Article: Daily Press, Newport News, Va., Dave Fairbank: Pink-slip season.

Byline: Dave Fairbank

Nov. 28--College football's regular season draws to a close and we all know what that means: pink slips and name changes on the courtesy-car deals.

The ACC actually got the jump on the firing season when North Carolina canned John Bunting in late October. Michigan State followed suit a week later when it axed John L. Smith.

Both retained the honor of coaching their respective student-athletes through the end of the season, embodying the lamest of lame duckery.

Things cranked up over the Thanksgiving weekend, as always, with the serial whackings of Larry Coker at Miami, Chuck Amato at N.C. State, Mike Shula at ...

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