1.   Bragging rights, bar bets, national rankings, coaching tenures and recruiting hauls have all felt the impact of the outcome each October at the Cotton Bowl.

2.   He made a tough decision to stick with the inconsistent Favre during the early days of his coaching tenure.

3.   He said he gave as much effort as he could during his coaching tenure.

4.   Johnson was asked the difference between his frustration with Lakers players during his brief coaching tenure and his relationship with many of the same players as teammates.

5.   Last year, finger-pointers helped end the coaching tenures of Rich Kotite with the Philadelphia Eagles and Pete Carroll with the Jets.

6.   Obviously, real death and the death of a coaching tenure are not the same, but both broadcasts are sick.

7.   He admitted becoming the first Australian coach to lose a basketball series to New Zealand was not the best start to his coaching tenure.

8.   The once-proud franchise endured seven years out of the postseason during the coaching tenures of Mike Dunleavy and Chris Ford.