Alright, which one of you did this?

[redneckjedi]

http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/20 ... now-season

Notable national title bets at William Hill

• $500 on BYU at 300-1, placed Aug. 15. Would net $150,000.
• $1,000 on Stanford at 100-1, placed March 15. Would net $100,000.
• $200 on BYU 500-1, placed June 24. Would net $100,000
• $200 on Arkansas 500-1, placed July 5. Would net $100,000.
• $1,000 on Miami, Fla., at 75-1, placed Aug. 16. Would net $75,000.
• $2,000 on Louisville at 30-1, placed July 3. Would net $60,000.
• $200 on Michigan St 250-1, placed Jan 11. Would net $50,000.
• $200 on NC State at 250-1, placed Jan 11. Would net $50,000.
• $100 on South Florida at 500-1, placed June 30. Would net $50,000.

Is this how we pay tithing in the Church of the Undefeated Season? Whoever it is, I hope they get a huge payout, then finds something suitably honorable to do with the winnings to assuage their gambling guilt.

[redneckjedi]

Also interesting from the article was the coaching records against the spread. Sitake is at 9-3, which as a percentage puts him at #2 out of all current FBS coaches. #1 is Gary Patterson, for what it's worth. USU's Matt Wells is at #97, and Whittingham is at #68.

If you want to run the numbers yourself on their table in-browser in the console, this is what I did:

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$('.scrollable table tr:not(:first)').map( function() {
  var wins = Number( $(this).find('td:nth-child(4)').text() ),
      losses = Number( $(this).find('td:nth-child(5)').text() );
  return {
    team: $(this).find('td:first').text(),
    coach: $(this).find('td:nth-child(3)').text(),
    wins: wins,
    losses: losses,
    total: wins + losses,
    percent: wins + losses == 0 ? 0 : wins / ( wins + losses )
  };
} ).sort( function( a, b ) { return b.percent - a.percent; } );