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Why assistant coaches for struggling college football teams might take the fall

If you've been paying attention, you know this year's college football coaching carousel is expected to be light. Most head coaches will be safe in this cycle.

Some top assistant coaches, meanwhile, are less likely to get a pandemic pass.

The financial crunch of the pandemic and coach-friendly contracts will discourage most schools from making changes at the top. But teams that are struggling, even amid an unusual and challenging season, likely will need to take action before 2021. As someone close to LSU told me a few weeks ago about the defending champs' woes this fall, "It can't be a situation where nothing is done.