Hayes' hot seat: Coaches facing the firing squad

Sporting News' Matt Hayes looks at five under fire for Week 8: We begin this week with the foundation of the hot seat: coaches feeling the heat. It's a brutally unfair business with huge rewards (multimillion dollar salaries) and unreal expectations (win or walk). Halfway through this season, there are five clear candidates staring at the inevitable with little wiggle room. Unfortunately for these five programs, the hottest potential coach on the move (Cincinnati's Brian Kelly) won't look twice at these gigs: 1. Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville The resume: His teams are 13-17 in 2 1/2 years. They have lost their last eight games against BCS teams and 10 of their last 12. Kragthorpe arrived in 2007 with 17 starters returning from an Orange Bowl champion team and couldn't build on the momentum. Highlight: Victories over Cincinnati and Pitt in 2007. Lowlight: Two losses to a horrific Syracuse program in two tries; three losses to rival Kentucky. The short leash: H...