College football’s coaching carousel catch-up, plus another Texas A&M exodus

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While our readers shared plenty of creative names for a new NCAA subdivision yesterday — NFL2 and Professional Amateur’s Conference among them — my favorite was right in front of us.

“Big (number), but the number has no connection to the number of teams.” It’s a nonsense name that makes complete sense for this sport.

Coaching Updates

Duke, Tulane, JMU still searching

Amid conference championship week and the College Football Playoff field announcement, we haven’t had much time to catch up on the coaching carousel. Here are the top three jobs still on the board:

• Duke (Mike Elko left for Texas A&M): The Athletic has learned that Penn State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz (former Miami HC), Ohio State DC Jim Knowles, Toledo head coach Jason Candle and Troy HC Jon Sumrall are in the mix.
• Tulane (Willie Fritz left for Houston): This is the best job in the AAC, and Bruce Feldman reports Sumrall, Florida State offensive coordinator Alex Atkins and Tulane interim HC Slade Nagle are potential candidates.
• James Madison (Curt Cignetti left for Indiana): Although not the only names in the mix, Holy Cross HC Bob Chesney and Rutgers DC Joe Harasymiak are getting strong consideration.

As for new hires:

All-America Teams

Who got left out?

If you didn’t have time to check out The Athletic’s All-America teams yesterday, be sure to do so today. Let’s start with a program-by-program breakdown.

• Three selections: Georgia, Texas, Notre Dame
• Two selections: LSU, Ohio State, Washington, Michigan, Kansas State, Oregon, Alabama, Iowa, Missouri, Florida State
• One selection: Oklahoma State, Penn State, UCLA, James Madison, Illinois, NC State, Texas A&M, Toledo, Minnesota, Miami (Ohio), Houston, Oregon State, UConn, West Virginia, Louisville, Oklahoma, Clemson, Old Dominion, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Texas State

As with any end-of-season accolades, there are players who just missed the cut. I brought in Matt Brown from The Athletic’s selection panel to discuss the notable nominees not named to our teams:

• Texas RB Jonathan Brooks: “Brooks was a midseason All-America pick who still had a strong case by the end, but he missed the final three games with an injury, and we chose only three running backs because of the depth at wide receiver. The strong second halves of Ollie Gordon II, Cody Schrader and Audric Estime were tough to beat.”
• Penn State DE Chop Robinson: “Robinson is one of the nation’s most disruptive pass rushers for the nation’s top-ranked defense. But the Nittany Lions were more collectively productive than individually as Robinson finished with 7.5 tackles for loss and four sacks. He was more impactful than his stats show, but the competition at DE was steep — even if both Robinson and Penn State DE Adisa Isaac have a case from a team that leads the FBS in sacks.”
• Air Force safety Trey Taylor (a nomination by yours…