Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, left, coaching his first game as a head coach, greets North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora before an NCAA college football game in Atlanta, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016.

Muffled strumming and husky, choppy notes – Bob Seger, maybe? – radiated from Gary Patterson’s office. A calendar wasn’t needed to know it was Monday. It was the Texas Christian football staff’s ...