Disastrous News: Dallas cowboys head coach submitted resignation letter as a result of….

Amid all of the speculation that has Bill Belichick taking over the Dallas Cowboys as coach in place of a fired Mike McCarthy, we always sort of laughed at it while noting that the far-fetched concept could indeed be launched into play in the event of a “football disaster.”

Can one half of a playoff game in which the home team is a big favorite over a hated rival qualify as a “football disaster”? More pointedly, has a coach ever been fired at halftime?