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But I will post screen captures
these are the kind of slideshows that make me wonder why it is I even change into new sweatpants every morning
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Petersen: (7-4)
W vs. #11 Oklahoma 43-42 OT (Fiesta Bowl)
L @ #14 Hawaii 39-27
W @ #17 Oregon 37-32
L vs. #7 TCU 17-16 (Poinsettia Bowl)
W vs. #16 Oregon 19-8
W vs. #6 TCU 17-10 (Fiesta Bowl)
W vs. #10 Virginia Tech 33-30
W vs. #24 Oregon State 37-24
L vs. #19 Nevada 34-31 OT
W @ #19 Georgia 35-21
L @ #13 Michigan State 17-13
Sark: (8-18)
L vs. #11 LSU 31-23
W vs. #3 USC 16-13
L vs. #12 Oregon 43-19
W vs. #19 California 42-10
L vs. #8 Nebraska 56-21
W @ #18 USC 32-31
W vs. #24 Oregon State 35-34 2OT
L @ #15 Arizona 44-14
L vs. #13 Stanford 41-0
L @ #1 Oregon 53-16
W vs. #20 Nebraska 19-7 (Holiday Bowl)
L @ #11 Nebraska 51-38
L @ #7 Stanford 65-21
L vs. #6 Oregon 34-17
L @ #18 USC 40-17
L vs. #13 Baylor 67-56 (Alamo Bowl)
L @ #3 LSU 41-3
W vs. #8 Stanford 17-13
L @ #2 Oregon 52-21
L vs. #11 USC 24-14
W vs. #7 Oregon State 20-17
L vs. #18 Boise State 28-26 (Las Vegas Bowl)
W vs. #19 Boise State 38-6
L @ #5 Stanford 31-28
L vs. #2 Oregon 45-24
L @ #13 UCLA 41-31
Petersen's worst loss was by 12 points to a Hawaii team that went to the Sugar Bowl (same on that throttled Ty after going up 21-0 in the 1Q). His 3 other losses came by 4 points (MSU), 1 point (TCU) and a game in OT thanks to 2 missed FGs (for those who forgot, the classic highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FXLT359VDc).
Put that in comparison to Sark who has the following losses worse than Petersen: a 44p L to Stanford, 41p L to Stanford, 38p L to LSU, 37p L to Oregon, 35p L to Nebraska, 31p L to Oregon, 30p L to Arizona, 24p L to Oregon, 23p L to USC, 21p L to Oregon, 17p L to Oregon, and a 13p L to Nebraska. That's 12 losses worse than Petersen's worst loss.
One final tidbit of information. The point differential for Petersen in Top 25 games is +34 whereas Sark is -310. The average scores of these games have Petersen winning 28.0 to 24.9 whereas Sark loses 23.4 to 35.3.
Petersen vs top 25:
Avg points for: 28
Avg points against: 26
Avg margin: +2
Worst loss: -12
Other losses: -1, -3, -4
Sark vs top 25:
Avg points for: 23
Avg points against: 35
Avg margin: -12
Worst loss: -44
notable losses: -24, -35, -30, -41, -37, -23, -38, -31, -21