Coaching changes are happening more and more as the money keeps increasing.

Sometimes, it’s not always about the money.

Wait, scratch that. It’s 99.9 percent about the money!

We’ve seen quite the change in the coaching landscape at some very high profile programs: Nebraska, Florida, Michigan and Wisconsin, among other schools.

I’m also reading about coach Steve Spurrier’s recent comments about “giving it two or three more years,” and seeing how that’s being used against the Gamecocks in recruiting.

Why wouldn’t opposing programs use that comment against Spurrier and the Gamecocks? College football is no longer a game. It is a massive corporation that is worth billions. There may be some friendships between coaches, but when it comes down to feeding their own family and winning games, friendships be damned. It’s a dog-eat-dog world.

Recruits should absolutely not fall in love with a coach and commit squarely because of the coaching staff. Loyalty is a big deal to some people, but we’re seeing that loyalty is slowly dissipating.

Don’t get me wrong, when a coach is at his university, he is 100 percent involved. I can tell you from vast experience, that coach Spurrier was 100 percent involved with us. Obviously, him and I had our head-butting throughout my career, but the man genuinely cares about his players. I’m sure that 99 percent of coaches out there care as well.

But if a bigger and better coaching opportunity comes, some of these coaches will high-tail it out of there, no questions asked. That’s a generalization, because I’m sure that there are coaches that would stick around (David Cutcliffe comes to mind at Duke), but for the most part, most would be gone.

If your son or someone you know is being heavily recruited by universities, on any level, make sure that they love everything about the school.

We hear stories time and time again about a player going to a certain school because of a coach, and then that coach leaves or gets fired and the new coach completely ignores the previous coaches’ recruits.

I’ve heard stories from all over the country from just about every level of college football and they all were the same. Once a new coach comes in, he brings in his guys and his guys get the lion’s share of the playing time.