TSN "expert" Tom Dienhart ranked the coaches in the BCS conferences. I don't know what this is based off of, but I figured I'd post the list and you all decide for yourself.

Our Tom O'Brien is #13.

Quote :

" 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 26. Mike Leach, Texas Tech 27. Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville 28. Ralph Friedgen, Maryland 29. Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt 30. Chan Gailey, Georgia Tech 31. Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee 32. Joe Tiller, Purdue 33. Greg Schiano, Rutgers 34. Al Groh, Virginia 35. Mark Mangino, Kansas 36. Brian Kelly, Cincinnati 37. Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M 38. Dan Hawkins, Colorado 39. Bret Bielema, Wisconsin 40. Rich Brooks, Kentucky 41. Les Miles, LSU 42. Charlie Weis, Notre Dame 43. Gary Pinkel, Missouri 44. Mark Dantonio, Michigan State 45. Dave Wannstedt, Pitt 46. Terry Hoeppner, Indiana 47. Tommy Bowden, Clemson 48. Karl Dorrell, UCLA 49. Ron Zook, Illinois 50. Guy Morriss, Baylor 51. Mike Stoops, Arizona 52. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State 53. Bill Doba, Washington State 54. Ty Willingham, Washington 55. Randy Edsall, UConn 56. Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State 57. Ron Prince, Kansas State 58. Tim Brewster, Minnesota 59. Ted Roof, Duke 60. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 61. Jim Harbaugh, Stanford 62. Randy Shannon, Miami (Fla.) 63. Ed Orgeron, Ole Miss 64. Jeff Jagodzinski, Boston College 65. Greg Robinson, Syracuse 66. Gene Chizik, Iowa State "

Fire away.

5/8/2007 12:36:29 PM

man this is [old]

5/8/2007 12:37:17 PM

Yep, you're right. Damn. Sorry.

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=472116

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 12:39 PM. Reason : Lock this bad boy]

5/8/2007 12:38:13 PM

4. Grobe
12. Meyer
39. Bielema
41. Miles

[fail]

5/8/2007 12:39:27 PM

^^ no no, don't cry. like this

grobe did a great job last year, but i am not buying him as a top 5 coach until he does more than lose one orange bowl.

[Edited on May 8, 2007 at 12:41 PM. Reason : if you wanna crown him, then crown his ass.]

5/8/2007 12:39:28 PM

RICH RODRIGUEZ 3
FRANK BEAMER 6

NOW THATS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!

5/8/2007 12:58:32 PM

Quote :

"59. Ted Roof, Duke 60. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern "

Northwestern maintains the same academic standards as Duke, has roughly the same kind of schedule, and yet Northwestern can at least win 3-4 games per year while Duke can't even defeat Richmond.

5/8/2007 1:14:18 PM

tommy tubs should be top 10 and joepa needs to be top 10 as well as bobby bowden

bad list

5/8/2007 1:16:35 PM

yeah, as much as i want to consider this list legit, i have immediate problems with tom being ahead of Bobby

5/8/2007 2:13:55 PM

I think Grobe could be a top 5 coach eventually, but he hasn't proven anything more than he is a 1 year wonder.

It's amazing this guy doesn't have Greg Schiano in the top 10.

5/8/2007 2:33:32 PM

yeah, you can't completely buy into grobe and put him #4 and then blow off schiano at #33.

5/8/2007 2:50:11 PM

how is Dennis Erickson #9, that guy is a no-talent ass clown.

5/8/2007 3:18:32 PM

^Maybe a national championship helped his ranking. Just maybe.

5/8/2007 3:22:11 PM

Quote :

"64. Jeff Jagodzinski, Boston College "

5/8/2007 3:22:27 PM

38. Dan Hawkins, Colorado

not bad for coming off a 2-10 season

5/8/2007 3:29:14 PM

Quote :

"yeah, you can't completely buy into grobe and put him #4 and then blow off schiano at #33."

grobe lost his top 3 or 4 RB's a few games into the season.....i think overcoming the injuries had a big part in the ranking. Not to mention WF hasn't really ever done anything before either.

5/8/2007 3:34:05 PM

Where in the hell is Boise State's coach Peterson????

He just went 13-0 and beat Oklahoma in their bowl.

5/8/2007 3:39:12 PM

^not in a BCS conference.

5/8/2007 3:40:43 PM

Quote :

"Maybe a national championship helped his ranking. Just maybe."

bobby bowden has two and the most wins of anyone... and is #14.

5/8/2007 3:49:12 PM

Bowden is not what he once was.....and I think its a list of the who's currently (supposedly) the best.

5/8/2007 4:07:50 PM

^ Erickson went 5-6, 8-5, and 4-8 his last three years of coaching college ball.

5/8/2007 4:12:32 PM

just another reason not to put weight in these sportswriter time/space fillers.

5/8/2007 4:36:19 PM

I just hate him for what he did in San Francisco.

5/8/2007 4:47:40 PM

so if this is a current list, why is urban meyer not in the top 3? I get carroll and tressel being ahead of him but not #3?! He just won the championship.

5/8/2007 5:02:41 PM

roof over shannon?? Stoops over Meyer?? Another head scratcher...

5/9/2007 8:51:02 AM

6-5, 7-6, 5-7, 4-7, 4-7, 11-3 and a 37-35 overall record is what Tom Dienhart thinks constitutes the #4 overall coach, Jim Grobe. Dont get me wrong I think Jim Grobe is a decent coach but c'mon one good season and he is #4...does that mean that Chuck would have been in the top 10 after the gator bowl year??? Urban Meyer and Nick Saban have NC's and they are below him..

[Edited on May 9, 2007 at 12:35 PM. Reason : ]

5/9/2007 12:34:49 PM

Chuck has never won the conference, or placed second, or third.

so no.

5/9/2007 12:37:23 PM

Yeah if the 2006/2007 football season hadnt happened, you wouldnt see Grobe in the top 100.

5/9/2007 12:39:00 PM

If you've seen Wake play before this year, you would have him in the top 50.

He takes absolute shit for talent and comes away with middle of the pack ACC finishes every year.
For comparison, Chuck took good talent and came away with middle of the pack ACC finishes every year.

As far as X's and O's go, Grobe is a top 20 coach in the nation.

5/9/2007 1:32:52 PM

I agree, only idiots say Grobe isn't a good coach. He takes shitty talent, can't get good recruiting for the school WAKE and takes who he gets from all the leftovers and does well each year. Period.

5/12/2007 8:30:10 PM

was this determined by a random number generator or something?

pure trash

5/12/2007 8:43:43 PM

Les Miles is 41st?

Did he forget about LSU or something?

5/13/2007 12:30:42 PM

yeah, not sure what this list is based on... if its X's and O's then they have Fulmer about right, maybe even too high haha, but if its overall coaching (recruiting being a biggie) then he should be a lot higher

5/13/2007 12:48:19 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/122/story/573719.html

good interview with TOB

5/13/2007 1:02:59 PM

well atleast he got the top 2 right...i woulda followed those with urban meyer, bob stoops, and rich rodriguez to round out my top five. saban will probably be in there after shortly, but its tough to put him in the top 5 without having coached a college team since '05.

[Edited on May 13, 2007 at 3:22 PM. Reason : 5]

5/13/2007 3:16:55 PM