Back in late April, the Sporting News’ Tom Dienhart wrote a fatuous but provocative blog on who are the current best college football coaches. Here’s his list:
Ranking the BCS coaches
1. Pete Carroll, Southern California
2. Jim Tressel, Ohio State
3. Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia
4. Jim Grobe, Wake Forest
5. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
6. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
7. Nick Saban, Alabama
8. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
9. Dennis Erickson, Arizona State
10. Mack Brown, Texas
11. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
12. Urban Meyer, Florida
13. Tom O'Brien, N.C. State
14. Bobby Bowden, Florida State
15. Tommy Tuberville, Auburn
16. Lloyd Carr, Michigan
17. Mike Bellotti, Oregon
18. Joe Paterno, Penn State
19. Butch Davis, North Carolina
20. Houston Nutt, Arkansas
21. Bill Callahan, Nebraska
22. Jeff Tedford, Cal
23. Mark Richt, Georgia
24. Jim Leavitt, South Florida
25. Mike Riley, Oregon State
Wait, where’s Chubby Charlie, you ask? If this was the PGA, you would have to say he didn’t make the cut. He was listed as #42 (out of 66 BCS schools). Is that fair? Well, I don’t know who the 24 below him were but I am sure that they are mortified by that oversight!