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Here are all of the losses of the Harbaugh Era. "Average Loss" is the combined Margin of Loss divided by total losses:
Through his first three seasons, Harbaugh's average margin of loss was 10.0 points per game; take out the two blowout losses to Ohio State and Penn State, and it drops to 5.8 points per game.
In his last two seasons, Harbaugh's average margin of loss was 18.9 points, with five of the seven losses being by 19+ points.
Notice how the Average Loss has steadily ballooned from its valley of 7.0 points per game after the 2017 Michigan State loss to the current peak of 13.4 points per game. So if you thought Harbaugh was trending in the wrong direction, you were correct.
| Year | Opponent | Score of Game | Margin of Loss | Average Loss |
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| 2015 | Utah | 17 - 24 | -7 | -7.0 |
| 2015 | Michigan State | 23 - 27 | -4 | -5.5 |
| 2015 | Ohio State | 13 - 42 | -29 | -13.3 |
| 2016 | Iowa | 13 - 14 | -1 | -10.3 |
| 2016 | Ohio State | 27 - 30 | -3 | -8.8 |
| 2016 | Florida State | 32 - 33 | -1 | -7.5 |
| 2017 | Michigan State | 10 - 14 | -4 | -7.0 |
| 2017 | Penn State | 13 - 42 | -29 | -9.8 |
| 2017 | Wisconsin | 10 - 24 | -14 | -10.2 |
| 2017 | Ohio State | 20 - 31 | -11 | -10.3 |
| 2017 | South Carolina | 19 - 26 | -7 | -10.0 |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 17 - 24 | -7 | -9.8 |
| 2018 | Ohio State | 39 - 62 | -23 | -10.8 |
| 2018 | Florida | 15 - 41 | -26 | -11.9 |
| 2019 | Wisconsin | 14 - 35 | -21 | -12.5 |
| 2019 | Penn State | 21 - 28 | -7 | -12.2 |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 27 - 56 | -29 | -13.1 |
| 2019 | Alabama | 16 - 35 | -19 | -13.4 |
In his last two seasons, Harbaugh's average margin of loss was 18.9 points, with five of the seven losses being by 19+ points.
Notice how the Average Loss has steadily ballooned from its valley of 7.0 points per game after the 2017 Michigan State loss to the current peak of 13.4 points per game. So if you thought Harbaugh was trending in the wrong direction, you were correct.
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Once lead the SEC in passing? He has to be talking about 2017, and he has to be talking about "lead the SEC in passing at one point in the season" because he decidedly did not lead the SEC in any offensive statistic.
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Let's take out the 2015 loss to a super-talented, super-motivated, super-pissed Ohio State team, and Jimmy's negative trend over the past three seasons is even more dramatic:
| Year | Opponent | Score of Game | Margin of Loss | Average Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Utah | 17 - 24 | -7 | -7.0 |
| 2015 | Michigan State | 23 - 27 | -4 | -5.5 |
| 2016 | Iowa | 13 - 14 | -1 | -4.0 |
| 2016 | Ohio State | 27 - 30 | -3 | -3.8 |
| 2016 | Florida State | 32 - 33 | -1 | -3.2 |
| 2017 | Michigan State | 10 - 14 | -4 | -3.3 |
| 2017 | Penn State | 13 - 42 | -29 | -7.0 |
| 2017 | Wisconsin | 10 - 24 | -14 | -7.9 |
| 2017 | Ohio State | 20 - 31 | -11 | -8.2 |
| 2017 | South Carolina | 19 - 26 | -7 | -8.1 |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 17 - 24 | -7 | -8.0 |
| 2018 | Ohio State | 39 - 62 | -23 | -9.3 |
| 2018 | Florida | 15 - 41 | -26 | -10.5 |
| 2019 | Wisconsin | 14 - 35 | -21 | -11.3 |
| 2019 | Penn State | 21 - 28 | -7 | -11.0 |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 27 - 56 | -29 | -12.1 |
| 2019 | Alabama | 16 - 35 | -19 | -12.5 |
The end of the 2016 season - three losses in four games by a combined five points - completely broke Harbaugh. You hate to see it....
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
There's some cracks in the support, but for the most part, it baffles me how they can still be all-in on this guy. It's year 5, and he's 0-5 against Ohio State (including back-to-back blowouts), 1-4 in bowl games (4 straight losses), has never won as an underdog and has never recruited and/or developed a top tier QB. How can they still be buying into this guy's bullshit? But hey, if it keeps them from taking Fleck before somebody else does, more power to them. And quite honestly, if I'm Fleck, I'm not sure I'd take the job. Stay in the West.
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I'm sure he means "yards per game", which is a nice way of saying "he lit up a bunch of cupcakes, then got hurt." Which is precisely what he did in 2017:
South Alabama: 28-35, 429 yds, 4/0 td/int
Tenn-Martin: 32-43, 489, 5/1
California: 26-44, 363, 2/3
Alabama: 14-29, 165, 0/2
Auburn: 34-51, 346, 2/0
Vanderbilt: 22-35, 351, 4/0
Louisiana State: 10-23, 116, 0/3
So, his totals vs. S. Alabama, Tenn-Martin, Cal, and Vandy:
108-157, 68.8%, 1632 yds (408 ypg), 15 td, 4 int, 182.5 qbr
Against Alabama, Auburn, LSU:
58-103, 56.3%, 627 yds (209 ypg), 2 td, 5 int, 104.1 qbr
That trend followed him to tsun. Look good against stiffs, play horribly against teams with a pulse.
Shea Patterson was supposed to be the blue-chip QB that got harbrau over the hump. He ended up a heap of mediocrity that didn't beat any good teams. Once again, when Patterson transferred up there, BP pointed out his struggles against anyone with a pulse and predicted he wouldn't be any kind of significant upgrade.
He's their John Cooper, minus the big ooc wins and elite recruiting.
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I really like to think the posters on this site can be honest in their evaluations of those fucks up yonder. It's just so hard to tell because we shit on all their coaching hires and incoming transfers.....and we're always right 
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AJHawkfan
Wanna make $14 the hard way?
When they hired Jimmuh, they shoved all of their chips to the center of the table and committed themselves to either sink or swim with the guy. There was no Plan "B" then and there isn't one now. They were so convinced that hiring Harbarau was a homerun that they never stopped to think what they would do if he struck out. On top of that, they aren't going to take a chance on a young up-and-comer guy for fear of repeating the RichRod/Hoke fiascos.
They've painted themselves into a corner with Harbrau and the only way they get out is if he leaves voluntarily. And he's making $8mm/yr to be no better than average; why would he look elsewhere? And after the past five years, who the hell would seriously be interested in hiring him?
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Guarantee an NFL tea would hire him tomorrow and make him one of the 5 highest paid coaches in the league based on his first 3 years in SF. Zero doubt in my mind.
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