By: Kenneth Harrison Jr.

TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services

There are about two weeks remaining in the college football regular season.

The coaches on the hot seat are getting closer to finding out their fate.

Going in to the Georgia game Gus Malzahn’s job was in jeopardy. He was 0-6 against UGA and Alabama since 2013. Auburn trounced the #1 Bulldogs 40-17 and secured his job in the process.

There were some other coaches that were not fortunate enough to make it that far. Florida’s Jim McCelwain was the most surprising coach to lose his job. He won the SEC East in his first two seasons. Getting off to a slow start in year three didn’t seem like the kiss of death. He got canned after getting blown out against Georgia. Despite the 3-4 record this season, he had a 44-28 record in Gainesville.

Tennessee’s Butch Jones is also a victim to bite the dust. He recruited well in Knoxville and raised expectations, which was his downfall.

The Vols won 9 games in 2015 and 2016 but fans expected more wins. Bad losses cost him this year. They were demolished 41-0 at home by Georgia, which was the second game during a four game losing streak. The nail in the coffin was the 50-17 drubbing at the hands of Mizzou. The Tigers are a mediocre team with a 5-5 record so this was unacceptable.

There are a couple of other SEC coaches that will probably be gone at the end of the season.

Bret Bielema has been at Arkansas since 2013. His best season was in 2015 when the Razorbacks finished 8-5 including a win in the Liberty Bowl. I can understand never beating Alabama but he’s 0-5 against Texas A&M. That stat alone should be enough to give him the axe. He’s 29-32 since arriving in Fayetteville, which isn’t worthy of his $4.1 million dollar salary.

His nemesis is also hoping to make it to the end of the season. Kevin Sumlin looked like a great fit for Texas A&M when he was hired in 2012.

He led Houston to an 11-1 record in 2011 and he had a high scoring offense. Everything was magical his first season in College Station. His team upset top ranked Alabama on the road and his quarterback Johnny Manziel won the Heisman. The Aggies won 11 games including a Cotton Bowl win over Oklahoma.

Since then things have gotten progressively worse. From 2014-2016 the team started at least 5-0 and ended with three consecutive 8-5 records.

Three quarterbacks have also transferred so they have not been able to maintain consistency on offense. He’s winless against LSU, so I anticipate another loss to the Tigers in the season finale.

He’s also 1-5 against Bama. When a coach has losing records against teams they have to play every year that’s a bad sign. I think his fate was sealed after the opening week collapse against UCLA. A&M blew a 31-3 lead and lost 45-44. He’s 50-25, which seems good on the surface.

Larry Fedora might be done in Chapel Hill with the season he’s having. He was also named their head coach in 2012 and they have been pretty inconsistent.

His best year was 2015, going 11-3 and winning the ACC Coastal. The Tar Heels are 2-8 in 2017 so they will not play in a bowl game. He’s 2-4 against archrival Duke and his overall record is 42-33.