Talk about anything you wish.

What's going on here: I just got off the phone with Stats Inc.

I'm trying to find if there's a correlation between coach's challenges and win/loss record. My hypothesis is that coaches with weak personalities (e.g. Wulff, Riley) use fewer challenges and lose more games than aggressive, challenge-happy coaches. I'd also like to analyze if coaches who more often hold their timeouts going into halftime have a higher or lower win percentage than those who don't. Unfortunately, Stats Inc told me they don't keep track of coach's challenges or timeouts. If anyone knows a good resource for this let me know.

There might be no correlation. It just seems like Riley is afraid to insult the refs, and therefore never challenges. He also holds timeouts into the half, and in my opinion that has cost the team points if not games. There might be a correlation, if not in W/L then at least in points scored.

OSU marketing has emailed me multiple times per day for the past month. Is anyone else having this problem? Very convenient that when Bob D/the Athletic Department wants something they harasses me day and night. But, when I want an answer, Bob's suddenly unavailable. Just to prove I'm not making this up, below is a screen shot of my angrybeav email account for the past ten days (i.e. the last time I cleared my email). Click on the image to enlarge it. Dates and times included without further commentary:

Mike Leach to WSU rumors swirling around.

ASU interested in Kevin Sumlin.

I find it interesting that two coaches we've mentioned repeatedly on this site could wind up going to foes. Especially interesting is Leach…when I mentioned him in 2009 people called me crazy. Well, maybe, but someone is going to get a great offensive mind on the cheap. And I don't see Riley or Banker containing a Mike Leach offense, should that happen.

Meanwhile, OSU staying put for now. No rumors, no changes, everything is fine…