It was dangerous to have a big lead in the second half of Sunday's Week 12 games^[1]. Sure, the Packers^[2] and Rams^[3] had no trouble and ended up with comfortable wins. But other teams that took big leads had to fight to hold on for wins. The Falcons...

Ed Orgeron needed a rope.

In late September 2013, Orgeron had been named interim coach at USC^[1], following the school's infamous middle-of-the-night firing of Lane Kiffin on the tarmac at LAX^[2]. Orgeron had been a head coach at Ole Miss^[3], and now had...