Has any coach in college football history had a greater discrepancy in winning percentage between games as a favorite (where he's close to 100%) and games as an underdog (where he's close to 0%). I honestly think that it has to be him.
Would be interested if anyone could produce this possible James Franklin stat
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How about avg. games won per year while @ Vandy vs avg. # of players gang-raping team-escorts under his watch, or turned eyes? And since he is such a perfect fit for the fully-invested cultists and their cult, how about avg. games won per year, including bowls/championships, since the 70's, versus avg. number of boys raped in-house per year by Jerry, up until his "retirement"?
Thanks.
As an underdog at PSU: 7-25 21.9%
As a favorite: 92-16 85.2%
63.3% difference
Only OSU, Bama, Clem, UGa, and Cincy have better winning percentages as a favorite. There are 32 programs with worse winning percentages as an underdog in that timeframe but many are G5 and probably all of them have changed head coaches. So my theory could actually be correct but we need more data.
FWIW, Narduzz is 17-39 as an underdog which ranks 46th. He is 55-16 as a favorite which ranks 51st.
Narduzzi is 77.5% as a favorite and 30.4% as an underdog. A difference of only 47.1%.
I think Franklin is the GOAT of beating teams who he is better than and losing to teams who have better talent.
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He's something like 1-14 against top 5 teams. What else more do people need to know.
Narduzzi has at least 3 wins against top 5, with far less 4 and 5 star talent.
Narduzzi has at least 3 wins against top 5, with far less 4 and 5 star talent.
He's continued the JoePa way.
Joe and the folks in State College learned that beating bad teams was better than losing to good teams for building brand, 60 years ago.
Pitt has learned nothing since before WWII.
Joe and the folks in State College learned that beating bad teams was better than losing to good teams for building brand, 60 years ago.
Pitt has learned nothing since before WWII.
What this says is that, if you’re an AD and you’re not one of the three or four elites, pick your poison. You either upset the big boys once in a while and miss the playoffs because you lose to directional Illinois; or, you lose to the number 1 and or 2 team in the country and still make the playoffs. In a 2024 college football world, I’ll take the playoffs.
