FLORIDA, Suwannee County. A 1,681-acre irrigated farm sold for $12.95 million, or an average of $7,704 per acre. The farm's 1,347 irrigated acres included 16 wells and 15 center pivots. Of the remaining acres, 121 are suitable for dryland crop production, and the remaining are in woods, and cutover timber. Contact: Drew Bridges, Bridges Land Co. LLC; drew@bridgeslandcompany.com, 229-254-1117; https://www.bridgeslandcompany.com/…

INDIANA, St. Joseph County. A 120-acre farm sold for $2.4 million, or $20,000 per acre. The 20-acre homesite includes a 1,566-square-foot home built in 1904 and three barns. The remainder of the property is mostly level, tillable cropland featuring Crosier loam soils. Contact: Larry Jordan, Halderman Real Estate and Farm Management, lj@halderman.com, 765-473-5849; https://www.halderman.com/…

IOWA, Plymouth County. Twelve tracts totaling nearly 1,400 acres sold over two days at auction for $13.1 million, or an average of $9,357 per acre. The smallest tract, just shy of 12 acres, sold for the highest per-acre price, at $18,000 an acre, while the largest farm, at 207 acres, brought the second-highest per-acre price, at $16,000 per acre. The least-expensive parcel was a 78-acre tract that had severely eroded Ida silt loam soils. Contact: Randy Stabe, Stabe Auction and Realty; auction@frontiernet.net, 712-540-9640; https://www.stabeauctionandrealty.com/…

KANSAS, Norton County. Four tracts of farmland totaling 640 acres sold at auction for $944,250, or an average of $1,475 per acre. The farm was a mix of cropland, pasture and CRP. The smallest tract, a 70-acre parcel of cropland, sold for an average of $2,100 per acre, while the largest tract, a 325-acre field split between crops and grass, sold for an average of $1,250 per acre. Contact: Donald Hazlett, Farm and Ranch Realty Inc.; frr@frrmail.com, 800-247-7863; https://www.farmandranchrealty.com/…

MINNESOTA, Brown County. A farm that's just shy of 150 acres sold at auction for $1.59 million, or an average of $10,600 per acre. Offered in two parcels across the street from each other, the properties have a Price Loss Coverage yield of 171 bushels per acre (bpa) for corn and 49 bpa for soybeans. Each parcel contains some drainage tile. Contact: Nick Meixell, Hertz Real Estate Services; NickM@hertz.ag, 507-246-0909; https://www.hertz.ag/…

MISSOURI, Audrain and Monroe Counties. A 495-acre farm sold in 10 tracts in a private sale for $5.164 million, or an average of $10,432 per acre. The mostly tillable properties sold in tracts ranging from 10 to 98 acres, containing mostly Putnam, Mexico and Leonard silt loam soils. Contact: Jess Nighswonger, Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co. Inc.; auctions@schraderauction.com, 800-451-2709; https://www.schraderauction.com/…

TEXAS, Floyd County. A contiguous 2,768-acre property sold for $3.89 million, or $1,405 per acre. The property was originally listed at $4.1 million. The property contains 390 irrigated acres, 235 dryland crop acres and 1,842 acres of pasture. Two of the tracts have drip irrigation on 80-inch spacing. Contact: Brent McDonald, Farmers National Co.; BMcDonald@farmersnational.com, 806-503-2287; https://www.farmersnational.com/…

WISCONSIN, Grant County. A 115-acre farm sold in an online auction for $1.04 million, or $9,043 per acre. The farm's Fayette and Palsgrove silt loam soils carry an NCCPI rating of 79.7. The tract is hilly, with the NRCS soil data indicating some erosion. The farm also has a restrictive covenant preventing any future livestock facilities. Contact: Darrell Crapp, Sullivan Auctioneers; sold@sullivanauctioneers.com, 844-847-2161; https://www.sullivanauctioneers.com/…

-- These sales figures are provided by the sources and may not be exact because of rounding.

-- Follow Katie on social platform X @KatieD_DTN

Once upon a time, it was extremely rare for schools to fire a coach in the middle of the season. Now, it’s become so common that athletic directors feel the need to explain why they aren’t firing a struggling coach on the spot.

