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Originally Published: January 27, 2011
Bang for the Buck: College football

By Patrick Hruby


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All this week, Page 2 looks at the athletic world the way financial analysts look at corporations. Which teams are maximizing their returns? Which clubs are woefully inefficient?

In short, who's getting the biggest -- and smallest -- bang for their bucks?

To answer the above, we're comparing teams by a simple, bottom-line metric: Player payroll dollars spent per regular-season victory. Using the most recent and accurate salary figures available, we're also examining which clubs have been penny-wise and which have been pound-foolish.

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A very good article. It must be nice to be a player at Bama, OSU, or Texas. Those kids live very well, and most don't even relize it. They get the best of everything, but I don't think it's a big deal given the productivity, and the profits the team generates.