College Football 2007

[MDS]

It pisses you off that everyone doesn't know the ins and outs of college football finances?

[Cerevant]

What annoys me is that when people complain about what college sports teams spend, it is all about tuition/state dollars.  But when college sports teams get big TV deals, raise ticket prices, etc., it is "lining their pockets".  (Whose pockets?  It is a non-profit organization.)

While I'm on this rant...here's some more education...

• Student-athlete scholarships are funded by donations, etc. but are paid to the University just as if the student was paying out of pocket. - more tuition dollars
• When a college sports team does well, there is inevitably an increase in enrollment the following year - more tuition dollars.
• Penn State (one of the most successful sports schools in PA) has had the lowest per-student state subsidy in the state for a number of years - popular (sports) schools have to do more with less

[BigEd76]

-- #1 DT Marvin Austin chose North Carolina over Florida State

-- Noel Devine originally committed to West Virginia then said he won't sign today.  Apparently Deion is trying to get him to sign with Florida State

[ice grillin you]

i saw austin in high school last year...dook is a monster

for three years now maryland people have been talking about austin and arrelious benn both from dc...they got neither of them...in fact werent even in the final three for either of them....love it

[DH]

Is Devine related to Deion?

[BigEd76]

"father figure", I guess.  He has no parents and 2 kids

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Butch Davis is earning his money getting a guy like that.

[Rome]

Butch Davis will be gone before Austin reaches his junior season.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Butch Davis will be gone before Austin reaches his junior season.

Oh, I get it.  He chose UNC over your boy Bobby B at FSU.  Wah wah wah.

[Rome]

Exactly.  Imagine how he'll feel when Davis does his usual carpet-bagger routine and heads for greener pastures in three years.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Chapel Hill is a nice place.  Much nicer than Tallahassee, for instance.

[ice grillin you]

usc got the #1 # 2 # 14 rb's

# 1 wr

# 1 de

# 1 lb

# 3 g

# 3 dt

[Rome]

Chapel Hill is a nice place.  Much nicer than Tallahassee, for instance.

Right - plus there's all the majesty and history of UNC football too!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Go them.

[Rome]

usc got the #1 # 2 # 14 rb's

# 1 wr

# 1 de

# 1 lb

# 3 g

# 3 dt

Par for the course for Pete Carroll.  Dook's a recruiting genius.  Well, that and he's got the best of everything out there including weather, broads, food, movie stars, swimming pools... the usual.