
Originally Posted by
amptech
You are still assuming that winning now is a higher value to the total worth than the list appears to show.
ND has been in that position and still is to a point, They are still #4. UGA has not made any real national splash for years, they are still #5. Auburn has the one big year, otherwise not so much. They are still #9 And Tennessee is still at #11.
I believe those values are way more set a long time ago and are not subject to very much change now. Nebraska has been sterling for a while and they are still #12 and PSU the same at #13.
The point, it will take a long time for those "established" value teams to drop away. It will take a long time of winning (longer than FSU or Miami) for a team to be in the $300 mill club.
Saban didn't save the program, the program was still in the top grouping. He added the wins.