Let WHAT man fight WHAT own battles? Did you not say this: "Me personally, I want someone with NFL and college head coaching experience"?
Nobody is GIVING THE JOB AWAY. Mario is the coach of the #3 team in the country. Sure, at any given moment, a team can lose and drop, BUT HE IS CURRENTLY THE COACH OF THE #3 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY. That is NOT "giving the job away", particularly when YOUR names are:
Bill O'Brien - not currently a head coach
Lane Kiffin - currently the head coach of the #13 team
Greg Schiano - currently the head coach of an unranked, not-even-receiving-votes team
Matt Rhule - currently the head coach of a 2-0 NFL team
Matt Campbell - currently the head coach of the #18 team
Luke Fickell - currently the head coach of the #8 team
So you are proposing SIX candidates who are not even performing at Mario's current level, while simultaneously claiming we would be "giving away" the job if we hired Mario.
Ridiculous.
"Due diligence" is not a guarantee of making the right hire. Lack of due diligence AND a bad hire is a problem.
I don't give a ****e "who is interested". Nearly every college coach in the country would be "interested". Whether they would be good fits...completely different issue.