The stakes in college football have never been higher. It doesn’t matter if a program owes its head coach millions. If the on-field show is bad, you’re going to be fired. James Franklin was relieved from Penn State despite his $48 million buyout. LSU made the decision to let go of Brian Kelly, even with a substantial buyout of $53 million. In the same vein, the Maryland Terrapins are in a position (4-4) where the program might consider firing its head coach, Mike Locksley. However, that will surely come with some significant costs.

Firing a head coach in the current college football landscape has become increasingly expensive. When a blue-blood program like Georgia fired Ray Goff in 1995, it cost the school just $500,000. Even a legendary head coach like Steve Spurrier at Florida was owed

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