Longhorns on Top of Money List Again!

September 1, 2010

That’s right, out of the Top 200 Colleges and Universities, The University of Texas at Austin tops them all in amount of merchandise sold. The Longhorns made over $10 million in the last fiscal year (July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010). That’s almost $1.5 million more than they made last year. This top 10 looks almost identical to a lot of the college sports top 10 teams. I think its interesting how those two go hand in hand. A lot of professors curse at collegiate sports like they serve no purpose in this educational system. I say they go side by side more than you could think. Colleges need to make money in order to update their facilities, pay their staff, and keep everything like business as usual. Sports bring in far more money(Football in particular) than the professors do. That’s impressive if you consider the amount of grants that professors can get from companies and individuals who support whatever research and development is going on in that field. The point is that I am tired of hearing about how UT puts too much emphasis on sports and not enough on the education. To me, The University of Texas at Austin is the best place in the world to go to school because not only is it one of the best public universities in the nation for education, but its also one of the best University systems for sports having teams ranked in the Top 25 in nearly all sports. The Collegiate system out there to me also falls under the “iron law of oligarchy” in the sense that eventually the best teams are just gonna get better making all the other schools out there suffer ever more than they already are.

Top Selling Universities

Rank	College/University
1	The University of Texas at Austin
2	The University of Alabama
3	University of Florida
4	Louisiana State University
5	The University of North Carolina
6	University of Georgia
7	The University of Michigan
8	University of Kentucky
9	The Pennsylvania State University
10	The University of Oklahoma
11	University of Notre Dame
12	University of Tennessee
13	West Virginia University
14	University of Nebraska
15	Auburn University
16	University of Wisconsin
17	The University of Kansas
18	University of Missouri
19	Florida State University
20	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
21	Texas A&M University
22	University of Illinois
23	University of South Carolina
24	Texas Tech University
25	Clemson University
26	Oklahoma State University

The Collegiate Licensing Company Names Top Selling Universities and Manufacturers

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SidelineBlog Preseason Top 25 Rankings

August 8, 2010

First of all I would like to tell you how good it personally feels to see USC not in the Top 25 this season due to their slight death penalty. However, I do not like how the Big 12 really got screwed in the USA Today Poll. We here at SidelineBlog have created my own Top 25 that in my opinion is more realistic because you are kididing yourself if you think that Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and more have given up because teams are leaving. Texas is put at #1 because their program consistently puts together the best team possible out on the field and this season it just so happens to be the best in the nation. Now whether or not they live up to those expectations is very doubtful if you look at their past (minus the win against USC with Vince Young). I am excited to see how the Top 25 ends up in the end and how close I am right now to predicting it. We will be monitoring the situation all season and will have updates periodically (More than likely on a weekly to bi-weekly basis). Without further ado, here is our Top 25 preseason rankings:

Rank	Team	Record
1	Texas	0-0
2	Alabama	0-0
3	Ohio State	0-0
4	Florida	0-0
5	TCU	0-0
6	Nebraska	0-0
7	Miami U (FL)	0-0
8	Boise State	0-0
9	Wisconsin	0-0
10	Oklahoma	0-0
11	Iowa	0-0
12	Virginia Tech	0-0
13	LSU	0-0
14	Penn State	0-0
15	Florida State	0-0
16	Pittsburgh	0-0
17	Georgia Tech	0-0
18	North Carolina	0-0
19	Arkansas	0-0
20	Houston	0-0
21	Oregon State	0-0
22	Cincinnati	0-0
23	Oklahoma State	0-0
24	Oregon	0-0
25	Missouri	0-0

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Week 1 College Football Rankings Top 50

September 9, 2009

nflweek1 So the first week of college football has already seen its plethora of upsets. I am so excited for this college football season because Sam Bradford is already out of the Heisman watch and it looks like after Week 1 we already have it down to two candidates. Tim Tebow and Colt Mccoy are both front runners for the Heisman Trophy this year with Tim Tebow leading slightly. Jahvid Best is a somewhat close 3rd with Max Hall of BYU getting a huge boost after dismantling the Oklahoma Sooner defense. Dez Bryant made the cover of the next Sports Illustrated but has not see much boost in the Heisman Watch. Oklahoma State put a beat down on Georgia this past weekend which was personally my favorite game even though Oklahoma did lose to BYU. With week 2 having some more important games I am excited to see what the rankings will be after this weekend.

