Fields of Green and Gold

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Penn State has produced plenty of quality offensive linemen–and that’s pretty much a given when you consider just how solid the running game has been just about every year in the past 50. But only one Penn Stater ever received the highest honor for his …

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Fields of Green and Gold

Submitted by Charlie on January 4, 2008 – View Comments

Forbes just released the top 20 most valuable college football programs and while most of the data is to be expected, there are some staggering details:

	Value	Conference	2007 Bowl Destination / Record
1. Notre Dame	$101 million	Independent	Not bowl eligible (3-9)
2. Texas	$92 million	Big 12	Holiday (10-3)
3. Georgia	$90 million	SEC	Sugar Bowl* (11-2)
4. Michigan	$85 million	Big 10	Capital One (9-4)
5. Florida	$84 million	SEC	Capital One (9-4)
6. LSU	$76 million	SEC	National Championship* (11-2)
7. Tennessee	$74 million	SEC	Outback (10-4)
8. Auburn	$73 million	SEC	Chick-fil-A (9-4)
9. Alabama	$72 million	SEC	Independence (7-6)
10. Ohio State	$71 million	Big 10	National Championship* (11-1)
11. Oklahoma	$70 million	Big 12	Fiesta Bowl* (11-3)
12. South Carolina	$69 million	SEC	Not bowl eligible (6-6)
13. Penn State	$69 million	Big 10	Alamo (9-4)
14. USC	$53 million	Pac 10	Rose Bowl* (11-2)
15. Arkansas	$53 million	SEC	Cotton (8-5)
16. Texas A&M	$50 million	Big 12	Alamo (7-6)
17. Washington	$50 million	Pac 10	Not bowl eligible (4-9)
18. Nebraska	$49 million	Big 12	Not bowl eligible (5-7)
19. Michigan State	$44 million	Big 10	Champs Sports (7-6)
20. Wisconsin	$43 million	Big 10	Outback (9-4)

Penn State at #13 is more valuable than USC at 14? USC the annual national title contender is $16 million less valuable than a team that has yet to beat Michigan in 9 straight tries?
Notre Dame is college football’s most valuable team?! I thought the Catholics were a very giving and sacrificial bunch? Oh wait, that’s right, what was I thinking. Though I bet NBC’s thrilled with this year’s Irish bunch.
8 SEC teams and 5 Big 10 teams make up the 20 most valuable college football teams. Boy its not even a question as to what 2 college conferences define college football does it. The Big 12 comes in third with just 3 teams, Pac 10 with 2 teams, and Independents with 1.
Not a single ACC or Big East team made the top 20. Surprising especially with teams like Florida State, Miami and Clemson in the ACC and historically relevant Syracuse and Pittsburgh in the Big East.

Way for Notre Dame to prove what douche bags they are once again. Like the Yankees of baseball, they have the most money to invest in the program and produce as little as humanly possible without completely falling apart. But luckily for the Golden Domers, at least the MLB requires the Yankees to play themselves into the post season and if they don’t they save themselves the humiliation. The Irish are handed a spot in the BCS the moment they qualify like the spoiled brat who feels entitled to all that holy on God’s green earth. The only thing an Irish fan should be thankful for this season is that they finally are bad enough to not humiliate themselves in the post season. Hey, that’s more vacation days for Charlie Weis to count the undeserved money he’s stealing from the almighty ‘Catholic’ institution.

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