Let’s look at guesses at how much schools are spending…
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Ranking the undefeated and one-loss teams:
Undefeated teams:
- Miami
Best win: 7-1 Wake Forest 33-20 (Wake is the 2nd worst one loss team - see below) - Utah
Best win: 6-2 Houston 21-13 - UCLA
Best win: 5-3 Oregon 17-15 or 5-3 Wisconsin 17-7
One-loss teams:
- Georgia
Best win: 6-2 Alabama 20-17
Loss: 4-4/2-4 Auburn 27-24 - BYU
Best win: 7-1 Notre Dame 28-24 and 6-2 Arizona 28-17
Loss: 4-4 UCF 39-31 (not a terrible loss but not a good one either) - Texas Tech
Best win: 6-2 Houston 28-26
Loss: 5-3 Cincinnati 37-24 (stings) - Indiana
Best win: 6-2 Northwestern 29-23 (meh)
Loss: 6-2 Ohio State 19-15 - Kentucky
Best win: 6-2 LSU 35-34
Loss: 6-2 Alabama 45-17 (that is a spanking) - Notre Dame
Best win: 5-3 Wisconsin 41-13 (not a hat-hanger win)
Loss: 7-1 BYU 28-24 - Wake Forest
Best win: 5-3 Louisville 30-27 (meh)
Loss: 8-0 Miami 33-20 - Boise State
Best win: 7-2 G6 Memphis 38-20 (next is 6-3 Western Michigan 32-7)
Loss: 5-3 Oregon 34-27
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I think it’s bc we allocate more to bb than some others . UH is one of the few schools with bb and fb being ranked. I think we’re being smart with allocating our money.
I don’t get how a program like Ohio State, with all of the resources, doesn’t have a better backup QB.
When they won it in 2014 they legitimately had three QBs capable of getting drafted to the NFL. Transfer portal and NIL have made it to where teams can’t just stock pile 5 star talent like that.
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We have a better QB room than they did at the beginning of the season, and just a fraction of the resources. They should have easily gotten a top 5 start freshman.
They probably should’ve recruited a higher level QB but they obviously felt like they had their guy in QB1. They gambled on loading up other positions rather than investing in a back up. Doesn’t look like that was the right call at the moment.
A lot of programs just look at arm strength etc like the pros vs true mental ability of the qb to make quick decisions like a case keenum so they miss on a lot of 4 and 5 stars
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True, How many HC’s have a roster full of five and four stars and do not win anything? Plenty, look at uta and atm. Both have more money that many country’s GDP. How many National Championships? That is right. Take an Indiana. Sure they benefited from more funds but their roster was not even close to the others. They won because they have a great HC and Coaching staff. That is what makes the difference and how you can develop players. Parity in the power conferences is here to stay.
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Are you sure?
You like THIS source, right?
Looks to me like they are #13…barely behind blue bloods like Bama and USC.
Tied with blue blood Michigan.
AHEAD of blue bloods Penn State and Oklahoma, and recent powerhouse Clemson.
UH is #62…BEHIND Purdue!!!
WE DO MORE WITH LESS!!!
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They had a blue chip ratio of 8%. That’s nowhere near the star talent of the blue bloods.
I know they paid over $2 million for a transfer Heisman Trophy winning QB. But your point is otherwise taken.
Still a top 15 roster money-wise. Comparable to or higher than many blue bloods.
OUR ROSTER is far less monied. But we damn sure get good results anyway!!!
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Because we’ve done the same things. We’ve found gems in the portal that weren’t super hyped. That’s how you win in the margins. You have to be able to evaluate talent at an elite level and also be able to develop the talent once you have it. Fritz has shown he can do both.
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Do we have $2 million to dish out for a QB?
Weigman had rolled over aTm NIL.
Our NIL is down at Purdue levels.
Ya know, another damning thing about that link is that the highest ranked G6 school for NIL (USF)…is ranked #68!!!
NO WONDER the G6 went 3-73 against the Power Four this year!
Hey listen, I don’t know if that website is a good source, but IF it is (BIG “if,” I know)…then it paints some very interesting pictures.
I mean none of us know the exacts but do you think CW and KH are playing here for free? They both have NIL estimates in the 7 figures.
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Oh no.
Especially not Weigman. I know he had ROLLOVER aTm NIL in the seven figure range.
I’m sure that they aren’t playing for free. I never suggested that.
But my point is that our payroll is small compared to a lot of other programs, including Indiana.
Imagine what Fritz could do with that kind of dough!!!
I’m not sure what you mean by rolled over NIL but it he estimates I’ve seen show UH specifically paying both guys in the 7 figures. I’m sure Willie would be able to do even more with a UT level budget but I don’t think we’re as poor as some people want to believe.
He had that NIL at aTm.
The people that provided it essentially let him take it with him to UH. Much of his NIL is paid by Cotton Holdings. It started at aTm and followed him to UH. His Dad is a VP there.
That is where all the bias comes from, all 16 SEC teams are in the top 34 programs. So they must be the best teams, the best conference, the highest ranked, so UT with 2 losses (one to unranked opponent) must still be good, we will put them at #7. UH with two losses, both road to #3 and #13 is ranked at #16. UT must just be better, right??
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