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I've read that cfb is a 12 month job by irishrock

whereas the NFL gets a good six to eight weeks off. I've got a buddy who was an assistant NFL coach. He said, the season is an absolute grind from Aug 1st to the end of the season. That one player had forgotten something and went back to the locker room at 8pm to see all the coaches still working and said something to the effect of, "what are you guys still doing here?" "Hey, we're here for another three hours"

At the conclusion of the season, there is a review of all film from the season and grading out the players (again), getting ready for the Combine, and then putting the minicamp agendas along with training camp agendas together. But the minute the last mini-camp ends, they are off until training camp. I asked, "what do you mean you're off?" He said, no checking of emails, no checking of voicemails...just show up at 5:00 the evening training camp check-in starts. So he'd take the month of June and July to travel all over the country with his family.

I thought I read where Stoops had a frustration that they lost their time off, that recruiting and football camps were non-stop during the normal slow summer. So while the NFL might be a 10 month job, the college guys are going 12 months out of the year...not to mention the old college days where the month of January was spent on the road recruiting and closing down the recruiting class.