Apparently, ESPN thinks that every athletic director this year made a better hire than Sandy.

You'll need insider to read the entire article, but basically it places Cal's hire as 15/15th this year.

1. Arkansas Razorbacks

Bret Bielema (previously: Wisconsin head coach)

2. Kentucky Wildcats

Mark Stoops (former FSU defensive coordinator)

3. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

Bobby Petrino (former Arkansas head coach)

4. Auburn Tigers

Gus Malzahn (former Arkansas State head coach)

5. South Florida Bulls

Willie Taggart (former Western Kentucky head coach)

6. Texas Tech Red Raiders

Kliff Kingsbury (former Texas A&M offensive coordinator)

7. Wisconsin Badgers

Gary Andersen (former Utah State head coach)

8. Cincinnati Bearcats

Tommy Tuberville (former Texas Tech head coach)

9. Tennessee Volunteers

Butch Jones (former Cincinnati head coach)

10. North Carolina State Wolfpack

Dave Doeren (former Northern Illinois head coach)

11. Colorado Buffaloes

Mike MacIntyre (former San Jose State head coach)

12. Southern Miss Golden Eagles

Todd Monken (former Oklahoma State offensive coordinator)

13. Purdue Boilermakers

Darrell Hazell (former Kent State head coach)

14. Arkansas State Red Wolves

Bryan Harsin (former Texas offensive coordinator)

15. California Golden Bears

Sonny Dykes (former Louisiana Tech head coach)