Meh. Cake doesn’t really look like Tiger Stadium and probably tastes like shit. Really skimped on the upper level.
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Forbes: Texas A&M replaces Texas as most valuable college football program
Texas A&M has supplanted Texas as America's most valuable college football program.
Forbes magazine on Tuesday released its list of most valuable college football programs based on estimate averages for profits and revenue for the 2014, '15 and '16 seasons. Texas had held the top spot, drawing $100 million in revenue in 2011 and $92 million in profit alone in 2014.
A&M's rise was attributed to an increase in athletic department contributions, along with more ticket revenue and conference revenue from the SEC.
Asked about the school's ranking, coach Jimbo Fisher told ESPN's Golic and Wingo on Wednesday that it represents the dedication and resources put into the program.
"I think it means dedication. I think it means resources. I think it means athletics is very important. But as you know, from A&M, everything here is very important," Fisher said. "It's a top-20 institution in the country. The people and the culture and the environment are ridiculous as far as the love and passion for the university."
Texas A&M brought in $148 million in revenue and made $107 million in profit over the three-season span, according to Forbes' estimates. Texas made $133 million in revenue and $87 million in profit, while Michigan was third at $127 million and $75 million.
Alabama and Ohio State round out the top five.
Forbes: Texas A&M replaces Texas as most valuable college football program
Texas A&M has supplanted Texas as America's most valuable college football program.
Forbes magazine on Tuesday released its list of most valuable college football programs based on estimate averages for profits and revenue for the 2014, '15 and '16 seasons. Texas had held the top spot, drawing $100 million in revenue in 2011 and $92 million in profit alone in 2014.
A&M's rise was attributed to an increase in athletic department contributions, along with more ticket revenue and conference revenue from the SEC.
Asked about the school's ranking, coach Jimbo Fisher told ESPN's Golic and Wingo on Wednesday that it represents the dedication and resources put into the program.
"I think it means dedication. I think it means resources. I think it means athletics is very important. But as you know, from A&M, everything here is very important," Fisher said. "It's a top-20 institution in the country. The people and the culture and the environment are ridiculous as far as the love and passion for the university."
Texas A&M brought in $148 million in revenue and made $107 million in profit over the three-season span, according to Forbes' estimates. Texas made $133 million in revenue and $87 million in profit, while Michigan was third at $127 million and $75 million.
Alabama and Ohio State round out the top five.
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14th in Engineering though
Ohio State is middle of the road for the Big 10, which is good enough for 30th nationally in Engineering
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You start measuring $ per win and some folks on that top 5 list are doing a little better job than others
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OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
True, but if you look at individual programs both schools are comparable and pretty damn good.
Aerospace:
A&M - 9th
OSU - 15th
Biological/Agricultural:
A&M - 2nd
OSU - 7th
Chemical:
A&M - 21st
OSU - 27th
Civil:
A&M - 10th
OSU - NR
Computer:
OSU - 16th
A&M - 18th
Electrical:
A&M - 20th
OSU - 23rd
Industrial:
A&M - 11th
OSU - 14th
Materials:
OSU - 14th
A&M - NR
Mechanical:
A&M - 13th
OSU - 20th
Plus we're 56th overall, ahead of A&M and for the first time the pedsters who are 59th.
I had to look up the other B1G schools after you said we are middle of the pack in the conference for engineering. I was surprised 8 other schools are ahead of us. 9 B1G schools in the top 30 nationally for engineering is really impressive.
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Had never heard of Aggy Engineering before.
There's a joke at my work. MEs (and sometines CS) are kids that couldnt cut it as EEs. Civil Es are kids that couldn't cut it at Mech. Industrial E are kids that couldn't cut it at Civil.
Is AggyE for the kids that couldn't cut it at Chem or Industrial ?
Realistically speaking, for Public schools it's Purdue and GTech. They cant hold a flame to the twin Private powerhouses ... but the other publics dont come close either.
It's always difficult ranking Tech schools. While not having that in their names, Purdue and TAMU are definitely Techs. Texas Tech be damned.
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OregonBuckeye
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I'm going to tOSU for EE right now and while it may not be in that elite top tier group with the Stanford's and MIT's, the amount of job recruiters that flock here is pretty staggering. We still get the major tech companies here too like Amazon and Facebook. At the end of the day, as long as you have a 3.0+ gpa and don't have jim harbaugh's personality, if you go to a top 50 engineering school you should have no problem finding a good job.
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For EE especially, dont think it matters where you go... or very little. Job security is guaranteed if you're any good at it.
And moreso for BS. It's not til you get into research positions that institution really matters.
And even then, rankings are meaningless. The relevance, personal interest, quality, etc. of the specific research assistance / fellowship position is the be all end all. It's best to approach as a specific job position.
You could be grading papers at MIT, but the guy working on lasers at Ohio State will be better off.
Just my imo humbly.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
I think aggy is pretty good at the engineering, but they're a one trick pony. I'd never send a kid there to major in history or physics of economics. That being said, our engineering should be better than it is.
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