College Football

[Potomac]

Well, that was the most exciting season for Penn State fans in a while.

 

[jmdirt]

ND and the THE O!

 

[Nomad]

Texas choked with 4 attempts near the goal line to tie the game late in the 4th only to fumble with OSU scooping it up for a score. Both Ewers & Howard threw the ball well & played solid games. If Ewers declares for the draft or transfers, it'll be the Arch Manning show next year

Should be a great final - the Big 10 vs Independent ND. The last time OSU & ND played was in 2023 where #7 OSU squeaked by #16 ND 17-14.

 

[jmdirt]

It looks like the committee got this one wrong too!

National Champions: THE Ohio State

 

[BullsFan22]

Good for THE Ohio State!

 

[Nomad]

Ohio St wins it's 9th national championship. Ryan Day wins his first putting a nice finish to a great season filled with some adversity. Day has been one of the more successful coaches at OSU in a short time going 70-10 & 46-5 in conference play in just 6 seasons.

The expanded playoffs worked which allowed OSU & ND to make the postseason who were outside of the CFP final 4 rankings before seeding (ND #5 & OSU #6). On the negative side of things, the bye doesn't seem to provide any benefit as all 4 bye teams lost in the quarterfinals.

 

[Potomac]

The Wall Street Journal published a speculative list on what college football teams are worth "if sold on the open market"

For what's it worth...

How Much Is Your Team Worth?​

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RANK	TEAM	ADJUSTED REVENUE	ADJUSTED CASH FLOW	ENTERPRISE VALUE
1	Ohio State	$223,594,829	$85,278,444	$1,957,000,000
2	Texas	$219,945,851	$105,599,656	$1,897,000,000
3	Michigan	$189,253,537	$80,923,273	$1,655,000,000
4	Georgia	$198,114,685	$82,861,050	$1,348,000,000
5	Notre Dame	$168,744,051	$71,278,000	$1,293,000,000
6	Lousiana State	$181,017,764	$60,513,664	$1,060,000,000
7	Penn State	$161,105,126	$53,990,551	$1,027,000,000
8	Tennessee	$162,819,481	$68,048,536	$1,017,000,000
9	Texas A&M	$161,661,122	$63,914,552	$1,001,000,000
10	Oklahoma	$169,985,767	$65,275,295	$881,000,000
11	Alabama	$142,369,686	$34,487,409	$846,000,000
12	Auburn	$164,452,125	$64,710,084	$843,000,000
13	Nebraska	$167,772,096	$65,600,013	$838,000,000
14	Florida	$161,267,346	$54,682,119	$793,000,000
15	Wisconsin	$155,512,471	$56,046,671	$734,000,000
16	Washington	$129,444,071	$48,601,963	$662,000,000
17	Kansas	$139,403,475	$57,900,408	$649,000,000
18	Iowa	$138,866,390	$43,759,987	$640,000,000
19	Arkansas	$135,222,445	$44,056,340	$616,000,000
20	Oregon	$119,303,080	$45,970,073	$608,000,000
21	Minnesota	$110,077,821	$40,854,398	$550,000,000
22	Virginia Tech	$109,406,716	$35,212,034	$476,000,000
23	Illinois	$102,269,438	$30,406,873	$453,000,000
24	Southern California	$142,964,386	$1,858,274	$452,000,000
25	Florida State	$115,070,076	$19,630,108	$446,000,000
26	Maryland	$102,888,453	$34,740,947	$445,000,000
27	Clemson	$105,459,421	$9,696,272	$439,000,000
28	Utah	$95,363,528	$33,168,332	$425,000,000
29	Kansas State	$89,248,004	$38,588,773	$420,000,000
30	Mississippi	$85,664,367	$17,767,856	$411,000,000
31	Michigan State	$96,307,866	$27,053,633	$411,000,000
32	Texas Tech	$92,424,081	$38,352,396	$389,000,000
33	Indiana	$75,868,430	$38,738,071	$386,000,000
34	Colorado	$89,742,972	$26,215,706	$378,000,000
35	Brigham Young	$83,742,845	$24,131,932	$366,000,000
36	Texas Christian	$98,739,302	$9,669,289	$348,000,000
37	Northwestern	$93,340,123	$32,141,771	$341,000,000
38	North Carolina State	$80,699,891	$23,204,934	$336,000,000
39	North Carolina	$86,892,741	$15,223,312	$327,000,000
40	Miami FL	$120,860,161	$2,331,349	$326,000,000
41	Iowa State	$76,461,582	$24,200,484	$324,000,000
42	Oklahoma State	$86,369,622	$27,425,668	$324,000,000
43	Georgia Tech	$81,550,443	$15,135,562	$317,000,000
44	South Carolina	$78,927,507	$17,470,623	$312,000,000
45	Arizona	$85,400,697	$22,395,578	$299,000,000
46	Louisville	$87,102,633	$15,371,047	$286,000,000
47	Purdue	$88,097,009	$14,291,796	$279,000,000
48	Duke	$80,219,673	$12,860,512	$258,000,000
49	Syracuse	$62,097,718	$25,010,464	$255,000,000
50	California	$65,697,423	$9,132,571	$247,000,000

Some of these amateur program's value exceeds many teams in various professional sports.

 

[Potomac]

I got curious, and found a Wikipedia entry for the 50 most valuable professional sports teams.

Forbes list of the most valuable sports teams - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The spot in 50th place was $4.3 billion. So I guess Ohio State's $1.9 billion is small change.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I got curious, and found a Wikipedia entry for the 50 most valuable professional sports teams.

Forbes list of the most valuable sports teams - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The spot in 50th place was $4.3 billion. So I guess Ohio State's $1.9 billion is small change.

At first I read the list you had posted as million and didn't think it was that much, but it's actually billion. Wow!