IU, Kevin Wilson -- Wilson has known Rodriguez for over a decade.  When Wilson was the offensive coordinator at Northwestern, he and Randy Walker went down to Clemson to learn the spread from Rodriguez (see: Northwestern 54, Michigan 51).  Since then, Rodriguez has been close with Bob Stoops and his staff.  So it's no surprise that Wilson, in his first HC job, hired two available Rodriguez assistants with Big Ten experience.  Smith and Frey are, IMO, the two Rodriguez assistants most deserving of AQ-conference jobs.  Both the QBs and OL made noticeable progress during their tenure.

Pitt, Todd Graham -- Graham was an assistant of Rodriguez for three years at West Virginia.  He has already worked on the same staff as Magee and Gibson.  Graham and Dews never worked together, but it is pretty obvious that Dews would come with high recommendations from people that Graham trusts (Rodriguez, Magee, Gibson, etc.).

had both a dominant rushing attack and an offense that produced two NFL QBs.  But that offense didn't really fit with Chait's thesis, so it was conveniently left out.

should not be ranked.   they barely escaped a very bad Vanderbilt team.