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College Football 2021: Cash is King

Rutgers had first crack at the Gator Bowl bid due to APR rankings. 8 hours ago they reportedly turned it down, but now they’ve apparently accepted the game against Wake.
 
USA Today reports that Mickey Marotti, the strength coach for Ohio State football, makes $801,150 per year. The paper lists 10 other college football strength coaches making $500,000 or more. Strength coaches, people.
 
SonofSouthie said:
USA Today reports that Mickey Marotti, the strength coach for Ohio State football, makes $801,150 per year. The paper lists 10 other college football strength coaches making $500,000 or more. Strength coaches, people.
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"Let them eat pigskin." I would not be surprised if the salary of state university football coaches was directly proportional to the state poverty rate.
 
Just a quick glance using 2021 numbers shows:

Poverty Rate
1. Mississippi (20.3%)
2. Louisiana (19.0%)
3. New Mexico (18.2%)
4. Kentucky (16.3%)
5. Arkansas (16.2%)
6. West Virginia (16.0%)
7. Alabama (15.5%)
8. Oklahoma (15.2%)
9. Tennessee (13.9%)
10. South Carolina (13.8%)

Highest Paid Coaches (by State - Poverty Rank)
1. Nick Saban (Alabama - 7th)
2. Ed Orgeron (Louisiana - 2nd)
3. Dabo Sweeney (South Carolina - 10th)
4. David Shaw (California - 25th)
5. Lincoln Riley (Oklahoma - 8th)
6. Dan Mullen (Florida - 19th)
7. Jimbo Fisher (Texas - 11th)
8. Kirby Smart (Georgia - 13th)
9. James Franklin (Pennsylvania - 22nd)
10. Ryan Day (Ohio - 15th)

So yes, I would guess if you ran the numbers, you would see correlation.
 
SonofSouthie said:
USA Today reports that Mickey Marotti, the strength coach for Ohio State football, makes $801,150 per year. The paper lists 10 other college football strength coaches making $500,000 or more. Strength coaches, people.
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Listen, we can complain about university athletics getting way too much money compared to other parts of the state educational systems, but don't sleep on S&C coaches. If you want your recruits improving each year and not losing the majority of seasons to injuries, you want a good S&C coach. Shannon Turley was the difference between Stanford in the first half of the 10s versus Stanford in the second half of the 10s.
 
French Rage said:
Listen, we can complain about university athletics getting way too much money compared to other parts of the state educational systems, but don't sleep on S&C coaches. If you want your recruits improving each year and not losing the majority of seasons to injuries, you want a good S&C coach. Shannon Turley was the difference between Stanford in the first half of the 10s versus Stanford in the second half of the 10s.
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We also should not forget that a probably most of the FB team's salary is being paid for by donors. I know that's the case at Michigan- the head coach has a name preceeding his title.
 
Hawaii drops out of the Hawaii Bowl which was supposed to take place tomorrow. On the plus side, they did it so late Memphis got a vacation out of it.
 
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