College Football

[fett527]

Sorry I'm late to this year's thread. This is gonna be a great year for the BUCKEYES of course. The biggest disappointment I had with the game is that the defense did not cause any turnovers. I expect unseasoned QBs to throw some picks, but we should have caused some turnovers. Nice to see we held them out of the endzone though. I'm sure Tressel will get the troops in order.

Also upset that it looks like I won't be able to attend any games this year.

The other team I will be watching closely is West Virginia. They were a blast to watch last year (they should have beat Miami) and should be stronger. Lee Corso's "not so fast" pick for the year!!

Oh...

GO BUCKS!!!!

 

[Crothian]

Ya, West Virginia looks down right scarey this year. But I was impressed with the scoring the Big Ten is doing. They don't usually score like that.

Well, this week the Buckeyes take on Marshall. Shoulds be a good win as the grand days of Marshall have ended it seems.

 

[Ycore Rixle]

I'm not talking about guaranteed new years day bowls because of a yearly cake walk through a conference full of patsies. I am referring to the athletic department budget & recruiting.

Then drothgery's point is still valid. Being in the ACC and Big East clearly did not kill FSU and Miami's budget and recruiting processes. They were and are premier programs. There is no clear indication that being in the Big East would kill Notre Dame's processes either - if one considers them still alive, that is (which, for the record, I do).

... Contrast that with the top gross programs in the Big 10...Ohio State: $369 mil, Michigan: $270 mil, Penn State $252 mil...

Actually the entire Michigan athletic department only sees total revenues of around $65 million for 2004. And, after losing money in recent years, the Michigan athletic department is finally expecting to show a little bit of a surplus in 2004: a whole whopping $8 million. And only a $2 million surplus in 2004. I'm curious as to where you found numbers that are so enormously different from the official ones, which can be found here.

I can't stress this enough...It is not about football, it is about the financial stability of an entire University

Again, speaking for Michigan, which is the school I know best, the implication that an entire University would become financially unstable without its football team is not true. The total University of Michigan annual budget is somewhere around $3.5 or $4 billion. Even if we axed the evil Title IX requirements (which actually hurt women's sports) and assumed that the football team, free of its Title IX chains, could generate the current entire athletic department revenue (not surplus) of $60 million, and then even if we assumed that 100% of that $60 million was pure profit returned to the University to ensure its financial stability - impossible situation, but let's just say - then that still would amount to 1.5% of a 4 billion dollar annual budget. A fiscal blow, to be sure. But nothing to bring on Argentina-like instability.

 

[Crothian]

Okay, so this week we will have miami or FSU lose as they play each other, but does anyone see any upsets looming?

 

[drothgery]

Okay, so this week we will have miami or FSU lose as they play each other, but does anyone see any upsets looming?

Nothing major in the top 25, Big East, Big 10, or Pac 10, anyway.

 

[Crothian]

Georgia South Carolina could be a close game....

Fresno State could very well beat Kansas State....

Other the that it looks like a pretty predictible weekend....

 

[James Heard]

Caught this thread late:

Seeing as I owe my entire existence to the Crimson Tide I've pretty much been rabid my entire life. We've had an awful few seasons, but we're still one of the most prestigious programs in the country so things are looking up.

Go Bama!

 

[Ycore Rixle]

Okay, so this week we will have miami or FSU lose as they play each other, but does anyone see any upsets looming?

I am always concerned whenever my Wolverines travel to South Bend. Even this year. Those Irish always seem to have some sort of luck, and all summer long they've been doing push-ups, etc. in repetitions of 38 (UM won last year 38-0). Often motivation is as important as talent in college football, so... let's just say I'm hoping there aren't any big upsets this weekend.

 

[Crothian]

This Troy State Missouri game is looking interesting. Troy State offensive linman takes a fumble 50+ yards out running most of the defense. That was a good run!! that tied the game at 14

 

[Xath]

I'd just like to voice that U of Maryland is going to dominate this year. Watch this saturday as Temple University gets their rear end handed to them on a platter.