More Numbers to Chew On

Brett McMurphy of the NCAA Fanhouse took a look at the numbers across college football, in terms of income and spending.  I can't say there are any real surprises, but I think the numbers are of some nterest to PSU fans, particularly those like me who are going to be royally screwed by the new STEP program.

His conclusion: 

That's right, instead of a 54-10 record since 2005 the Buckeyes should be 64-0 -- at least based on what the Buckeyes spend on their football program.


No university in America pours more money into its football program than Ohio State.

The Buckeye's top the list overall with a football budget of $32.3 Million, while Penn State is fourth in the Big Ten with football expenses of $19.13 Million.
 
But of particular note is the net income of programs, where Penn State comes in at #4 in the country, BEFORE the STEP program goes into effect . . .

*All dollar figures are in millions

BCS Football Programs Net Revenue

Source: U.S. Department of Education's Equity in Athletics report for the 2008-09 school year

Rank	University	Net Revenue	Conference
1	Texas	$65.02	Big 12
2	Georgia	$45.38	SEC
3	Florida	$43.29	SEC
4	Penn State	$42.63	Big Ten
5	LSU	$39.12	SEC
6	Notre Dame	$38.18	Independent
7	Alabama	$38.16	SEC
8	Nebraska	$37.29	Big 12
9	South Carolina	$37.23	SEC
10	Ohio State	$35.89	Big Ten
11	Michigan	$34.21	Big Ten
12	Auburn	$29.81	SEC
13	Michigan State	$27.64	Big Ten
14	Texas A&M	$22.29	Big 12
15	Oklahoma	$21.84	Big 12
16	Arkansas	$20.33	SEC
17	Tennessee	$19.84	SEC
18	Oregon State	$18.35	Pac-10
19	Wisconsin	$17.29	Big Ten
20	Clemson	$16.36	ACC
21	Minnesota	$16.34	Big Ten
22	Washington	$15.64	Pac-10
23	Illinois	$15.22	Big Ten
24	Colorado	$14.78	Big 12
25	Oklahoma State	$14.04	Big 12
26	USC	$13.83	Pac-10
27	Boston College	$13.26	ACC
28	West Virginia	$13.05	Big East
29	Kentucky	$12.90	SEC
30	Arizona State	$12.64	Pac-10
31	Iowa	$11.99	Big Ten
32	N.C. State	$10.77	ACC
33	Texas Tech	$9.62	Big 12
34	Virginia Tech	$9.47	ACC
35	Ole Miss	$9.17	SEC
36	Indiana	$8.99	Big Ten
37	Oregon	$8.92	Pac-10
38	North Carolina	$8.80	ACC
39	California	$8.62	Pac-10
40	Missouri	$8.46	Big 12
41	Arizona	$8.31	Pac-10
42	UCLA	$8.25	Pac-10
43	Northwestern	$8.22	Big Ten
44	Florida State	$8.17	ACC
45	Louisville	$7.43	Big East
46	Kansas State	$7.36	Big 12
47	Iowa State	$6.86	Big 12
48	Georgia Tech	$6.71	ACC
49	Miami	$6.18	ACC
50	Mississippi State	$5.88	SEC
51	Purdue	$5.66	Big Ten
52	Pittsburgh	$5.57	Big East
53	Vanderbilt	$4.38	SEC
54	Kansas	$4.34	Big 12
55	South Florida	$3.79	Big East
56	Virginia	$2.99	ACC
57	Washington State	$2.48	Pac-10
58	Maryland	$2.26	ACC
59	Baylor	$0.99	Big 12
60	Cincinnati	$0.94	Big East
61	Stanford	$0.66	Pac-10
62	Rutgers	$0	Big East
63	UConn	-$0.27	Big East
64	Syracuse	-$0.84	Big East
65	Wake Forest	-$3.07	ACC
66	Duke	-$6.72	ACC

Now, the University will be quick to point out that the football program underwrites the rest of the athletic department, so the true "net" is less than what is shown, since these figures reflect only the in/out for football.

