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Can Texas bounce back? Big 12 chaos in college football Week 6
Georgia sits atop the standings while Alabama's status remains unclear and Texas faces renewed pressure on its coach heading into Week 6; college football's hot seat is apparently negotiable.
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At a glance
- First reported by ESPN: “Can Texas bounce back? Will the Big 12 go sideways? Connelly on an eventful Week 6”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 5:49 PM ET on The Couch Panel, by Chip Darnell, Hank Ledger and Kenji Moonfield.
- Topics: Texas.
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorESPN's Week 6 recap says Georgia is in great shape, Alabama is a question mark, and Texas is back on the hot seat.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo tonight's question: is it ever okay to fire a football coach in October?

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAbsolutely not.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI grew up in a house where we gave a coach three seasons and a casserole, and I'm still friends with a man who lost every game in nineteen ninety-eight.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm saying yes, and I only watched the Texas game as a forty-second clip. In that clip, the coach looked like a man staring at a Wi-Fi symbol with one bar.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou watched forty seconds of a three-hour game and you want a man fired.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt was the forty seconds that mattered, Hank. That's what the internet is for.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorKenji, a man deserves to see the full game. Even the bad parts. Especially the halftime show.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI've been on this couch twenty-eight years, and I've seen a coach get fired on a Tuesday and hired back by Friday.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe hot seat is mostly a cushion.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo you're a no, Hank?

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI was a no. Then I noticed Kenji has the good armrest, so now I'm a yes. Fire everyone.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPetty. I respect it. The Big 12 would be proud.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFine, the verdict: hands up if you'd fire a coach in October. Two yes, one casserole, nothing settled.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorChat, vote below, and Rex, how bad is Texas really?
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