Alright, which one of you did this?

http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/20420082/gambling-100-college-football-betting-nuggets-know-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.

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:

$('.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; } );