The saga continues on the Big Ten all-time coaching statistics. Readers of this site know that at the urging of a pesky blogger, the Big Ten officials updated their records last season to reflect the time Michigan left the conference from 1907-1916.
The result was a boost to Fielding Yost’s lead over Jim Tressel in conference win percentage by coaches from .833 to .888 (here are the current numbers, through last year’s bowls):
Mark Snyder discussed the ramifications of the Ohio State self-imposed vacated wins on the all-time records in this recent piece, & note Mark corrected Yost’s official win pct last night ;)
As Snyder points out, I think we can assume nothing is official until the NCAA/Big Ten complete their investigations. I asked the Big Ten offices to confirm and I’m guessing they will say it be resolved when the investigation is completed.
[Update July 11] I got the expected response from the Big Ten’s Scott Chipman:
My question: Scott, is there an official ruling from the Big Ten on how the Ohio State sanctions/vacated wins affect Tressel’s conference win percentage? Or is this all pending the final NCAA/B10 rulings on the sanctions?
Chipman’s reply: Greg, As of right now, that’s all TBD.
I see a few possible outcomes that could impact these records once again:
| Final Punishment |
W |
L |
Revised Win % |
Impact |
|
| 1 | NCAA reverses vacated wins; no change in 2010 record. | 106 | 22 | 0.828 | Pigs fly. |
| 2 | All 12 wins taken off the books, only the loss to Wisconsin remains | 94 | 22 | 0.810 | Tressel remains #2 behind Yost on the Big Ten books, slightly above Bo who’s at .796 |
| 3 | All 12 2010 wins now reflected as losses on the books | 94 | 34 | 0.734 | Tressel drops to #7 on the all-time list, behind Yost, Bo, Crisler, Carr, Woody, etc. |
| 4 | The entire 2010 season is wiped (0-0), but Tressel is still officially coach for the 2010 season. | 94 | 21 | 0.817 | He remains on the list at #2, given he still qualifies with 10 seasons. |
| 5 | The entire 2010 season is wiped (0-0), and Tressel doesn’t get credit for coaching in the conference last season | 94 | 21 | 0.817 | Poof! Tressel completely wiped from the record books–he would not meet the minimum 10 year qualification. |
Of course that assumes the punishment stays somewhere within the framework for the self-imposed penalty. If not, there are many other potential outcomes:
- The Big Ten could decide to take some action that’s not consistent with the NCAA ruling (like making a ruling on only the conference games, which would tweak the above table).
- The NCAA penalty could go deeper than 2010, resulting in a bigger shift in the rankings.
- And there’s the off chance the other coaches (Carr) could be credited with additional wins shifting the rankings even further.
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One Comment
Josh
This is an asterisk to the season and career. I have no love for Ohio but Yost still leads and did so through strength of character. We should emphasis that over everything else. I do like, however, the disqualification of Tressel for consideration, that is sweet justice!