Throughout the 2018 offseason, Texas Tech football fans could not avoid the droves of articles about Kliff Kingsbury being one of the college football coaches on the hot seat. Entering the season with a 30-33 overall record and a 16-29 record in Big 12 games left the sixth-year head coach little margin for error this season.
And after a rocky start that came by way of a 47-27 loss to Ole Miss, a huge potion of the Texas Tech football fanbase began speculating about which up-and-coming head coach would be best to replace Kingsbury. After that embarrassing performance, even the most ardent Kingsbury supporters were skeptical about his long-term prospects in Lubbock.