@BillBender92 . . . Bill! Your write-ups in the recent CFB Sporting News magazine are MOST EXCELLENT! I have been buying CFB magazines for about 40 years, I spend about ten hours on each P5 team during the off- season getting prepped for the upcoming season, and your Big Ten write-ups were spot on. Great job!
Avg Home game attendance in CFB last season (plus “% capacity” in right column)
Data per D1Ticker as reported by each program (yes, I know there are some eyebrow raising figures for some programs that often seem to have plenty of empty seats/sections like USC, Miami, Pitt, UNC, TCU, Baylor, Syracuse, Cal, etc… but many count any ticket “sold” as attendance regardless if anyone actually shows up and some may get creative on ways to “sell” tickets even)
On this Kentucky Derby day, here’s your reminder that Secretariat was faster than any horse who has ever lived. The year is 1973 and this is his track record run. Untouched for 53 years. The GOAT.
Brendan Sorsby has entered a gambling addiction program for sports betting, which could end his college career.
The second paragraph of this story is remarkable.
The 11 SEC teams that missed the playoff had 50 draft picks (4.5/team).
The 15 Big Ten teams that missed the playoff had 42 draft picks (2.8/team).
We must stop PRETENDING that these conferences are comparable.
In terms of total draft pick value (based on the Fitzgerald-Spielberger Chart), 2026 Ohio State had the 5th best draft class since 2007, just passing their 2025 draft class