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The University of Alabama football program ranked No. 8 in Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal's list of college football revenue producers for 2007-08. The magazine based its findings on Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act documents filed by each school to the U.S. Department of Education. Alabama also ranked 8th in total sports revenue, raking in a total of $88.87 million.

The list of top ten college football revenue producers is after the jump:

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  1. University of Texas - $72.95 million
  2. University of Georgia - $67.05 million
  3. University of Florida - $66.1 million
  4. Ohio State University - $65.16 million
  5. Notre Dame University - $59.77 million
  6. Auburn University - $59.67 million
  7. University of Michigan - $57.46 million
  8. University of Alabama - $57.37 million
  9. Penn State University - $53.76 million
  10. Louisiana State University - $52.68 million

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would expect us to move up that list after the stadium expansion is completed. Five of the top 10 in that list are SEC schools, not surpising but still impressive.

"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken

by Bens4vcobra on Jun 15, 2009 1:53 PM CDT reply actions  

How the hell

does AU top Alabama considering the seasons both schools had last year? Y’all giving away tix up there or what?

"Jay Jacobs can't go to the bathroom without Bobby Lowder's permission" - Paul Finebaum

by GumptownTiger on Jun 15, 2009 1:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Just...

…to A-Day, which I figure accounts for part of the difference.

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 15, 2009 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

Couple of thoughts...

Keep in mind that these figures are for the 2007-2008 season (i.e. Saban’s first year), not last year.

Anyway, a couple of thoughts about the disparity… For one, you guys had one more home game than we did in 2007, and the bowl payout was higher for the Peach Bowl than it was for the Independence Bowl. The Peach Bowl pays out over three million per team these days, but the Independence Bowl barely gets a million (and actually I don’t think you get that any more since they have had a lot of trouble finding a sponsor).

by outsidethesidelines on Jun 15, 2009 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

The Independence Bowl...

…is such a better name than the old one: The Poonanny Weed Eater Bowl.

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 15, 2009 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

And what...

…group of morons allowed the change from Peach Bowl to Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl to Chick-fil-a Bowl? The Chick-fil-a Bowl? Sounds like something you order for breakfast.

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 15, 2009 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

the group of morons who pay for the thing.

by kleph on Jun 15, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

BINGO!

And they’ve done a great job of ruining the pageantry of the bowl to sell more waffle fries.

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 15, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

on the other hand...

…we still have bowl games. so i’m calling this one a push.

by kleph on Jun 15, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Fair enough...

…see you at the Nokia/USF&G/Whatevs bowl.

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 15, 2009 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

i was at that one last year

multi-directional state simply blew out obscure land-grant university.

by kleph on Jun 15, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

If by...

…m-d st. you mean Utah, and by o l-g u. you mean Bama, I was there, too.

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 15, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Don't remind me...

Obscure would have been preferable that night. Oh, I actually have a cool N’awlins Sugar Bowl T-shirt on today.

You had me at "ROLL TIDE"!!!

by bamavicki on Jun 15, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

USF&G

someone’s been watching their ’93 Sugar Bowl DVD lately…

"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken

by Bens4vcobra on Jun 15, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

I wish...

…I owned one. I just have a great memory when it comes to useless trivia.

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 16, 2009 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions  

I

bought my copy at the Bryant Museum. It was the last copy they had. Destiny shined on me, oh and Bama won that day.

"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken

by Bens4vcobra on Jun 16, 2009 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions  

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......waaaaffuuuuul friiiies.....

"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken

by Bens4vcobra on Jun 15, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

But

I foyu go to the game you get a coupn for free chicken. How can free food be wrong

I am a member of the Sabanation Roll!!Tide!!

by lawbama1 on Jun 16, 2009 5:58 AM CDT up reply actions  

But Chick Fil A is teh awesome

I still call it the Peach Bowl. But man, do I love Chick Fil A.

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by AuditDawg on Jun 16, 2009 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions  

Everything at CFA is the bomb

chicken sandwich, nuggets, grilled, fried, salads, wraps, Waffle fries, chicken salad, slaw…

"When people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears their people, there is liberty" - Thomas Jefferson

by BamaReturns07 on Jun 16, 2009 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes it is Yes it is

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by lawbama1 on Jun 17, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions  

Damn, not bad...

That’s not too bad, especially for a 7-6 team currently on its way to back-to-back trips to Shreveport. Furthermore, that really shows you the impact of Saban’s arrival to UA. If I remember correctly, our football program generated “only” 45 million in revenue in 2006-2007.

I do wonder, though, what the hell is going on with LSU? “Only” 52 million despite winning the national championship?

by outsidethesidelines on Jun 15, 2009 1:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Alabama

has played on TV a lot the last few years (especially CBS). Think that could be the difference?

"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken

by Bens4vcobra on Jun 15, 2009 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

No...

I’m pretty sure that the TV contract revenue is divvied up pretty evenly regardless of who is playing on what channel and at what time, so that shouldn’t be it.

With Saban’s arrival, I think it’s just simple… more merchandise being sold, tickets selling for higher prices, alumni donations being higher, etc. It’s just an across-the-board rise in essentially every revenue stream.

by outsidethesidelines on Jun 15, 2009 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

SC for HC?

My tummy just made a funny noise.

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 15, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

That's

not bad, just $10 over the whole season.

"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken

by Bens4vcobra on Jun 15, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah, no big deal...

… in terms of raising ticket prices. It’ll literally make a few dollars difference to each season ticket holder.

I will say, though, it is impressive how we are able to raise ticket prices any. Most schools are really cutting ticket prices in this economy just to put butts in the seat. I think it says a lot that the possibility of raising prices is even on the table.

by outsidethesidelines on Jun 15, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

If

there is such a thing as recession proof, its this.

"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken

by Bens4vcobra on Jun 15, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

Interesting correlation

between the top 10 football schools versus the “poorest” states in America, on a median household income basis.

Only Penn St. and UGA break into the top half of the list.

Alabama (not surprisingly) is near the very bottom

Poorest States

by haybeav on Jun 15, 2009 3:21 PM CDT reply actions  

one major reason is that due to the relative lack of income overall, there are fewer major sports competing for the pool of disposable income dollars that are available.

by kleph on Jun 15, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

You

can support any argument known to man with correlational data, just ask Al Gore.

"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken

by Bens4vcobra on Jun 15, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not

up on my British Empire political figures, can you fill me in?

"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken

by Bens4vcobra on Jun 15, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

You'd think...

Alabama and Auburn both would rank ahead of Texas.

After spending seven wondrous years in the state of Alabama, never in my life have I seen fans, who claim to be loyal to one team, spend more time AUbsessing over the other more so than they do their very own.

by SanFranDude12 on Jun 15, 2009 4:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Dont mess with Texas

Does this count booster donations? They got some rich folks with more money than they know what to do with in Texas.

"Jay Jacobs can't go to the bathroom without Bobby Lowder's permission" - Paul Finebaum

by GumptownTiger on Jun 15, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

True

but so does T A&M. Also ‘Bama has by far the largest endowment in the state (and thats not ’pooling’ UAB and UAH, thats UA alone), so they got some rich folks too.

"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken

by Bens4vcobra on Jun 16, 2009 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions  

And this is why

there will never be another death penalty handed down from the NCAA

by Fatback on Jun 15, 2009 6:16 PM CDT reply actions  

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