Today we debut a new feature on Talking Points, the Tuesday Top Five.

The inaugural list is inspired by Clemson’s decision to dump Tommy “We tried everything” Bowden on a Monday, only two days after he announced he was demoting starting QB Cullen Harper, the preseason ACC player of the year, on the heels of a dismal 12-7 loss at Wake Forest.

It’s rare a college football coach is fired in midseason, even rarer that he is not allowed to play out the string before turning the clipboard over to his successor.

In honor of Bowden, here are the Top Five Midseason Coaching Changes: