The Auburn Tigers made the popular decision to fire Hugh Freeze on Sunday, ending a nearly three-year tenure that was big on promises and recruiting wins, but empty on sustainable on-field results. In the process, AU enters a college football coaching carousel already loaded with openings.
Yahoo Sports' Dan Wolken believes a good number of those openings, including the LSU Tigers, Florida Gators, Penn State Nittany Lions, Virginia Tech Hokies, and UCLA Bruins, are better jobs than Auburn because of the chances to make the College Football Playoff.
"As we sit here in the first week of November, Auburn is the third-best job available in the SEC alone, pretty clearly behind LSU and Florida despite their various administrative issues.