With the Kentucky Wildcats struggling mightily through their first two games, you can imagine the hot-seat talk for Mark Stoops is at an all-time high.
Stoops has watched his program rise from the ashes of the Joker Phillips regime, only to slowly fall back into those painful depths that had UK among the worst Power programs by the time Joker was fired.
That is why ESPN has Stoops all the way up at No. 2 on their updated rankings of the biggest hot seats in college football.
2. Mark Stoops, Kentucky (preseason rank: 9): Stoops' $12 million buyout is still the biggest thing working in his favor, but it might not save him if Kentucky continues on its current trajectory.