But is it not surprising that Penn State already outperforms programs like Ohio State, THEM, Wisconsin and Iowa--programs with higher seat licensing fees that we are supposedly aspiring to?  Don't these programs also support other sports?

You have to go through 63 programs just to find one that loses money on football!  And of the four programs listed that lose money in football--Uc\Conn, Syracuse, Wake Forest and Duke--do you think maybe they make up for that in basketball revenue???

And ALL 17 non-BCS programs turned a profit!

If you look at gross revenue (all sports) Penn State still manages to come in 6th!

BCS Athletic Departments' Gross Revenue

Source: U.S. Department of Education's Equity in Athletics report for the 2008-09 school year

Rank	University	Revenue	Conference
1	Texas	$138.45	Big 12
2	Ohio State	$119.85	Big Ten
3	Florida	$108.30	SEC
4	Alabama	$103.93	SEC
5	LSU	$100.07	SEC
6	Penn State	$95.97	Big Ten
7	Michigan	$95.19	Big Ten
8	Tennessee	$92.52	SEC
9	Wisconsin	$89.84	Big Ten
10	Auburn	$87.00	SEC
11	Georgia	$81.49	SEC
12	Oklahoma	$81.48	Big 12
13	Notre Dame	$81.08	IND/Big East
14	USC	$80.15	Pac-10
15	Iowa	$79.52	Big Ten
16	South Carolina	$76.25	SEC
17	Michigan State	$75.62	Big Ten
18	Nebraska	$74.88	Big 12
19	Stanford	$74.69	Pac-10
20	Florida State	$74.41	ACC
21	California	$73.35	Pac-10
22	Texas A&M	$72.88	Big 12
23	Kentucky	$72.05	SEC
24	Oklahoma State	$71.80	Big 12
25	Duke	$71.07	ACC
26	Kansas	$70.61	Big 12
27	Minnesota	$70.32	Big Ten
28	North Carolina	$70.15	ACC
29	Virginia	$67.14	ACC
30	UCLA	$66.17	Pac-10
31	Boston College	$64.15	ACC
32	Arkansas	$63.97	SEC
33	Miami	$61.96	ACC
34	Indiana	$60.61	Big Ten
35	Washington	$60.57	Pac-10
36	Oregon	$60.28	Pac-10
37	Clemson	$60.16	ACC
38	Maryland	$59.96	ACC
39	Purdue	$59.91	Big Ten
40	UConn	$58.49	Big East
41	Louisville	$58.02	Big East
42	Missouri	$57.77	Big 12
43	West Virginia	$55.65	Big East
44	Illinois	$55.60	Big Ten
45	Rutgers	$54.30	Big East
46	Arizona State	$53.29	Pac-10
47	Virginia Tech	$52.83	ACC
48	Syracuse	$52.05	Big East
49	Arizona	$51.82	Pac-10
50	Oregon State	$50.21	Pac-10
51	Colorado	$49.85	Big 12
52	Northwestern	$48.58	Big Ten
53	Baylor	$48.54	Big 12
54	Georgia Tech	$48.06	ACC
55	Kansas State	$47.39	Big 12
56	Texas Tech	$46.63	Big 12
57	N.C. State	$46.49	ACC
58	Pittsburgh	$45.83	Big East
59	Iowa State	$45.81	Big 12
60	Vanderbilt	$45.58	SEC
61	Wake Forest	$44.64	ACC
62	Ole Miss	$41.31	SEC
63	Washington St.	$38.29	Pac-10
64	South Florida	$37.85	Big East
65	Mississippi St.	$36.53	SEC
66	Cincinnati	$35.02	Big East

But have no fear . . the STEP porgram will enable PSU to compete financially and hopefully be #1!  WE ARE . . . PENN $$$$$$tate!