James Franklin fired Penn State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich; Washington-Oregon State is a huge Northern game this weekend; and Texas A&M fired Jimbo Fisher and showed why no Northern team should want to copy the way the South makes decisions around college football.On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis check in on all that college football news, starting with a Fisher-inspired coach check on everyone from Washington's Kalen DeBoer and Iowa State's Matt Campbell to Indiana's Tom Allen and Colorado's Deion Sanders.Then comes playoff predictions as Doug and Bill disagree on Georgia and Alabama and Oregon and Washington.That's followed by ranking all worthy Northern defenses (there are nine) and worthy Northern offenses (there are only five) with debates around Michigan, Ohio State, Iowa, Notre Dame and more.Finally, it's a look at the best Northern games ahead, including Michigan-Maryland, Illinois-Iowa, Texas-Iowa State, Notre Dame-Wake Forest and of course, Washington-Oregon State.Thanks for joining this episode of Kings of the North.00:00 - Intro and coach checks on James Franklin, Kalen DeBoer, Matt Campbell, Deion Sanders, Tom Allen, Jake Dickert, David Braun, Dino Babers, Jeff Hafley31:39 - Final college football playoff predictions46:52 - Ranking the top northern defenses56:58 - Ranking the top northern offenses1:09:29 - Week 12 lookahead games1:21:32 - Washington vs Oregon State preview