Three? Not a magic number

Nope, it's the number of African American head coaches in Division 1 football, now that Sylvester Croom has resigned at Mississippi State. And the names being tossed out to replace him are familiarly Caucasian.

Here's who's left standing: Turner Gill- Buffalo, Randy Shannon- Miami, Kevin Sumlin- Houston.

For you math gurus- 120 teams, 3 head coaches = 2.5%

And none in the "Power Conferences" of the SEC, Big 12, Big T1e1n, or Pac 10.

Shameful.

We'll start our "0809 Coaching Carousel" after the BCS bowl bids come out. One controversy at a time, people.