Nearly all fan bases have grown increasingly demanding of their coaches in the internet era. The demand for instant, consistent results is significantly higher than it was a decade ago. This concludes college football list week. Hope it was as good for you as it was for us.

1. Alabama - A fanbase that borders on psychotic. With no pro football, basketball or baseball teams, there’s no competition (other than some occasional ankle biting from Auburn). ‘Bama’s football coach, it could be argued, is the most powerful man in state, and if he’s doing well, he’ll never have to pay for anything – meals, hookers, cars, to have his basement finished, etc. This hero’s welcome for Nick Saban was disgusting. So is 92,000 for a spring football game. Anyone want to guess the number of college coaches who have appeared on the cover of Time Magazine since Bear Bryant did?

Here’s what former Tide coach Bill Curry had to say about the gig: “My wife is a strong, intelligent woman. She has a Ph.D.; she’s not someone who is going to be intimidated. But she felt like our children were at risk. Those kinds of things just wear on you. Ninety-five percent of Alabama people are wonderful. The negative ones are throwing bricks or planting stories or doing whatever they can to make you uncomfortable. And when they want to make your life miserable, they work at it.”

2. Notre Dame - The breadth and wealth of the alumni make this job a challenging one. (As does the pressure of having its own channel.) We fully expect Weis to breakdown this season if there’s an unexpected loss, and scream, “Knute Rockne ain’t walking through those doors. Frank Leahy ain’t walking through those doors. Ara Parseghian, Lou Holtz – they’re not coming.” Urban Meyer, though?

3. Nebraska - Tom Osborne left the Cornhuskers after 25 years. Within three years, he was elected to Congress. In the history of most famous Nebraskans, he’s somewhere between Dick Cheney, Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Warren Buffett and Hilary Swank. The school is middle America’s version of Alabama, but with a significantly fewer number of lunatics.

4. Ohio State - Even though Jim Tressel reportedly told one-time OSU recruit Mark Sanchez that the most important people in the State were the Governor and the Buckeyes’ QB, you know he really meant “Nos. 2 and 3.” When was the last time an NFL coach from the Bengals or Browns was a bigger deal than the OSU coach? One could argue Sam Wyche when he took the Bengals to the Super Bowl, but one of the relentlessly faithful Buckeyes’ fans would smack you back into coherence. They’ll surely respond, ‘who cares if we were 4-6, Vince Workman was a beast!’

5. Michigan - Going with the maize and blue because of the program’s history (winning, stadium, song, etc). Bo’s 21 years in Ann Arbor spoiled the Wolverines, even though he didn’t win a National title. (Incredibly, Lloyd Carr got one, and nobody loves him.) Probably has the most competition of anyone on the list from quality pro franchises (Pistons, Tigers). And of course it doesn’t help that a) Penn State’s had the same coach forever, b) UM can’t beat OSU, c) it probably has the 2nd smartest fanbase of the schools on this list.

Just missed: UCLA. West Coast apathy, recruiting against storied USC, fighting for air-time and eye-balls with the Dodgers and Lakers. Not. Fun.