College Football TV Revenue by Conference....... What else can you say???

[Condem]

Big Ten.....$242 million per year
SEC.........$204 million
Big 12......$78 million
ACC.........$67 million
PAC 10......$58 million
Big East....$33 million

Nothing much left to be said. Mr. Buckman is the key. The Big Ten. America's Premier Athletic Conference.

Link Williams III http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/player?id=4762480

[Condem]

1. No, really, Big Ten haters. Take a little time.

To think of something to belittle us. Wow. The Big 12, Pac-10, ACC and the Big Least COMBINED doesn't add up to the Behemoth.

[madinmaryland]

2. Heh! They are all Big 10 wannabe's!!

:D

[Condem]

5. mad. I wish I can remember the Jack Kerouac quote. I remember the key part.

Trying to think of which book. Dharma Bums? Anyway, I digress. "We dig(something)and we dig the Big Ten." Jack KNEW his shit!

[JonLP24]

4. lol what is there to say?

They get the largest broadcast deals. It's a figure that ranks up there with attendance.

Notre Dame is also the most valuable team in college football. Not something I really care about.

Besides only Upton hates the Big 1O. I used to hate Ohio State but I'm starting to like them because of Chris "Beanie" Wells.

[Condem]

6. All right, Jon. I consider you to be one of the most intelligent motherfuckers on this sacred site.

And there is a ton of them. Who does the Big Ten add to increase this comglomerate? Psssst. I'll ask Upton, too. He's pretty smart.

[argyl]

12. This year Texas is the most valuable college football team. Notre Dame is #2.

Next year,who knows?
Link:

http://www.trackemtigers.com/2009/12/28/1222786/the-top-20-most-valuable-college

[LiberalFighter]

14. Ohio State probably be better if Tressler wasn't the coach.

[Upton]

3. Here we go again...

anything to avoid the tough questions.....such as why hasn't the Big Ten had a winning bowl season since 2002/2003?

Just askin'

Oh, and since the Pac 10 has led the nation in NCAA Championships in 43 of the last 49 years, there's rightfully only one Premier Athletic Conference...the Pac 10.

http://www.pac-10.org/school-bio/pac10-school-bio.html

Wait, I forgot something: Spanning nearly a century of outstanding athletics achievements, the Pac-10 has captured 380 NCAA titles (261 men's, 119 women's), far outdistancing the runner-up Big Ten Conference's 222 titles.

[Condem]

7. $$$$$$$$, Upton.

Save your lame arguments. Money is ALL that matters in this capitalistic society.

[Upton]

8. Unfortunately you're right about that Condem

but would you feel any less affection for, or pride in, the Big Ten if they were second, third or even last on that list?

[Condem]

9. No, I wouldn't, Upton.

Since I grew up watching this great conference out east, they always were the shit. Despite Penn State (pre- Big Ten days) and ND,
the Big Ten always ruled out there. Now, who wil be the 12th member??

[Upton]

10. It's always seemed to me

like ND and the Big Ten was a match made in football heaven. Hasn't it always been assumed that sooner or later the Irish would join the conference? Lot of roadblocks right now, but someday ND will join the Big Ten...maybe the conference is playing games with them right now with this talk of expansion.

[Condem]

11. Truly a match made in heaven, Upton. But it won't happen.

ND "cherishes their independence". Which means they cherish the $$$ from being Notre Dame. A part of me doesn't blame them. It's a lot of money. Join the Big Ten and their shot at a NC goes way down. Ask Penn State. You think when they won the '80? NC against Georgia, if they'd of played in the Big Ten they would of even been there?? Nope.

[LiberalFighter]

15. Big Ten is probably lucky to have 222 titles considering

some of their sports are not exactly best for colder weather. Baseball, track, etc. Because PAC 10 has more schools in warmer weather it provides their students more opportunity to practice and conditioning.

[LiberalFighter]

13. What is the TV market for viewers in each of the conferences?

[Condem]

16. That's a great question, LiberalFighter.

I have no idea.

[trumad]

17. That's not surprising...

You Big 10'ers live and breath your football---although the SEC tops the nation with average attendance.

<snip>
Michigan’s 108,571 fans per game over seven home contests edged Penn State’s 108,254 to give the Wolverines their 11th straight attendance title. Two other schools also topped the 100,000 mark: Ohio State at 104,976 and Tennessee at 101,448. The all-time record is 111,175 by Michigan in 1999.

Michigan was the first to average more than 100,000 a game in 1976 and has captured the attendance title 39 times since 1949, including 33 times since 1974.

In total attendance, Michigan led with 759,997 fans in seven home games. Only twice has the 800,000 mark has been eclipsed in a season, and both times it took eight home games to do it. Those marks were 882,115 by Michigan in 2007 and 857,911 by Penn State in 2002.

The Wolverines were followed this season by Penn State’s 757,775, LSU’s 739,065, Ohio State’s 734,830 and Tennessee’s 710,136. All these schools played seven home games in 2008 except for LSU, which played eight.

As for league totals, the Southeastern Conference set the NCAA conference record for average attendance while topping all conferences for the 11th consecutive year. While the Big Ten Conference boasted the nation’s top three teams in per-game attendance, the SEC claimed the six of the remaining top 10 spots. The other top-10 mark went to the Big 12 (Texas at No. 5).

The SEC totaled 6,378,085 fans while averaging a record 76,844 per game. That average mark topped the SEC’s all-time conference record of 75,706 from 2006.

The Big Ten (70,125), Big 12 (62,956), Pacific-10 (57,350) and Atlantic Coast (52,737) rounded out the top five for conference attendance. The Big 12 and Sun Belt set league bests in total attendance. The SEC, Big 12 and Sun Belt were the only three conferences to top their previous high for fans per game.
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/ncaa/ncaa+news/ncaa+news+online/2009/association-wide/football_attendance_continues_to_rise_amid_economic_uncertainty_02_11_09_ncaa_news

[Condem]

18. Thanks for that, tru.

I know every Hawk game was a sellout this year. You heading to the Cane-Whisky game, tonight?

[trumad]

19. Yep

It's cold here in Orlando--- at least for us Crackers... in the forties tonight....I'm certain Badger fan who came down for the game is loving it.

[madinmaryland]

21. Hey. It was cold here in Sarasota last night, also!

Only supposed to be around 60 today! Warm enough for shorts though!

[madinmaryland]

20. "although the SEC tops the nation with average attendance." Nice post, truboy4!