The pressure to dominate in college football has reached a breaking point, and coaches are paying the price. Early-season firings show how desperate they are to win. First, Brent Pry had to bid goodbye to Virginia Tech, then DeShaun Foster was out of UCLA within one year, and the two most shocking firings of Sam Pittman and Mike Gundy just added more to it. But what’s surprising is why these programs are not eyeing an $8M HC who led his team to an 11-2 record in his very first season and is now at 5-0 this season.

The coach in question? Curt Cignetti. Cignetti completely transformed Indiana football last year, taking the Hoosiers from a 3–9 disappointment to a legitimate playoff contender. And his rapid success has ESPN’s Rece Davis wondering why struggling programs like Arkansas, Oklah

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