Big Bad Buckeye Football Machine

Came across U.S. Department of Education's Athletics Programs database. Interesting stuff:



Ohio State, not surprisingly, brought in the most football revenue in the Big Ten with a cool $65m. What's surprising is Ohio State didn't spend the most money on their football program in the conference.

Big Ten's big spender would be Wisconsin. On a per player basis, though, Ohio State still spent the most money. What's also surprising is Penn State, while bringing in the third most revenue, expended the least in the conference.

Thanks to its low operating expenses, Penn State has the highest gross margin. Even at Purdue's 85.7%, lowest in the Big Ten, college football is still a stinkin' profitable business.


What does this all mean?

1. I love college football
   
2. I miss college football
3. I am desperately avoiding studying for the CPA exam
4. Go Bucks!
   

I am an accountant. I can't help it.

Not Your Typical Jock: Myron Rolle: Safety, Rhodes Scholarship Candidate

Myron Rolle:

• FSU starting safety
• 3.75 pre-med student who will finish his undergraduate degree in just two-and-a-half years
• Recipient of a $4,000 research grant for his work studying human mesenchymal stem cells
• Entered FSU with 22 advanced placement credits
• Expected FSU nominee for the Rhodes Scholarship - 32 awards nationwide per year

Nope, not your typical "dumb jock".

"Whether you go to Princeton University or Florida State University, it's how hard you work," said Rolle. "The same material is being taught at both schools, and if you push yourself to take honors courses, you really challenge yourself intellectually."

Link: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/the_bonus/07/17/rolle/index.html

Duke: we suck. Judge agrees.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3455278

Summary:

• Duke pulls out of final three games of four game series against Louisville
• Louisville sues for $450,000 in damages
• Duke's lawyers argued that "the Blue Devils' performance on the field was so poor that any Division I team would suffice as a replacement"
• Judge Phillip J. Shepherd of the Franklin County (Ky.) Circuit Court agreed
• No money for Louisville