Florida
Texas
Oklahoma State
USC
Alabama
Ole Miss
Penn State
Ohio State
LSU
BYU
Cal
Boise State
Oklahoma
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
TCU
Utah
North Carolina
Miami (FL)
Notre Dame
Nebraska
Cincinnati
Kansas
Missouri
Texas Tech
Oregon State
Georgia
Michigan State
Pittsburgh
Oregon
Clemson
Florida State
West Virginia
Tennessee
Iowa
Michigan
UCLA
Baylor
Boston College
Arizona
East Carolina
Air Force
Auburn
Colorado State
Arkansas
South Carolina
South Florida
Southern Miss
Tulsa
Houston

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Preseason College Football Rankings

August 10, 2009

usatoday

Thank you god! College Football season is just around the corner now. I was seriously going crazy having to watch Baseball 24/7 in order to fill my sports time in my life. I am pretty much through with baseball because of all the steroids issues. I feel like the time I found out that wrestling wasnt real. Thank you oh football gods for making this time go faster than I thought though, because I am so ready for this season to start. There are so many awesome teams out there to choose from. Personally I am hoping for a Longhorn national championship again (but I am not holding my breathe). The only thing I truly care about is that they do not hype the SEC up more than they are worth this season. The Big 12 is where its at and the ACC, SEC, Big Ten and PAC-10 are pretty weak this season. I will also be interested in finding out where Utah, Boise State, and TCU will be ending up as well as how June Jones does at SMU. Anyways, I know what you guys are looking for so here it is. This past week USA Today did their annual preseason rankings for this next season.

Florida
Texas
Oklahoma
USC
Alabama
Ohio State
Virginia Tech
Penn State
LSU
Mississippi
Oklahoma State
California
Georgia
Oregon
Georgia Tech
Boise State
TCU
Utah
Florida State
North Carolina
Iowa
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Brigham Young
Oregon State
Kansas
Michigan State
Texas Tech
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Rutgers
Miami (FL)
Missouri
Illinois
Clemson
South Carolina
UCLA
Auburn
South Florida
Nevada
Kentucky
North Carolina State
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Northwestern
Southern Miss
Wake Forest
Arizona
Boston College
Central Michigan
East Carolina
Colorado
Maryland
Navy
Tennessee
Troy
Minnesota
Michigan
Houston

I personally cannot believe how Notre Dame was ranked so high. The Big 12 has 8 teams ranked in the top 60 which theorectically means that the Big 12 could have 8 + teams in college bowl games by the end of the season. I can only hope that they take care of business before the conference games start. Anyways, this is exciting for me because I just watched an NFL game on TV for the first time this season. The Hall of Fame Game was on and it has made my life a lot better and hope it will yours too!

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Week 10 Losers

November 9, 2008

A lot of big losers this weekend. Once again we see another top 5 team get upset. Looks like Texas should be moving up soon.

