On Tuesday, the University of Oregon fired Head Coach Mark Helfrich and according to FiveThirtyEight it may have been more warranted than some would like to think.
Helfrich was charged with the 4th biggest decline of a football program over a 26 game span since the start of the Associated Press poll. The AP Poll began back in 1936 – almost as long as it has been since Oregon fired a Head Coach.
Well – almost.
Topping the list was a really bad situation. Southern Methodist comes in at number one. The team was given the “Death Penalty” cancelling the entire 1987 season and the ripple effect was felt for years.