Forbes Most Valuable College Football Teams

[Shirtless Guy]

College Football's Most Valuable Teams according to Forbes

School (Million)
1) Texas ($119)
2) Notre Dame ($108)
3) Penn State ($99)
4) Nebraska ($93)
5) Alabama ($92)
6) Florida ($88)
7) Louisiana State ($86)
8) Ohio State ($85)
9) Georgia ($84)
10) Oklahoma ($83)
11) Michigan ($81)
12) South Carolina ($80)
13) Tennessee ($78)
14) Auburn ($70)
15) Southern California ($68)
16) Michigan State ($57)
17) Arkansas ($56)
18) Texas A&M ($52)
19) Wisconsin ($48)
20) Oklahoma State ($47)

Thoughts?

 

[dave29]

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Texas will drop after Alabama pounds them.

 

[Biddco]

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Interesting that Nebraska is so high. I wouldn't have guessed.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Interesting that Nebraska is so high. I wouldn't have guessed.

Me neither. I guess their bandwagon holds together even when the program isn't as dominant as it used to be.

Or maybe there's just nothing better to do in Nebraska but follow Husker football?

 

[bigmrg74]

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Me neither. I guess their bandwagon holds together even when the program isn't as dominant as it used to be.

Or maybe there's just nothing better to do in Nebraska but follow Husker football?

Pretty much, there's not much else to really distract the Children of the Corn when the Huskers are not so good. Once you get past KC and the Chiefs being even worse, there's nothing for another 300 or so miles of Lincoln.

 

[Shirtless Guy]

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Me neither. I guess their bandwagon holds together even when the program isn't as dominant as it used to be.

Or maybe there's just nothing better to do in Nebraska but follow Husker football?

The one that surprises me the most is South Carolina...I guess Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier really have helped that program...I've never thought of that program in the same breath as the rest listed...Ok State makes the list because of T Boone Pickens $$$. I can't really think of a program that would be considered "left off" that might have value...UCLA is a program that should make the list but they just haven't been good enough to make the $$$. Iowa might be close. Florida State and Miami were probably on this list in the past.

 

[dave29]

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Me neither. I guess their bandwagon holds together even when the program isn't as dominant as it used to be.

Or maybe there's just nothing better to do in Nebraska but follow Husker football?

Yes. There is nothing better to do in Nebraska then follow Husker football. Love them or hate them you have to admit that their fans are some of the most loyal fans out there.

Also, they have not been as dominant as they used to be but they are starting to comeback though.

 

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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College Football's Most Valuable Teams according to Forbes

School (Million)
1) Texas ($119)
2) Notre Dame ($108)
3) Penn State ($99)
4) Nebraska ($93)
5) Alabama ($92)
6) Florida ($88)
7) Louisiana State ($86)
8) Ohio State ($85)
9) Georgia ($84)
10) Oklahoma ($83)
11) Michigan ($81)
12) South Carolina ($80)
13) Tennessee ($78)
14) Auburn ($70)
15) Southern California ($68)
16) Michigan State ($57)
17) Arkansas ($56)
18) Texas A&M ($52)
19) Wisconsin ($48)
20) Oklahoma State ($47)

Thoughts?

Surprised Texas is #1 over Penn State and Notre Dame.

Surprised tha USC isn't higher but my guess is they havent had quite the tradition of some of these other teams and that might be part of the reason. Didn't expect to see Michigan State on there either. Football is about the 4th or 5th sport that I think of when it comes to the Spartans...

 

[BoomGoestheDynamite]

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Surprised Texas is #1 over Penn State and Notre Dame.

Surprised tha USC isn't higher but my guess is they havent had quite the tradition of some of these other teams and that might be part of the reason. Didn't expect to see Michigan State on there either. Football is about the 4th or 5th sport that I think of when it comes to the Spartans...

Austin is one of the largest cities/metro area in the country without any sort of pro team. Couple that with Tejas's love of all things grid iron and the premier University in the 2nd most populous state and I'd be stunned if someone other than Texas was the most valuable.

 

[ajoyce02]

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There is a Tim Brewster cheap shot in here somewhere, but I just don't want to take the effort to come up with one.

 

[Slap Shot]

There is a Tim Brewster cheap shot in here somewhere, but I just don't want to take the effort to come up with one.

Hmph. I was going to go with, "The Gophers were robbed" or something.....

 

[ajoyce02]

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Hmph. I was going to go with, "The Gophers were robbed" or something.....

We could work in some Gopher Nation jokes, jokes about waiting for Brewster to get his recruits in, offense jokes (wait, their offense is the joke)...I mean the possibilities are just about endless.

