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You talking about the video interview?Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT
whoevers a member of UF 24/7 site, can you guys summarize the Shariff Floyd interview?
Originally Posted by GuttaGetsBusy
Steven Morris to start this Saturday?
Originally Posted by Statis22
Auburn gettin kicked outta the SEC? Hmmmmmmz!?!?
Originally Posted by 5am6oody72
Anybody else seen this Auburn piece? I only skimmed it because it's so damn long, but it sounds pretty bad.
Clearly coming from an LSU fan it's gonna be biased, but it looks pretty damn well put together
http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/messagetopic.asp?p=22778676
If true, Auburn is done. Sounds pretty damning...Originally Posted by bijald0331
Originally Posted by 5am6oody72
Anybody else seen this Auburn piece? I only skimmed it because it's so damn long, but it sounds pretty bad.
Clearly coming from an LSU fan it's gonna be biased, but it looks pretty damn well put together
http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/messagetopic.asp?p=22778676
Wow at how long that post is... and he still has 4 more slots reserved to lengthen it!
[h1]McMurphy's Law: Ohio State Still Big Spender With Alabama, Irish Closing Gap[/h1]
By Brett McMurphy
Senior NCAA Writer
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Once again, Ohio State features the nation's biggest spending college football program, but Alabama and Notre Dame have closed the gap.
Last summer when FanHouse reported the amount of money schools spent on football programs, Ohio State easily had the deepest pockets of any school in the country for the 2008-09 school year.
Even though the Buckeyes spent about $500,000 less in the 2009-10 school year, the Buckeyes are still the nation's biggest spenders. Ohio State had expenses of $31.76 million last year, according to figures FanHouse obtained from the U.S. Department of Education's Equity in Athletics.
The 2009-10 school year is the most recent data that is available.
While Ohio State put the most money in its program for a second consecutive year, Alabama moved up to No. 2. The Crimson Tide spent nearly $5 million more than the 2008-09 school year, reporting expenses of $31.11 million.
However, the biggest increase was at Notre Dame. The Irish's 2009-10 expense of $29.49 million was a whopping $10 million more than the $18.74 million the school reported in 2008-09. The Fighting Irish, which ranked 20th nationally in 2008-09, zoomed all the way to third for the 2009-10 school year.
Like FanHouse's 2008-09 study, the SEC remained as the conference that literally puts its money where its mouth is. In 2008-09, the SEC had five of the nation's top 10 spending schools, but this year's study finds the SEC with six of the top 10: No. 2 Alabama ($31.11 million), No. 4 Auburn ($27.91 million), No. 6 Florida ($24.45 million), No. 7 South Carolina ($22.79 million), No. 8 LSU ($22.74 million) and No. 10 Arkansas ($22 million).
The Big Ten had two schools in the top 10 – Iowa was ninth ($18.46 million) – and the Big 12's top spender was No. 5 Texas ($25.11 million).
The other top spending football programs in the remaining automatic-qualifying BCS conferences and their national rank: the Pac-10's USC (11th, $21.37 million), the Big East's Rutgers (15th, $19.49 million) and the ACC's Boston College (24th, $17.97 million).
TCU, which FanHouse reported last week would be a perfect candidate as an expansion candidate for the Big East, ranked a surprising 12th nationally. Currently in the Mountain West, TCU spent $20.6 million, an increase of $4 million from the previous year and doubled the second-highest spending MWC school (San Diego State).
Other programs, besides Notre Dame and TCU, which reported significant increases from 2008-09 to 2009-10 include: Minnesota ($8 million, moving up from 72nd nationally to 29th), Arkansas ($3.5 million), Memphis ($3.2 million), Oklahoma State ($3 million), South Carolina ($2.9 million), Pittsburgh ($2.5 million), Texas ($2.5 million), Oregon ($2.2 million) and Temple ($2 million).
Not all programs spent more in 2009-10. In fact, every school in the ACC either spent less or the same amount than it did in 2008-09. The ACC was the only conference that did not have at least one school increase its expenses from 2008-09.
The biggest cutbacks in the ACC were Miami ($3.1 million less), Boston College ($2.5 million), Clemson ($2.5 million), Maryland ($1.9 million) and Virginia Tech ($1.9 million).
The nation's largest decrease in spending was at Iowa. The Hawkeyes reported $8 million less in expenses, compared to 2008-09. The Hawkeyes, who were the nation's third-highest spending program in 2008-09, only ranked 18th nationally in 2009-10.
Tennessee was another program that saw a significant dip in expenses for its football program. The Volunteers, who ranked No. 5 nationally in 2008-09, only ranked eighth in the SEC and 30th nationally with the Volunteers reporting $5 million less in football expenses in 2009-10.
Syracuse also reported a decrease of $2.5 million in 2009-10, the largest dip among Big East schools.
Not surprisingly, the least successful conferences also feature the programs with the least amount of funds. Of the nation's 18 football programs with the smallest budgets, six are in the Mid-American, six are in the Sun Belt and five are in the Western Athletic Conference.
Here are the 117 Football Bowl Subdivision schools – data for the three service academies are not provided – and their football expenses for the 2009-10 school year. Schools are listed by their future conference membership along with this year's overall national ranking, followed by last year's national ranking in parentheses. Expenses are in millions of dollars as reported by the U.S. Department of Education's Equity in Athletics report for the 2009-10 school year.
