Pick Six: Strong, Sumlin entering 2016 on coaching hot seat
To consider Les Miles on the dreaded hot seat at LSU entering this season suggests a lot about job security among college football coaches these days — especially those in the Southeastern Conference.
In 11 seasons as Tigers coach, Miles has 112 wins.
Only one LSU coach has more and Charlie McClendon's 137 victories came in 59 more games.
Miles' .778 winning percentage is better than any coach who has had more than a 30-game stint at LSU — even Nick Saban at .750.
If No. 5 LSU falls short of lofty expectations this season, expect Miles' future will become a hot topic again in Baton Rouge.
Strong can't have a third straight losing season and expect to return as coach when the athletic director and school president who hired him are no longer around.
Even after an 8-5 finish and a bowl victory last season, new athletic director Shane Lyons pondered making a change.
Nine-game conference schedules don't provide much room for growing a program (2-25 in the Pac-12), but all the positive signs might not matter for MacIntyre if Colorado cannot reach a bowl game for the first time since 2007.