Football Expenses 1 Univ. of Alabama $31,118,134.00 2 Auburn Univ. $27,911,713.00 3 Louisiana State Univ. $25,566,520.00 Once again LSU is sublimated too #3 under those redneck thugs.
That's Expenses, Bama spends about $6,000,000 more than LSU, but makes less Profit than LSU. Football Profit 1 Univ. of Georgia $52,529,885.00 2 Univ. of Florida $44,258,193.00 3 Louisiana State Univ. $43,253,286.00 4 Univ. of Alabama $40,766,391.00
It's all about a lot of things, both talent level & coaching. Butch Jones doesn't have the talent there. he might at some point, but until then, it's another Bama free win. Missouri gonna get better? Pinkel's recruiting class is enemic, and not show any signs of closing the gap at #35. He can't compete withe the SEC's heavy hitters. I suspect a coaching change will be coming their way soon.
Been thinking about this lately. Divisions shouldn't be necessary. Add OKST and UNC. Permenant schedule based on traditional rivalries and proximity. See the following four teams for example. Games played in parentheses. LSU MSU (102) OM (96) Bama (77) Ark (56) A&M (51) AU (43) OKST (1) BAMA MSU (96) UT (94) Van (83) LSU (77) AU (70) OM (60) Ark (22) UF UGA (90) AU (82) UK (62) Van (45) UT (41) SC (32) UNC (10) UGA AU (116) UF (90) UK (65) SC (64) UT (40) UNC (23) A&M (5) Use SEC record, BCS ranking, and head-to-head record to determine the two teams to play for SEC Championship.
I hate that argument - SOS wise, SEC is always at the top. It's not our fault USC has to travel to find competition. And to be clear, I was proposing above to eliminate eastern and western divisions and simply tailor the 7 permanent opponents to each team as best you can. I came up with permanent opponents for each team, I think pretty fairly. I think it effectively increased traditional rivalries by ~200 years.
I was referring to the "new" west that I put together - LSU, Ark, A&M. There are several teams in the "east" higher than Ark. I think LSU is 3rd in income according to Forbes for the year of 2009. I thought I posted a link somewhere in here. EDIT: Yep... http://www.forbes.com/sites/sportsmoney/2011/01/26/whos-making-money-in-sec-football/
As far as putting Missouri in the West for geographic reasons, they are fairly equidistant to both divisions, so keep them in the East for balance.
Looking at the map makes me wonder how good a superconference would be if the SEC and Big 12 merged together.
