hawkfan2679
Well-Known Member
Kinda...how's that for an answer.
I went back and tracked our W/L by month, by year, and to tell the truth, his teams are actually remarkably consistent. Including 2009 here are the monthly marks under Ferentz...
1999-2009
August W/L: 3-1 (.750)
September W/L: 26-18 (.591)
October W/L: 24-18 (.571)
November W/L: 20-13 (.606)
Bowl games W/L: 4-3 (.571)
Overall W/L: 77-53 (.592)
For fun, I removed the first two years, writing them off as rebuilding years, then recalculated the percentages...
2001-2009
August W/L: 3-0 (1.000)
September W/L: 25-12 (.676)
October W/L: 23-10 (.697)
November W/L: 18-9 (.667)
Bowl games W/L: 4-3 (.571)
Overall W/L: 73-34 (.682)
I think it's pretty much known as Hawkeye fans that Ferentz-coached teams seem to get better as the season wears on. These stats indicate that this might not be the case...could it be a matter of perception? Perhaps a measure of HOW we are winning games, vs. IF we are winning games?
I went back and tracked our W/L by month, by year, and to tell the truth, his teams are actually remarkably consistent. Including 2009 here are the monthly marks under Ferentz...
1999-2009
August W/L: 3-1 (.750)
September W/L: 26-18 (.591)
October W/L: 24-18 (.571)
November W/L: 20-13 (.606)
Bowl games W/L: 4-3 (.571)
Overall W/L: 77-53 (.592)
For fun, I removed the first two years, writing them off as rebuilding years, then recalculated the percentages...
2001-2009
August W/L: 3-0 (1.000)
September W/L: 25-12 (.676)
October W/L: 23-10 (.697)
November W/L: 18-9 (.667)
Bowl games W/L: 4-3 (.571)
Overall W/L: 73-34 (.682)
I think it's pretty much known as Hawkeye fans that Ferentz-coached teams seem to get better as the season wears on. These stats indicate that this might not be the case...could it be a matter of perception? Perhaps a measure of HOW we are winning games, vs. IF we are winning games?