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Lincoln Riley: Gary Patterson, Matt Wells Firings 'Not Good for Our Game'

Oklahoma Sooners head football coach Lincoln Riley is not a fan of the recent coaching changes in the Big 12.

Texas Tech fired head coach Matt Wells on Oct. 25 despite having a 5-3 record at the time. TCU and longtime head coach Gary Patterson mutually agreed to part ways Sunday. Riley wasn't happy with the timing of the midseason oustings.

"It's not good for our game, not good for our league," Riley said. "I hope we can find a better solution than this because I'm afraid it's going to become the trend. If you're asking maybe a reason why, I think everybody is scared they're going to miss out on who they want to hire.