SEC
Rk. School (2009 rank) Expenses in millions
2. Alabama (4) $31.11
4. Auburn (2) $27.91
6. Florida (6) $24.45
7. South Carolina (13) $22.79
8. LSU (7) $22.74
10. Arkansas (23) $22.00
21. Georgia (15) $18.30
30. Tennessee (5) $17.35
45. Vanderbilt (43) $14.15
47. Kentucky (50) $13.90
69. Miss. State (52) $9.95
74. Ole Miss (71) $9.51
Big Ten
1. Ohio State (1) $31.76
9. Wisconsin ($22.04
14. Penn State (17) $19.78
18. Iowa (3) $18.46
20. Michigan (25) $18.32
25. Nebraska (26) $17.93
27. Mich. State (36) $17.46
29. Minnesota (72) $17.43
36. Northwestern (3 $15.73
54. Indiana (57) $12.82
62. Purdue (53) $11.82
65. Illinois (64) $11.09
Big 12
5. Texas (9) $25.11
13. Oklahoma (12) $20.15
32. Texas A&M (33) $16.59
38. Okla. State (56) $15.47
41. Texas Tech (45) $14.68
46. Kansas State (44) $14.01
48. Missouri (3 $13.75
52. Iowa State (42) $13.36
53. Kansas (49) $13.33
57. Baylor (62) $12.46
Pac-12
11. USC (10) $21.37
16. Washington (21) $19.20
17. California (1 $18.51
19. UCLA (22) $18.39
22. Oregon (35) $18.07
23. Arizona State (29) $17.97
49. Arizona (54) $13.68
50. Stanford (47) $13.51
55. Colorado (51) $12.55
61. Oregon State (55) $11.98
72. Utah (6 $9.84
75. Wash. State (74) $9.18
ACC
24. Boston College (14) $17.97
26. Miami (11) $17.86
31. Virginia (2 $17.22
33. Florida State (30) $16.34
34. Clemson (19) $16.30
35. Virginia Tech (24) $16.30
37. Georgia Tech (32) $15.51
39. North Carolina (40) $15.36
44. Duke (37) $14.31
51. Wake Forest (4 $13.41
66. N.C. State (61) $10.48
70. Maryland (5 $9.86
Big East
15. Rutgers (16) $19.49
28. Pittsburgh (41) $17.44
40. Syracuse (27) $15.30
42. UConn (46) $14.40
43. West Virginia (34) $14.33
59. Louisville (59) $12.22
60. South Florida (65) $12.17
63. Cincinnati (63) $11.59
Independents
3. Notre Dame (20) $29.49
67. BYU (66) $10.31
Conference USA
56. SMU (60) $12.49
58. Rice (70) $12.35
64. Memphis (76) $11.55
73. Tulsa (69) $9.78
76. East Carolina (75) $8.56
77. Central Florida (81) $8.50
80. UTEP (80) $7.58
81. Marshall (85) $7.46
83. Houston (83) $7.33
89. Tulane (90) $6.68
91. UAB (92) $6.51
99. Southern Miss (95) $5.60
Mountain West
12. TCU (30) $20.60
71. San Diego State (67) $9.86
79. Colorado State (79) $7.84
85. New Mexico (7 $7.01
87. UNLV (86) $6.87
88. Boise State (9 $6.85
92. Fresno State (84) $6.49
93. Wyoming (97) $6.42
101. Nevada (93) $5.53
Western Athletic
78. Hawaii (73) $8.25
102. New Mexico State (82) $5.51
103. Utah State (109) $5.31
106. San Jose State (10 $5.25
109. Louisiana Tech (107) $4.78
114. Idaho (106) $4.28
Mid-American
68. Temple (77) $10.09
82. Ohio (89) $7.38
84. Northern Illinois (104) $7.18
86. Miami, Ohio (99) $6.90
94. Central Michigan (87) $6.05
97. Akron (117) $5.73
98. Western Michigan (94) $5.60
100. Toledo (91) $5.53
104. Buffalo (101) $5.27
105. Ball State (103) $5.25
107. Eastern Michigan (100) $5.03
111. Kent State (105) $4.39
115. Bowling Green (116) $4.05
Sun Belt
90. Middle Tennessee (96) $6.63
95. Florida International (8 $5.97
96. Western Kentucky (102) $5.76
108. Troy (110) $5.02
110. Florida Atlantic (111) $4.61
112. North Texas (112) $4.31
113. Louisiana-Lafayette (113) $4.21
116. Arkansas State (114) $3.76
117. Louisiana-Monroe (115) $2.98
Budgets by conference
The average spent on each football program per conference team using each team's future league membership as listed above.
1. SEC $19.51 million
2. Big Ten $17.88 million
3. Big 12 $15.89 million
4. Pac-12 $15.35 million
5. Atlantic Coast $15.07 million
6. Big East $14.61 million
7. Conference USA $8.69 million
8. Mountain West $8.60 million
9. Mid-American $6.03 million
10. Western Athletic $5.56 million
11. Sun Belt $4.80 million
Source: U.S. Department of Education's Equity in Athletics report for the 2009-10 school year.