November is usually the month that shapes the college coaching carousel. But when the calendar flipped last week, most of the biggest carousel storylines had already taken shape.
TCU's Halloween night surprise -- ousting future Hall of Fame coach Gary Patterson in his 22nd season -- provided the latest layer to a wild coaching cycle. Along with two Tier 1 jobs -- USC and LSU -- there have been multiple Big 12 openings in the same state (TCU, Texas Tech), a Pac-12 vacancy (Washington State) and three Group of 5 openings (UConn, Akron, UMass).