The NFL also has a Playoff where there is a 14 team playoff from 32 teams?
The fight to stop expansion doesn't make any sense anymore the more it turns into what you are talking about. For Texas to not be one of the 12 best teams us unacceptable on all levels, same with those other teams. Being left outside looking in like Alabama did is not the end of the world when it's a crowded year, but not being a part of the conversation at all is fucking unacceptable.
This team is 1 loss away from that level of unacceptable. Dropping a game leaves very little hope without significant mistakes from others, dropping 2 games Texas won't even finish in the top 25 and will start next season likely unranked and have to battle it's way all the way back as an "underdog" with easily a top 4 Roster $ value and a Top 5 coaching staff $ value. It's not congruent with any expectations and it shouldn't be a thing any of us or any fans in general should be ok with.
I don't think that it's people are unhappy with the coach, it's that they aren't losing games like Ole Miss did to Georgia just this weekend or like Georgia lost to Alabama etc. They are losing games to Florida where they look completely fucking incompetent. The Ohio State loss was so incredibly frustrating because it was so obvious how any offense at all and hitting the broad side of a barn with Arch would have resulted in a more respectable loss at least, and a win at best.
Kentucky was another completely incompetent game on the offensive side of the ball. The line didn't improve and made some pretty horrific backslides which at this point of the season and with the level of talent and $ invested in the OL it's just not a fucking acceptable answer. The staff makes too much god damned money to trot out a shit product.