The fans piling on shouldn't be surprising.

But most of the national media that has written/talked about our program blames him and doesn't make any excuses for him (injuries, youth, needing more time, etc etc).

Ex players aren't actively endorsing him and rallying around him.

Current players don't act like they are motivated to save his job so while they may like him, I get the feeling they blame him as well.

Lastly and maybe most importantly I think Joe blames himself. His ego seems absolutely crushed. He watches and the film and sees even more than we do that what has always worked for him is not working at all here. So he keeps trying to solve it and keeps failing. There is nothing more frustrating to a coach then knowing you should be better than you are yet and you can't seem to fix it.

The TN game just broke the program's back it seems. A good showing at TAMU might could have turned the tide a bit but then we faceplanted there as well. Getting to 6-6 might get him a good exit strategy, but unless we win these next three games by an average of 50-10 I think a divorce is inevitable.