[sammyg2]

BTW, Paterno's winning percentage at Penn st. is 74.7%

Pete Carroll's at USC is close to 85% and that includes a very rough first season when he inherited someone elses problem and went 6-6.
He is #1 in active coaches in winning percentage. Paterno is #9.
Before any of ya start with the easy schedule BS, we can go back and compare the ranked teams that USC beat in that era vs. the ranked teams that PSU beat in the same era, you won't like the way that turns out.

Take Carroll's first season out and his winning percentage would be closer to 90%.
In the 6 years following that first season he's accomplished this:

* Two BCS Championship Game appearances (win over Oklahoma, loss to Texas)
* Six Associated Press and coach's poll Top-4 finishes, including the split 2003 national championship and the undisputed 2004 national championship.
* A record five BCS bowl victories
* A record six consecutive BCS bowl appearances
* A record six consecutive years as Pac-10 Champions or Co-Champions
* A national-record 33 consecutive weeks as AP's No. 1-ranked team
* A winning record of 80-15 (84.2%)
* An NCAA record of 63 straight 20-point games
* Twenty-two All-American first teamers
* Three Heisman Trophy winners IN SIX YEARS! (Carson Palmer, 2002; Matt Leinart, 2004; Reggie Bush, 2005)
* Four Top-5 recruiting classes
* Record win streaks for consecutive games (34) and Pac-10 home games (22).
* USC became the first NCAA FBS team to achieve six consecutive 11-win seasons.

2002 11-2
2003 12-1
2004 13-0
2005 12-1
2006 11-2
2007 11-2
2008 7-1 so far.
Nine losses in 7 seasons.