Florida State AD Michael Alford (in support of Mike Norvell) and Wisconsin AD Chris McIntosh (in support of Luke Fickell) both felt compelled to issue statements Monday to let everyone know, I’m not firing anyone. Yet. Norvell’s 3-4 team just suffered an inexplicable loss at Stanford and is 1-11 in ACC play since the start of last season. Fickell’s 2-5 team has lost its last two games 37-0 (to Iowa) and 34-0 (to Ohio State), the Badgers’ first back-to-back shutout losses since 1977.

Waiting until the end of the season to cobble together the buyout money — or as Alford put it, “a comprehensive assessment of the football program will be completed at season’s end” — is a perfectly reasonable decision. But good luck convincing your fans of that when they see Penn State throw $45 million at James Franklin after three straight losses or Florida spend $21.7 million to oust Billy Napier the morning after a Gators victory.

My main take after comparing the two statements: The fewer words you use, the better.

Alford delivered his message in the form of one long paragraph that checked all the P.R. boxes.

Please win some games and don’t make us fire you. pic.twitter.com/FKwhQw2Lfo

— Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoATH) October 20, 2025

1. Butter up your fan base. Florida State football benefits from unmatched passionate support from the entire FSU family, and the commitment to our football program is unwavering.

2. Affirm to them that starting 0-4 in the ACC, on the heels of going 1-7 last season, is unacceptable. We rightfully have high expectations in everything we do to represent Florida State in the manner that built our reputation as one of college football’s best programs, cultivating an extraordinary group of supporters nationally and globally. We embrace those expectations while also sharing the deep disappointment when results on the field are short of that standard.

3. Acknowledge the elephant in the room. As we continue to move forward this season, our comprehensive assessment of the football program will be completed at season’s end.

4. Pay lip service to the fact there’s still lots of football left. Meanwhile, we are fully committed to helping coach Norvell and the 2025 Seminoles strongly rebound in the coming weeks.

If Alford were Jim Carrey in “Liar Liar” he’d also throw in:

5. Please, please pretty please take this next month to write us a big donation because we don’t have $59 million just sitting in our Venmo account.

Perhaps Norvell still digs himself out of this hole and saves his employer the money. His team did beat Alabama by two touchdowns. The Noles are off this week and should get back several injured players before a winnable home game against Wake Forest (though Pitt and Stanford were also quite winnable). And road games against Clemson and Florida, both 3-4, aren’t as daunting as they seemed before the season.

Fickell, on the other hand, is a dead man walking. The third-year coach is 15-18 overall, 8-14 in the Big Ten, and his 2025 team is truly terrible. All of which makes McIntosh’s statement Monday a two-page masterclass in gaslighting.

#Badgers AD Chris McIntosh with a message to fans. Talks about supporting Luke Fickell and additional financial investment in the program. pic.twitter.com/zA1gz6O3MN

— Zach Heilprin (@ZachHeilprin) October 20, 2025

Let’s see what format he chose. (Some sections cut for brevity.)

1. Remind everyone he was a great player before he was an AD. On Saturday at Camp Randall, I was honored to join my former Rose Bowl champion teammates and coaches on the field as the University community celebrated our collective successes. My years as a student-athlete at Wisconsin were among the best of my life. …

2. Affirm that losing consecutive home games by a combined 71-0 is unacceptable. It is with those experiences, along with my love and deep respect for our university, that I share in the disappointment with this football season to date; it has fallen well short of our standards. At Wisconsin, we do not shy away from setting lofty expectations. … We embrace them and accept the responsibility of meeting those goals.

3. Acknowledge the elephant … wait, what? While our coaches, staff and student-athletes continue to demonstrate the work ethic and values that represent UW Football, the results simply are not where any of us want them to be. Coach Fickell sees the potential in what this team can be, as do I, and he shares the same disappointment and frustration. …

4. Shift the onus back on the fans’ wallets. While we still have a lot of football to play this season, with the support and significant involvement of Chancellor (Jennifer) Mnookin, Athletics is committed to elevating the investment into our football program to position us to compete at the highest level. As a department, we must provide our coaches the tools necessary to succeed. That means more Athletics-funded investments into infrastructure, staffing and, most importantly, student-athlete recruiting and retention. In this new era of collegiate athletics, the clear reality is that high expectations must be matched with an equal level of support. …

5. Rah, rah, rah sign-off. I bleed red and white, and I will not rest in the pursuit of our goals …

You lost me at “Coach Fickell sees the potential in what this team can be, as do I.” Unless by that he means the potential to finish 2-10. So, to turn right around and not-so-subtly ask people to help finance their “athletics-funded investments” (ie, buy players) is a bold ask. They may want assurances first that a different coach will be accessing it.