It's the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[pirate]

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Yes. There is nothing better to do in Nebraska then follow Husker football. Love them or hate them you have to admit that their fans are some of the most loyal fans out there.

Also, they have not been as dominant as they used to be but they are starting to comeback though.

But Dave, the 'word' is relevant or irrelevant...as in "Nebraska is irrelevant". All the 'in the know' fans, bloggers and sportscasters use that term to describe any team that isn't currently in the top 10 or hasn't won the NC for > 10 years. Doesn't matter that Nebraska plays in a BCS conference, impacts the SOS of every team they play and could either be in the BCS championship or directly influence who is in the BCS Championship (Texas?)...they are irrelevant.

It really makes you sound like you know what you are talking about since typically you'd have to have broad knowledge of a subject to be able to determine the relevance of an entity.

Sort of like 'classy', use of relevant or irrelevant is usually a clue that the person utilizing the term lacks it themselves.

As we speak, elves are coming up with next year's word and irrelevant will eventually move to the back of the shelf with classy, fanboy and other irrelevant words.

 

[IrishWildcat]

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Thought #1: Notre Dame still marketable for tickets and merch. Unfortunately it doesn't work in terms of recruiting.

Thought #2: Where is Miami? Have they really fallen that far?

Thought #3: Is Union ranked #26?

 

[Plante26]

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The one that surprises me the most is South Carolina...I guess Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier really have helped that program...I've never thought of that program in the same breath as the rest listed...

Reference below reasoning, substituting "South Carolina" and "Gamecock" for "Nebraska" and "Husker".

Or maybe there's just nothing better to do in Nebraska but follow Husker football?

You can also give some credit to the conference they play in as well. When your team is playing Floridas and Alabamas of the world, it makes sense.

 

[bigmrg74]

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Reference below reasoning, substituting "South Carolina" and "Gamecock" for "Nebraska" and "Husker".



You can also give some credit to the conference they play in as well. When your team is playing Floridas and Alabamas of the world, it makes sense.

That would also probably explain why Sparty comes in at 16 on the list. Playing Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Notre Dame all yearly does net you some pretty nice gates.

 

[AMcoffee]

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The most interesting point in the list of 20 is that NINETEEN of them are public institutions.

The Forbes article acknowledges the difficulty in their analysis owing to the lack of standardization in reporting the finances of these colleges.

Notre Dame has their unique TV contract with NBC (Notredame Broadcasting Corporation) that brings in revenue that offsets the clear advantage the other public schools must surely have with direct or indirect subsidies by the taxpayers in each state.

I am positive there are direct or indirect subsidies used by public schools to offset football program expenses, that in private institutions would be fully charged on their books to the football operation.

One expense that comes to mind are facilities and the improvement thereof. Perhaps a state has a "building authority" that under statute is charged with constructing university facilities. Do they fully charge back construction expenses to the football program ?

There indeed could be others. The article acknowledges the reporting difficulty, but completely overlooked the possible disparity in the basic accounting assumptions that would make a fair comparison.

 

[Terrierbyassociation]

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The most interesting point in the list of 20 is that NINETEEN of them are public institutions.

18.

 

[LynahFan]

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The most interesting point in the list of 20 is that NINETEEN of them are public institutions.

18/19 - whatever. That seems pretty logical to me. The whole point of "valuing" a franchise is to determine its earning power. State schools tend to get the support of large swaths of people from those states, whether they have any direct affiliation or not. Therefore, the potential for selling tickets, merchandise, and TV rights will naturally be significantly higher than for most private schools. Notre Dame and USC are the exceptions to the rule. Notre Dame is exceptional in just about every way you can name, and USC tends to get state-school-like support from a large chunk of the LA market.

 

[BoomGoestheDynamite]

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18/19 - whatever. That seems pretty logical to me. The whole point of "valuing" a franchise is to determine its earning power. State schools tend to get the support of large swaths of people from those states, whether they have any direct affiliation or not. Therefore, the potential for selling tickets, merchandise, and TV rights will naturally be significantly higher than for most private schools. Notre Dame and USC are the exceptions to the rule. Notre Dame is exceptional in just about every way you can name, and USC tends to get state-school-like support from a large chunk of the LA market.

Lack of an NFL team probably sent a lot of the Raiders/Rams fans to USC.

Ultimately there aren't that many private schools even playing in BCS conferences. The Big 12, SEC, Big 10, and Big East have 1 each (baylor, vandy, northwestern, and Syracuse) the Pac 10 has 2 (Stanford, SC) and the ACC has 4 (Duke, Wake, BC, Miami) and Notre Dame. So thats 11 Private schools playing Big time college football.