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Saw this on the Conference Board...
http://www.athlonsports.com/college-foot...-jobs-2013

Schools of Interest:
#66 Houston
#67 UCF
#74 SMU
#76 Southern Miss
#78 East Carolina
#80 Tulsa
#88 Memphis
#90 Marshall
#91 LaTech
#93 Troy
#94 UTEP
#95 North Texas
#102 FAU
#103 MTSU
#106 FIU
#107 UAB
#113 Rice
#116 Tulane
#118 UT-San Antonio
#121 South Alabama

Yes, unfortunately, we have saw Legion Field the past 10 years...

"seen".

Yeah, maybe somebody will print that and staple it to Fess St. John's forehead.

(02-28-2013 07:35 AM)Smaug Wrote:  "seen".

Yeah, maybe somebody will print that and staple it to Fess St. John's forehead.

It would just make the jerk happy.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/...t_450.html

You would get virtually the same list if you headed it "LIST THE WEALTHIEST COLLEGIATE PROGRAMS AND THEN THE REST" A recent magazine listed the "Top 10 Endowment Schools" and only three public schools made the list and two of those were TEXAS and TEXAS A&M. The rest have to depend upon many millions in annual "charitable donations" to support their multimillion dollar programs. The two Alabama BCS schools won four straight BCS NCs over the same 4 years the schools had to hike tuition charges because their state led the nation in cutting public school per pupil support by almost $1400 from the state's ETF. Millions given to the two Athletics Departments don't translate to financial support for the whole school.

(02-28-2013 11:24 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  Millions given to the two Athletics Departments don't translate to financial support for the whole school.

Nor should they. But it helps. LSU's athletic fund operated at $8.1 million in the black last year. Since they are a "non-profit," this lovely $8.1 million will be re-invested back into athletics or other university projects.

http://www.eunicetoday.com/view/full_sto...eft_column

(02-28-2013 12:55 PM)GreenAndGold Wrote:  

(02-28-2013 11:24 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  Millions given to the two Athletics Departments don't translate to financial support for the whole school.

Nor should they. But it helps. LSU's athletic fund operated at $8.1 million in the black last year. Since they are a "non-profit," this lovely $8.1 million will be re-invested back into athletics or other university projects.

http://www.eunicetoday.com/view/full_sto...eft_column

That is why Bama was able to completely replace its 10 year old conditioning facilities as shown on a local TV news report. If you take in more than you need, you just adjust the level of your "needs" to use it up. The ADs don't want the academic side of their school to get used to getting "athletic welfare".

So far as Texas and Texas A&M go, both of them get a small percentage of what the state of Texas receives for every barrel of oil pumped out of Texas land. This small percentage tends to equate to a rather large sum of dollars.