Here’s a chart comparing Pete Carroll and Lane Kiffin’s first year as a college head coach. Note that I do not endorse any suggestion that this means USC will win seven straight Pac-10 titles under Kiffin.

OVERALL RECORD: Carroll 6-6; Kiffin 7-6.
CONFERENCE: Carroll 5-3 Pac-10, 5th Place; Kiffin 4-4 SEC-East, 2nd Place.
NON-CONFERENCE: Carroll 1-2; Kiffin 3-1.
BOWL GAME: Carroll – L 10-6 Utah, Las Vegas Bowl; Kiffin – L 37-14 Virginia
Tech, Chick-Fil-A Bowl.
VS. CONFERENCE CHAMP: Carroll – L 24-22 Oregon at Eugene (Oregon #2 in 2001
Final AP/BCS Poll); Kiffin – L 12-10 Alabama at Tuscaloosa (Alabama #1 in 2009
Final AP/BCS Poll).
VS. ARCHRIVAL: Carroll – W 27-0 UCLA; Kiffin – W 30-24 (OT) at Kentucky.
VS. RICK NEUHEISEL: Carroll – L 27-24 at Washington; Kiffin – L 19-15 UCLA.
FINAL 6 GAMES OF SEASON (not including bowl): Carroll – 5-1 (loss at Notre
Dame); Kiffin – 4-2 (losses at Alabama & Mississippi).