But perhaps Fickell can start turning things around this week against … oh dear, they’re playing at Oregon.

Nine schools have already fired their coach since the start of the season. Some may wonder what that accomplishes. It’s in part because some teams, like UCLA, do get better under their interim coach.

But also: You get to cut out the charade. Save yourself another word salad.

CBS Sports' College Football Insiders shared the latest intel on a trio of coaching hot seats in Florida's Billy Napier, Auburn's Hugh Freeze and Wisconsin's Luke Fickell.

247Sports Embed Resource

are already open for what projects to be one of college football's most chaotic in recent memory. That number figures to grow over the next few months with coaches at several other major programs — including Florida, Auburn and Wisconsin — firmly on the hot seat, according to ' . , Matt Zenitz and dished the latest intel on Billy Napier, Hugh Freeze and Luke Fickell as they face critical stretches of the 2025 season, revealing which of the three programs has all but finalized its decision to part ways with its head coach.

"Florida, Auburn and Wisconsin are the three big potential dominoes," Talty said on . "Things can change, but those are the three jobs to watch right now."

The Badgers dropped to 2-4 with Week 7's 37-0 loss to Iowa, marking their first shutout at Camp Randall Stadium since 1980. They added another blemish to Fickell's dismal 14-17 record over three seasons in Madison, Wisconsin.

SALE: 30% off first year

Get access to this article and all of the in-depth coverage from the 247Sports Network with this special offer.

Join at 30% off Annual

After 11 and a half seasons, the James Franklin era has ended for Penn State football. Athletics director Pat Kraft announced his firing on Sunday afternoon after a stunning three-game losing streak ruined long-held expectations for another deep College Football Playoff run.

This is the Lions247 Coaching Hot Board, which we will continue to update frequently until Kraft's national search for a new head football coach is complete. Whether it takes days, weeks or months, this is the place to find the latest news on the topic.

Our most recent updates involve Matt Rhule, Eli Drinkwitz, Kalen DeBoer and Urban Meyer. Scroll down to their dedicated profiles below for the latest scoop.

You can also follow our dedicated VIP thread on the Lions' Pride Board, where we post live updates as soon as information comes in. If you're not yet locked into our coverage as a VIP subscriber, join us now with a special offer for 60-percent off by clicking HERE.

Continue reading for the latest on a high-profile Nittany Lion coaching search...

SALE: 30% off first year

Get access to this article and all of the in-depth coverage from the 247Sports Network with this special offer.

Join at 30% off Annual

247Sports Embed Resource

The No.7 Wisconsin Badgers volleyball team narrowly won three-of-four sets against the No. 15 Florida Gators in an intense showdown at the Kohl Center. The game brought roughly 12,300 fans into the Kohl Center and marked the first time Wisconsin beat Florida at home.

Set one was riddled with mistakes from the Badgers, and the Gators were there to pick up the slack. Wisconsin traded points with Florida early on, but continuous net violations and serving errors allowed Florida to pull ahead.

The Badgers lost the first point, but middle blocker Carter Booth earned her first block of the night on the second point of the game. This gave Wisconsin a chance to set the tone, but outsider hitter Grace Egan, who already has nine service aces this season, made her first serve of the night a net serve.

Wisconsin managed to gain a few points on the Gators with a serving run from middle blocker Natalie Wardlow.

Middle block Alicia Andrew made two big-time hits midway through the first set. This, along with a well-placed tip from setter Charlie Fuerbringer, tied the game up 15-15.

Badgers head coach Kelly Sheffield called his second timeout of the afternoon when the score shifted to 21-16, following a 5-0 Gators scoring run. The Badgers 25-19.

At the beginning of set two, Egan had her second net serve of the night and Fuerbringer attempted a tip over the net but got tangled up in the net herself.

Two calls that went against Wisconsin sparked more energy in the Badger players. Booth was up first, sending one hit that the Gators returned and a second that they could not. In an intense rally that got the Badgers up to a score of 12, Colyer made three hits before scoring. The next point, she made another attack kill.

