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Coaches on the Hot Seat Going Into 2024 Credit: CBS Sports While we are very far away from the 2024 college football season, it is important to remember that there is no off-season for the hot seat. Every year we see coaches start the season on the hotseat and finish off of it or get fired. Other times we also see coaches start off of the hot seat and then get fired at the end of the season. Nonetheless, here are my 5 most notable coaches on the hot seat going into 2024. Billy Napier - Florida Credit: Saturday Down South There is no doubt that the Billy Napier era at UF has been very rocky. The best way to describe his tenure would be to say that this feels like a Willie Taggart situation but at UF instead of FSU. Despite starting his tenure with an upset win over then-7th-ranked Utah back in 2022, Napier has been anything but good. Despite having some elite recruiting classes, most of the talent at UF has entered the transfer portal looking to go somewhere they can win. After going 6...

Written By: Spencer Teman, of Swish Tribune The NFC and AFC Championships have been determined and we are down to the final four teams in the NFL Playoffs for a chance at the Super Bowl. Both championships feature the #3 seeds taking on the #1 seeds.  In the NFC, the Lions after beating the Buccaneers at home head to Santa Clara to face the 49ers who just narrowly defeated the Packers in the divisional round. The Lions have had their best season in over three decades and they are looking to reach their first ever Super Bowl in the history of the franchise.  The 49ers have been dominant all season on their way to the number 1 seed, but stumbled a bit in the divisional round against the Packers. Early in the game, Deebo Samuel went down with an injury and after the Niners lost him they did not look like their normal selves. Whether Deebo can play or not will have a huge impact in determining the outcome of this one.  In the AFC, the Chiefs after just escaping Buffalo with a...

Written By: Spencer Teman, of Swish Tribune For the third time in the past four seasons, the Chiefs will take on the Bills in the playoffs, but this time in Buffalo. This will be Patrick Mahomes' first ever road playoff game and it will take place in front of Bills Mafia in upstate New York.  The Chiefs took the first two playoff matchups in both 2020 and 2022 at Arrowhead. We will once again get to see a rematch between two of the best quarterbacks in the sport: Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes.  These two teams faced off earlier in the season in one of the most highly criticized games the entire year. It resulted in a Bills victory in Arrowhead, but only due to an offsides call on Chiefs that negated a game-winning touchdown for them. The Chiefs were furious because it had nothing to do with the play on the field, but the referees made the right call.  That win for the Bills allowed them not only to just make the playoffs, but also get the #2 seed and home-field advantage...

Why So Many Turned Down Alabama Credit: USA Today Written by :Sage Rubin, Swish Tribune On Wednesday, January 11th, 2024, Nick Saban announced he was retiring as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide. This meant that the football program needed to find a new head coach. Many expected this to be an easy process where Alabama could call a successful coach such as Steve Sarkisian of Texas, and give him so much money he cannot turn the job down. However, the process was anything but easy because of the expectations the program would have for whoever Nick Saban’s replacement would be. Credit: Forbes For a guy like Steve Sarkisian, if Alabama is calling to offer him the head coaching job, it would be a disservice to his family to not at the very least be willing to hear what Alabama wants to give him. The offer Alabama gives is so important as not only is it a job offer, but it allows for Sark to go to Texas and tell them the offer he wants to stay and extend his contract. Credit: Burnt Or...

Written By: Spencer Teman, of Swish Tribune Just a couple of days ago, the Packers stormed into AT&T Stadium and demolished the Dallas Cowboys in a huge upset. They now move onto San Francisco to take on the 49ers in the Divisional Round of the NFC Playoffs.  Everyone had very low expectations for the Packers coming into this season as it would be their first year in over a decade and a half without Aaron Rodgers as their starting quarterback. It would be Jordan Love taking over the helm and that came with a bunch of critics.  Love has taken over the job with ease, leading the Packers to a postseason appearance and a huge upset over Dallas in the first round. Love has shown that he has the potential to be the next great Packers quarterback like the ones before him.  This year was supposed to be a "rebuild" for the Packers after losing Aaron Rodgers and also being the youngest team in the league. In fact, the Packers are one of the youngest teams of all time to ever ma...

Written by Oliver William, of Swish Tribune Est Read time: 5 Mins Brock Purdy had the worst game as an NFL starter against the Ravens on Christmas. Purdy completed 18/32 passes for 255 yards and 4 interceptions losing 33-19 at Home. He even cost me a trip to the fantasy championship! However, while everyone is talking about him not deserving MVP, i believe he will bounce back and earn that MVP in the postseason. Fred Warner stated, “I think he’s playing the best on the team that’s playing the best in the entire league”. While this statement doesn’t hold the same strength as before the Ravens game, if the Ravens struggle in the off-season, while Brock thrives, it will show who has led their teams better, even if it is a regular-season award. Even if you want to doubt his skills and that he has so many weapons around him, his production is through the roof and you simply can’t argue that.  Purdy leads the NFL in QBR, Yards per attempt, expected points added per dropback, and touchdow...

  Written By: Spencer Teman, of Swish Tribune The Miami Dolphins head over to Kansas City this weekend to take on the Chiefs in what might be one of the coldest games in NFL history. The Dolphins are used to playing in warm, sunny weather down in South Florida, so this may play a huge factor in determining the outcome of this game.  Adding onto the weather conditions, the Dolphins are 0-10 in the last 10 games they have played where the weather is 40 degrees Fahrenheit or less, once again not doing them any favors.  This game is a rematch from earlier in the season when these two teams matched up across the pond in Germany. The Chiefs took down the Dolphins by a score of 21-14 in Tyreek Hill's first game taking on his former team. He will have another chance to face them Saturday Night, but this time its in Arrowhead.  The Dolphins finished the season in horrible fashion after losing the division to the Buffalo Bills. With just five weeks left in the regular season, ...