Fitz v. Franklin

[NJCat83588]

The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article yesterday, giving the records for FBS coaches against teams ranked in the top 25 when they played them. Fitzgerald has a 7-16 record. His record is in marked contrast to everyones newest favorite, James Franklin, who is all of 1-10 at Vandy and PSU. Also of note are Tim Beckman (0-11), Sonny Dykes (0-10), and David Cutcliffe (9-26 and 3-14 at Duke). Heck, even Jerry Kill is only 2-13, and Gary Pinckel at Mizzou is 16-39. All have worse records against good competition than Pat.

The only coaches with winning records for their career are Saben, Fisher, Miles, Meyer, Bob Stoops (brother Mark is 0-8), Spurrier, David Shaw of Stanford, and Gary Patterson. Pretty select company.

What does this prove? Not much. But Pat does pretty well in comparison to some other name coaches.

 

[Turk]

The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article yesterday, giving the records for FBS coaches against teams ranked in the top 25 when they played them. Fitzgerald has a 7-16 record. His record is in marked contrast to everyones newest favorite, James Franklin, who is all of 1-10 at Vandy and PSU. Also of note are Tim Beckman (0-11), Sonny Dykes (0-10), and David Cutcliffe (9-26 and 3-14 at Duke). Heck, even Jerry Kill is only 2-13, and Gary Pinckel at Mizzou is 16-39. All have worse records against good competition than Pat.

The only coaches with winning records for their career are Saben, Fisher, Miles, Meyer, Bob Stoops (brother Mark is 0-8), Spurrier, David Shaw of Stanford, and Gary Patterson. Pretty select company.

What does this prove? Not much. But Pat does pretty well in comparison to some other name coaches.

As a fan, I have observed that Fitz is a much better coach against 'good teams'. Essentially, what that means is that his players don't quit and that he is a better coach when behind. That's my interpretation of his stateline. I get nervous when we are ahead, but I don't fear when we are behind. Ironically, Franklin is a horrible coach when he is behind, and this occurrence helped us out twice now. At any rate, imo, that is Fitz' greatest obstacle, i.e., coaching with a lead. Against Franklin, Fitz was behind in the 3rd quarter [Vanderbilt] and orchestrated a typical Fitz comeback from behind.

 

[Frabjous]

In Franklin's defense he just kicked a 4**** freshman off the team for unspecified reasons. It will be interesting to see what school takes the guy.

 

[pawildcat]

The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article yesterday, giving the records for FBS coaches against teams ranked in the top 25 when they played them. Fitzgerald has a 7-16 record. His record is in marked contrast to everyones newest favorite, James Franklin, who is all of 1-10 at Vandy and PSU. Also of note are Tim Beckman (0-11), Sonny Dykes (0-10), and David Cutcliffe (9-26 and 3-14 at Duke). Heck, even Jerry Kill is only 2-13, and Gary Pinckel at Mizzou is 16-39. All have worse records against good competition than Pat.

The only coaches with winning records for their career are Saben, Fisher, Miles, Meyer, Bob Stoops (brother Mark is 0-8), Spurrier, David Shaw of Stanford, and Gary Patterson. Pretty select company.

What does this prove? Not much. But Pat does pretty well in comparison to some other name coaches.

It proves it's tough to win against top 25 competition if you're not top 25.

 

[NJCat83588]

It proves it's tough to win against top 25 competition if you're not top 25.

It's tough even when you are top 25, as evidenced by #18 NU vs. OSU 2 years ago....

 

[Deeringfish]

It's tough even when you are top 25, as evidenced by #18 NU vs. OSU 2 years ago....

Yes! I heard a statistic once that half the top 25 teams that play each other lose.

 

[pawildcat]

Yes! I heard a statistic once that half the top 25 teams that play each other lose.

Yep, higher-ranked teams often beat lower-ranked teams. Who knew?