Andrew was next in line to make a non-returnable hit from the Badgers. Then Booth made another well-placed hit, sending the ball between Florida’s back row.

Wisconsin now trailed 18-19. A serve from Fuerbringer and blocks from Egan and Booth allowed Wisconsin to tie the game.

Wisconsin fought hard in the end of the set to stay on track with Florida’s scoring. The Badgers , 25-22.

Set three was the first set of the game in which Wisconsin secured the first point. The Badgers returned to their usual skill, increasing attack ability and returning on block hits.

Egan had another serving error, stepping over the line before serving. This service error and an attack error immediately after lost Wisconsin’s two point lead, but they were able to make it back in the next rallies.

Toward the end of the set, Colyer scored four crucial points from her back row hits, leading the Badgers to , 25-20.

Set four started slow for Wisconsin. The Badgers lost the first point again and trailed Florida by 2-3 points much of the set.

Colyer, once again, showed her desire to get touches and came away from the game with 27 kills and a

Error serves became an issue in this set as well, with both Wisconsin and Florida aiming too low and hitting the net or too high and sending the ball out of bounds.

In a thriller ending to the game, the score of the fourth and final set reached 36-34, in favor of the Badgers.

In the postgame press conference, Sheffield commended his players for sticking with the game. This was the first time in six games that Wisconsin played more than three sets.

Sheffield shouted out Booth, who tallied 500 career blocks in this game, Fuerbringer, who created offensive opportunities through her setting abilities and Wardlow, who remained consistent with her serve.

“Her serve is nasty, and that environment will only help her in there,” Sheffield said of Wardlow. “I saw a player that was just going for it.”

Sheffield also talked about the offensive and defensive dynamics that required an adjustment from Wisconsin to react well toward Florida blocks. The Badgers were held to a this game, which was significantly lower than the .400 average they came into the competition with.

This was a hard fought game, and Wisconsin wasn’t able to create runs in this game the way they were able to so easily do earlier in the season.

“I think teams that rely on runs to win are teams that put themselves in positions of weakness,” Booth said. “Today, we proved we can also get in the mud and go point-for-point with the team.”

Coming up, the Badgers will face Big Ten opponents and continue to find tougher competition like Florida. This win over the Gators was crucial for Wisconsin to prove they have the ability to compete at a higher level and are continuing to improve.

Wisconsin’s next game is at home against Rutgers on Friday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Field House.

Several major college football programs have fired their head coaches early in the 2025 regular season.

This past weekend, the University of Florida parted ways with head coach Billy Napier. Earlier this month, Penn State fired head coach James Franklin. Arkansas has also let go of Sam Pittman, Oklahoma State has fired Mike Gundy, Colorado State has parted ways with Jay Norvell, Virginia Tech has fired Brent Pry and UCLA has ousted DeShaun Foster, among other moves.

Two major college football programs, Wisconsin and Florida State, could be next to make a move. The two programs announced decisions on their head coaches on Monday morning.

While Wisconsin and Florida State are facing calls to fire their head coaches, both programs announced on Monday that they will be further investing in the programs, not making any head coaching changes in 2025.

Florida State will decide on Norvell after the season

"We rightfully have high expectations in everything we do to represent Florida State in the manner that built our reputation as one of college football's best programs, cultivating an extraordinary group of supporters nationally and globally. We embrace those expectations while also sharing the deep disappointment when results on the field are short of that standard," FSU said in a statement.

"As we continue to move forward this season, our comprehensive assessment of the football program will be completed at season's end. Meanwhile, we are fully committed to helping Coach Norvell and the 2025 Seminoles strongly rebound in the coming weeks."

FSU is on an open date before facing Wake Forest on Nov. 1.

Wisconsin AD Chris McIntosh released a statement on showing support for Fickell on Monday.

"While our coaches, staff, and student-athletes continue to demonstrate the work ethic and values that represent UW football, the results simply are not where any of us want them to be," McIntosh wrote. "Coach Fickell sees the disappointment and frustration. Our student-athletes continue to stand and fight with character and pride as they battle through this moment of adversity, and they deserve all of our support."

Wisconsin started the season 2-0, but has since lost five straight games.

Changes could come eventually, but for now, the two programs are sticking with their head coaches.

This story was originally reported by The Spun on Oct 20, 2025, where it first appeared in the College Football section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.