The 2020 season has obviously been a tumultuous one for college football programs across the country, not only with the adversity coaches and players have been dealt with, but the financial strain put on universities with limited to no fan access to games this year.

Because of that, many assume coaching changes will be few and far between after this season. With the growing size of buyouts in college football, why would universities pull the trigger on firing a coach after such a strange year?

According to college sports consultant Dave Bartoo, this could be a common misconception.

In an appearance on the “Chuck Oliver Show,” Bartoo went as far as to say that the upcoming offseason could lead to the “biggest turnover” college football has ever seen.

“Last week was a bloodletting. Let’s just say the level of hot seat went from zero to 60 in about 12 hours on Saturday. This whole idea that 2020 will be a ‘bye’ for everybody, it might actually be one of the biggest turnover years we’ve ever seen” said Bartoo.

“There were a lot of programs that performed so poorly this weekend” continued Bartoo.

“I think we could all agree Tennessee going on the road to an Arkansas in year four of Pruitt, game six of Pittman, and getting beat like that? That’s terrible. South Carolina at home getting beat like that? I think those two fan bases really reached their breaking point.”

Bartoo incorrectly stated that Pruitt is in year four – he is actually in year three – but the point still stands. He went on to mention programs such as Virginia Tech, who lost to Hugh Freeze’s Liberty team at home on Saturday. UCLA, Syracuse, Nebraska, and Michigan were also mentioned by Bartoo.

These were all certainly disastrous losses for coaches that were supposed to have things rolling by now. In the SEC, Tennessee and South Carolina fans grow more restless by the week as both flounder under head coaches that showed promise early in their tenures.

Will any of these schools be willing to pay out these massive buyouts in the midst of a global pandemic with far-reaching effects on university budgets? Only time will tell.

[H/T The Spun]