Thats from a article. Im not comparing anything.
Im simply showing that mario is not some big game coach.
He is average against top 25 teams. Simple as that.
L - FIU at No. 18 PSU in 2007
L - at No. 13 Kansas in 2008
L - at No. 12 USF in 2008 (by 8)
L - at No. 4 Alabama in 2009
L - at No. 1 FU in 2009
L - home vs. No. 18 Louisville in 2012 (by 7... FIU beat them the prior season).
Ranked or not, except for the UL game those were not "big games" for FIU. Those were "go collect a paycheck from the opposing team and get owned" games. Also worth pointing out Mario was 1-1 in bowl games at FIU, who had never been to a bowl game or had a winning season in the program's 5 seasons of existence before Mario.
Looking at his P5 tenure (where I'd agree a ranked opponent should constitute a big game), as HC at OU he was:
L - OU home vs. No. 7 Stanford in 2018
W - at No. 24 Cal
W - home against No. 7 UW
L - at No. 25 WSU
L - home vs. No. 16 Auburn in 2019
W - at No. 25 UW
W - home vs. No. 5 Utah
W - Rose Bowl vs. No. 8 Wisconsin
W - at No. 13 USC in 2020
L - Fiesta Bowl vs. No. 10 Iowa State
W - at No. 3 OSU in 2021
L - at No. 23 Utah
L - home vs. No. 17 Utah
Last season he was 0-2 against UM's ranked opponent (at No. 24 TAMU and at No. 9 Clemson), plus he lost (miserably) to a then-unranked FSU (which I still consider a big game, but whatever).
Judging strictly off Mario's P5 HC record, he's 7-8 when his team plays a ranked opponent. I am not sure how anyone can objectively look at that and honestly say, "Mario has his teams ready for big games." He's got a few "signature wins" to his credit at OU (Utah, USC, and OSU), none so far at UM, and he's lost his fair share of games against ranked opponents (more than he's won). And I don't need to look at Mario's wins/losses at FIU to arrive at that conclusion, either.
Mario's "big game" stats aside, guarded optimism is where I am living. Overall, I liked the coaching changes, believe this team has fewer holes than last year's team, and I saw enough last week to where I can entertain
the possibility of winning on Saturday. But I need to see more from this team before I
expect them to win against a ranked opponent with a recruiting talent advantage.