We're watching

Currently, there are four African American head football coaches at Division 1A 'major' programs (Big T1e1n, Pac 10, SEC, ACC, Big East, Big 12, MWC). Four. Karl Dorrell at UCLA, Ty Willingham at UW, Ron Prince at Kansas State, and Sylvester Croom at Mississippi State. Four. You remember, we've talked about this before...

And now, with a number of firings on the way, it will be interesting to see if this number increases.

Here are the current or recent openings:

Michigan State- Hire: Mark Dantonio (no)
Iowa State- Hire: Gene Chizik (no)
North Carolina- Hire: Butch Davis (no)
Arizona State
North Carolina State
Alabama
Miami
Cincinnati

Stay tuned here for updates.