyone’s pick to win the Pac-12 and represent the conference in the college football playoff. \u00a0However, \u00a0Graham’s Sun Devils threw a king Craftsman sized monkey wrench in those plans when they upset the Huskies 13-7. \u00a0Now Graham is the man in the Tempe (well not quite) but at least he can breathe easy. \u00a0That is until he travels to Utah this Saturday to face a strong and angry Utes team seething after their one point loss to USC last week. \u00a0Don’t remove that real estate listing just yet Todd.<\/p>\n

I wonder if any the sportsbooks are offering odds<\/a> on whether these guys will get fired this year.<\/p>\n

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By: Chad Wilson – Editor GridironStuds Blog Twitter: @GridironStuds Few things are more brutal than Monday morning traffic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[829],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}