Twenty minutes into his weekly meeting with the media, after talking about San Diego State’s strong start to the season, after discussing this week’s rivalry game at Fresno State and after touching on a dozen other associated topics, SDSU coach Sean Lewis was asked about the state of his occupation.

Division I job openings have reached double digits already this year, with two openings created in the spring and nine others — at Alabama-Birmington, Arkansas State, Colorado State, Florida, Penn State, Oregon State, Oklahoma State, UCLA and Virginia Tech — since the season began.

Some of the dismissals were more shocking than others. The most stunning was Penn State’s firing of coach James Franklin. He guided the Nittany Lions to a playoff berth last season. He had them within an overtime v

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