Given the recent posts about out of conference schedules and getting season tickets in the nittany lion club, I was reminded of this Forbes' list of most valuable college football teams.

The article: http://www.forbes.com/sportsbusiness/2007/11/20/notre-dame-fooball-biz-sports-cx_ps_1120collegeball.html

Penn State's not mentioned until the slideshow: http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/20/notre-dame-fooball-biz-sports-cx_ps_1120collegeball_slide.html?thisSpeed=30000

By my count, PSU comes in at 12th nationally, though I think we're getting screwed by their system, which values contributes to the schools academic programs above contributions to the athletic programs (and for better or worse, all psu football revenue goes to athletics, I think). We do have a greater "profit" than a few of the schools that have a higher "value" than Penn State.

I can't remember if this was posted back when the list came out.  

Admittedly, the logic behind this is at least as shaky as that behind recruiting rankings, but hey, it's July, and it's just another reminder, that at the end of the day, college football has a whole heck of a lot to do with money.