#3 Penn State

#9 Oklahoma State

#12TCU

#16 LSU

#20 Georgia Tech

#21 California

#23 Maryland

#24 Northwestern

#25 West Virginia

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Its BCS Time…BCS Top 25

October 20, 2008

Over the past few years there has been a lot of concern for the rankings of college football to be determined by a computer system. Personally I am all for it and all for exploiting the computer world, but I too, have had problems in the past with its decisions. The two incidences that I am referring to are the 2003 season when USC was ranked #1 in both polls but when the final BCS Standings came out, they were ranked 3rd and out of the championship. Personally since then I have felt that USC has gotten a lot of votes when they should not have. After they won their bowl game they were forced to share the #1 status with LSU which created a lot of controversy. In 2006 Boise State was denied a spot in the championship game after going undefeated the entire season and ended up having to play in the Fiesta Bowl and beat Oklahoma in overtime 43-42 (my favorite bowl game of the year). To me, I dont think you should even be given a chance in the case of Boise State unless they are willing to play heavy hitting teams throughout the season. There is no chance they make it in this year because of the schedules the Big 12, SEC, and Big 10. Even though the BCS has had its controversial subjects, its still better than the alternative which would be biased votes from across the country like the AP Poll which this season I have had a lot of problems with. I am just glad that Texas is at the top where they should be at this point. A lot of Alabama fans are pissed they are not #1 and all I have to say about that is look at what has happened the past couple of seasons with the #1 spot. They seem to lose all the time so I wouldn’t worry too much about it because you guys don’t have much of a schedule left. Anyways, without further blabbing, here is the first BCS Standings of the 2008 season:

1. Texas 7-0
2. Alabama 7-0
3. Penn State 8-0
4. Oklahoma 6-1
5. USC 5-1
6. Oklahoma State 7-0
7. Georgia 6-1
8. Texas Tech 7-0
9. Ohio State 7-1
10. Florida 5-1
11. Utah 8-0
12. Boise State 6-0
13. LSU 5-1
14. TCU 7-1
15. Missouri 5-2
16. South Florida 6-1
17. Pitt 5-1
18. Georgia Tech 6-1
19. Tulsa 7-0
20. Ball State 7-0
21. BYU 6-1
22. Northwestern 6-1
23. Kansas 5-2
24. Minnesota 6-1
25. Florida State 5-1

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Texas is #1 by 13 votes

October 13, 2008

A huge shake up in the polls today. Just one week before the BCS polls come out, the AP poll is going nuts. I couldnt believe the way it ended up with Texas being number 1 in the end. I couldnt believe they leapfrogged Alabama like that, but I guess it makes sense. Texas did just beat the Number 1 team, while Alabama didnt play anyone. If the Alabama fans have anything to look at, its that they dont have the schedule Texas does in the future, and hey, Alabama and Texas both became Bowl eligible this past weekend.

1. Texas (39) 6-0 1,599
2. Alabama (26) 6-0 1,582
3. Penn State 7-0 1,492
4. Oklahoma 5-1 1,306
5. Florida 5-1 1,284
6. USC 4-1 1,247
7. Texas Tech 6-0 1,210
8. Oklahoma State 6-0 1,184
9. Brigham Young 6-0 1,131
10. Georgia 5-1 1,081
11. Missouri 5-1 984
12. Ohio State 6-1 908
13. LSU 4-1 893
14. Utah 7-0 834
15. Boise State 5-0 714
16. Kansas 5-1 620
17. Virginia Tech 5-1 540
18. North Carolina 5-1 416
19. South Florida 5-1 397
20. Michigan State 6-1 371
21. Wake Forest 4-1 330
22. Vanderbilt 5-1 258
23. Pittsburgh 4-1 182
24. Ball State 7-0 166
25. California 4-1 115

All I have to say is…Watch out for Penn State.

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Week 6 – College Football – Division 1 – Top 25

October 9, 2008

Week 6 - College Football - Division 1 - Top 25

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SideLine Blog’s Top 25 Week 5

September 28, 2008

I feel as if the AP Poll doesnt know what its doing. Do you ever feel like that? Like how Georgia was #1 in the beginning of the season and how they fell to #3 in the first week after beating someone. Anyways, I think that I can do a better job of predicting the outcome of the season instead of creating all this drama and upsets. I think thats why they do it. Anyways for the 5th week of the College Football season, here is my top 5: