The only football line where UGA rules in SEC: Bottom line
Georgia's defensive line and their offensive brethren got pushed around last season, the new strength coach acknowledges. (The State)
The Dogs’ offensive and defensive lines might have gotten pushed around pretty regularly this past season, but in the most recent financial figures available Georgia’s football program ruled the bottom line in the SEC, according to Forbes magazine.
UGA ranked No. 1 in the conference in football profitability in 2009-2010 according to U.S. Department of Education data, and it wasn’t even close. Georgia’s profit of $52.5 million was $8 more than second-place Florida netted. In fact, Georgia was the second most profitable football program in the country, behind only Texas.
In terms of overall revenue from gate receipts, broadcast revenues, appearance guarantees and options, concessions, and advertising, Alabama ranked tops in the SEC at $71.8 million, with Georgia second at $70.8 million.
But while Alabama was also the top spender in the SEC on grants-in-aid, salaries, travel, equipment, and supplies at $31.1 million, Georgia was only seventh in spending at $18.3 million. Thus, Georgia made more profit by spending less money on its football program than Bama, Auburn, LSU, Florida, South Carolina and even Arkansas!
Forbes notes that Georgia put just 25.8 percent of its football revenue back into the program. Meanwhile, the 2009 BCS champion, Alabama, was putting 43.3 percent back into its program, and the 2010 BCS winner, Auburn, invested 42.2 percent.
Asks Forbes: “Is there perhaps a correlation between this and results on the field? Georgia went 7-5 in 2009 and just 6-6 in 2010. … Take a look at the teams ahead of Georgia in terms of expenses. In 2010, Georgia lost to every team they played who spent more than them in 2009: Florida, Arkansas and South Carolina.”
Ouch.
It’s worth noting here that Georgia’s football program just moved into its plush new digs in the Butts-Mehre building, newly expanded to the tune of $39.5 million. That includes a fancy new weight room to replace the trailers Georgia’s weight program was operating out of the past year and a half.
Let’s hope we see some on-the-field dividends from that investment in the coming season — or UGA may be having to spend some money … to buy out the remainder of Mark Richt’s contract.
Speaking of the weight program, the Macon Telegraph had an interesting interview with new strength coach Joe Tereshinski, in which amid all the typical off-season rah-rah talk of getting tougher he acknowledged the Dogs had been dominated on the lines in recent years. “The film doesn’t lie,” he said. “I’m the video coordinator, I see every play. Yeah, we were not winning the line of scrimmage.”
In reviewing all that game film, Tereshinksi said, he saw “where we were getting beat. I do see where our weaknesses are. And so that’s what we are attacking. We are attacking where we’ve been weak.”
Tereshinski also noted the coming season “is a very critical year for the program, for the University of Georgia. … It is very critical for our coaching staff. We all wanna stay here, we love this, we want to do our job, we want to win, and we want to do right by our kids.”
What do you think? Besides the new facility, where else does UGA need to be spending some of those profits to keep up with the teams from the state to our immediate west?
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Aubie go home
January 27th, 2011
1:26 pm
@Fairley’s lapdog,
The team you’re a fan of, through no effort of your own, won a national title. Congratulations to them. Remind me how long it had been since they previously won a NCG.
Oh, and what’s Auburn’s record against Georgia, say, the past 4 seasons? Think of those things and get over yourself. Enjoy the afterglow a few more months because with Newton and Fairley gone Auburn will be lucky to have the record UGA did this past season. Get yourself a hobby that doesn’t involve trolling newspaper articles that are already calling attention to problems. Typical Aubie troll, jumping into conversations in which you have no part.
mcdaviddawg
January 27th, 2011
1:27 pm
For the question by Flying Dawg, look it up, the reason we don’t have an indoor field is Richt. It was put to him, after much noise about needing the field, he had a choice of new offices or the field, he took the offices. Anybody surprised.
1eyedJack
January 27th, 2011
1:30 pm
Nick Fairley Owns UGA
“You’ve fallen off the short bus one too many times, turd.”
Well, that right there may be the reason you’ve had difficulty finding gainful employment. You see, in the mart of competitive commerce you shouldn’t put IGNORANT on your resume.
Ol' Dawg
January 27th, 2011
1:32 pm
Not understanding how an indoor practice facility would help only shows you don’t know much about football. Why don’t you post about something you have knowledge of?
As for you AU folks, you have beaten us once in the last five years, and you think you own us? Another ignorant poster.
Of course, there are always ignorant posters on here. Can’t imagine if most were intelligent, what this would be like.
Nick Fairley Owns UGA
January 27th, 2011
1:38 pm
“Oh, and what’s Auburn’s record against Georgia, say, the past 4 seasons?”
Better question, who owns UGA all-time? Yep, Auburn.
“Auburn will be lucky to have the record UGA did this past season. ”
UGA fans who make predictions like that always amuse me.
“Get yourself a hobby that doesn’t involve trolling newspaper articles ”
Ma’am, this article mentions Auburn.
“Typical Aubie troll, jumping into conversations in which you have no part.”
You didn’t read the article did you. If you had, you’d have read where Auburn was mentioned several times.
Nick Fairley Owns UGA
January 27th, 2011
1:39 pm
1eyedJack
You’re about as smart as Al Gore’s dung. Keep on commenting though, I’m enjoying laughing and mocking you.
Remote Dog
January 27th, 2011
1:39 pm
A similar article was posted in December on ESPN but local media didn’t pick it up. We’re clearly under investing in football; this is why the blame has to start with President Adams. He’s the one that have made it harder to support the team by diminishing investment in the team, cutting off tailgating, and creating an anti-football bias within the administration. Why has he under invested in football? Where is the accountability? Here’s that ESPN article: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls10/news/story?id=5970794
Nick Fairley Owns UGA
January 27th, 2011
1:40 pm
“As for you AU folks, you have beaten us once in the last five years, and you think you own us? ”
We own UGA all-time.
“Of course, there are always ignorant posters on here.”
You, for instance.
Auburn AD
January 27th, 2011
1:40 pm
Dear McGarity UGA AD:
We would like to barrow $500,000 from your cash reserves. Yes, we owe Cam another $200k for the Nation Championship. and we are looking hard for his replacement. Please send cash to Auburn banker and my boss Mr. Bobby Lowder.
1eyedJack
January 27th, 2011
1:41 pm
Just like a Techie to think he’s winning when he’s getting his head handed to him.
Athens Prison System
January 27th, 2011
1:41 pm
Dear CMR,
We are really tired of having to arrest your football team every week. Please come down and bail
out your players.
Thanks-Sheriff Cletus
VIningsFAN
January 27th, 2011
1:42 pm
LOSERS COMPLAIN THAT WINNERS CHEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WINNERS LIKE AUBURN REINVEST IN THE PROGRAM. BUILD STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES, AUBURN IS BUILDING AN INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY (A FULL FOOTBALL FIELD PLUS ANOTHER 30 YARDS FOR ADDITIONAL WORK AREA). NEW PRACTICE FIELDS.
THE DIFFERENCE IN UGA AND AUBURN RIGHT NOW IS AUBURN IS TRENDING UPWARD AND IS THE HOT NAME NOW. FOCUS OF THE UNDER ARMOUR MARKETING PROGRAM. UGA IS TRENDING DOWNWARD.
AUBURN DOESN;T THINK THEY OWN UGA, THEY CAN RECOGNIZE WHEN PROGRAMS ARE MOVING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
ALSO ANOTHER GREAT UGA RECRUITING CLASS, PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE TO COACH THEM.
Nick Fairley Owns UGA
January 27th, 2011
1:42 pm
“Just like a Techie to think he’s winning when he’s getting his head handed to him.”
Just like a UGA fan(not grad) to suggest that other people are Tech fans when they have absolutely no proof of their claim.
Nick Fairley Owns UGA
January 27th, 2011
1:44 pm
What’s the difference between Auburn fans and UGA fans?
Auburn fans actually graduated from Auburn. UGA fans are still working on their GED’s.
Dragon
January 27th, 2011
1:57 pm
You rednecks get less bang for your buck than any human beings alive….at least the AD had the presence to get the panties off his head and down into his lap!
UGA Alumnus
January 27th, 2011
2:40 pm
@Nick Fairley Owns UGA
My family is from Auburn, and I grew up a huge Auburn fan. We always had season tickets and went to a lot of away games too. Specifically in Sanford Stadium.
I have duel citizenship when it comes to UGA and Auburn. I pull for both, and love both. But I grew up in Georgia and am a graduate of the University of Georgia, and I love my Dawgs.
I believe in my Dawgs and in Auburn.
All that said, I think you give Auburn fans a bad name. I question if a true Auburn fan would even use that moniker, “Nick Fairley Owns UGA”. I don’t think one would, honestly.
You don’t talk like an Auburn fan.
UGA Alumnus
January 27th, 2011
2:42 pm
Nick Fairley Owns UGA
January 27th, 2011
1:44 pm
Sorry, buddy, but that just isn’t true. I have family who graduated from Auburn, and PLENTY of family who didn’t but still pull for Auburn.
Tom
January 27th, 2011
2:44 pm
Fire CMR.
Mean Machine
January 27th, 2011
2:49 pm
Based on those figures, the UGA athletic department is not as committed to winning as Alabama and other SEC schools. That should not be the case. #2 in profits, #7 in spending, that’s a disgrace! That’s one more reason why UGA hasn’t won a national championship in 30 years. If UGA is going to be about winning championships, then they better spend the money where they can. Richt has been crying for an indoor practice facility since he has been here. Where is it? With as much money as UGA is making, there is no excuse for lacking in anything. SPEND THE MONEY YOU CHEAP B******S!
JRW7
January 27th, 2011
2:53 pm
BILL
Can’t you keep these yoyo’s off your blog? So we can have this blog for intelligent discussions about college football etc.!!!!
Nick Fairley Owns UGA
January 27th, 2011
2:58 pm
UGA Alumnus
Of course I know that’s not true. I just put it up there to irritate rabid dawg fans who like to post things about Auburn being a “dumb” school.
Nick Fairley Owns UGA
January 27th, 2011
3:00 pm
“You don’t talk like an Auburn fan.”
So what do UGA fans talk like?
Nick Fairley Owns UGA
January 27th, 2011
3:03 pm
Oh BTW I am a Tech fan. Go Tech!!!!!!!!
WarEagle Jax
January 27th, 2011
3:05 pm
As an Auburn fan I have to say that you are embarrassing our school. Please stop posting on here.
Joe
January 27th, 2011
3:11 pm
“Just saw the new recruiting rankings. Auburn jumped to number 4. Not sure where UGA was….didn’t really matter.”
We’ll be ranked ahead of Auburn when it’s all said and done, and we’ll do it without cheating and without paying our players.
Joe
January 27th, 2011
3:12 pm
Then again, Auburn needs to invest in their third rate University. Their academics are a joke. A degree from Auburn doesn’t mean squat, except for maybe a Vet degree.
Ralph
January 27th, 2011
3:29 pm
Dangerous for thUGA fans to post about the values of degrees when you look at the list of majors and classes the athletes are enrolled.
Ralph
January 27th, 2011
3:30 pm
Go TECH!!!!!!!!!
Joe
January 27th, 2011
3:37 pm
I r graduatad from UGA and I r smart. Aubarn is not smart. I ar.
Joe
January 27th, 2011
3:39 pm
Go Tech!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike
January 27th, 2011
3:40 pm
Where do we rank in $ posted for bail in 2010?
Ralph
January 27th, 2011
3:40 pm
Different “Ralph” who posted the “Go TECH”, but I don’t have a problem with that. At least they don’t recruit thugs, and require real students to take real classes under real majors who actually represent their school instead of embarrass it.
Mr. Obvious
January 27th, 2011
3:44 pm
“At least they don’t recruit thugs’
No, instead GT recruits Al Quaeda terrorists.
virginia dog
January 27th, 2011
3:55 pm
Bill
This is the most eye opening thing i have read about UGA in years. I hope our new AD understands football is the golden goose and if you want that goose to keep laying those golden eggs you got to feed it.
man … i just can’t believe we are being out spent by South Carolina.
Time to step up and get control Mr AD.
News Flash
January 27th, 2011
3:58 pm
This just in…CMR is relieved of even more duties so that he can study where to make improvements on spending money(ies) to improve the program. Hopefully, he’ll still allow himself the time he freed up to study the new things about football that he has been missing because of all of his other duties and responsibilities.
UGA degree
January 27th, 2011
4:01 pm
@Ralph
January 27th, 2011
3:29 pm
“Dangerous for thUGA fans to post about the values of degrees when you look at the list of majors and classes the athletes are enrolled.”
What are talking about, the athletes can’t wait to get their degrees so that they can put them on the dash and park in handicap zones.
Ross Perot
January 27th, 2011
4:06 pm
Larry, this is not rocket science. Let us raise the hood and get up under there and fiddle around. Well, um, Joe T IS a great technician. He knows that it AIN’T rocket science.
The UGA linemen lack the physicality to play at the SEC requisite level. We are twirps in other words. My wife ( UGA 73 ) said all during this last year, that “We are getting shoved around …… our big guys are weaklings”. She really noticed it in the SC and Colorado and MSU and GT game and the UCF game. AU was anybody’s game till we blew the second half kick off. We got outcoached on that play. Fairley was alsoa beast. Gone now.
Florida? Yeah, but Murray choked and blew that game.
We shall see. Unleash some of the money when a new staff comes in. These current UGA guys have let it go to waste, it appears.
Whoever comes in will have some excellent talent and all he will have to do is infill with blue chip linemen for a couple of years. UGA could go get one more quality back in 2012 and then, all linemen.
Anyone even remotely interested in college football knows that UGA’s LOSING issues are on both sides of the ball. Easy, easy to correct and we will go back to 10-2 type of years. Look for 2012 and 2013 to be excellent and by then, several SEC coaches will have come and gone. Saban, Spurrier and Miles and Chizk and Petrino and Nutt and even Dooley might all be gone in two more years.
Go Dogs
robodawg
January 27th, 2011
4:07 pm
Like alot what Joe T. had to say. You could’ve led the article with that.
Hey ralph
January 27th, 2011
4:18 pm
Name one diploma earned by the NFL GT departures of 2009 and this past year. I do think that one of the 6 or 7 NFl bound earned a diploma from GT ( Claytor?) and I’ll bet that it was in the phony Park Management program created about 10 years ago. He is projected to be a free agent anyway. He is no good according to NFL scouts.
I am close to tons of late 1960s and early 70s GT grads and they do sheepishly admit that GT does now offer a much broader curriculum, so stop with that chatter about GT players graduating. Look at YOUR OWN graduation stats within the ACC ……………….DEAD LAST.
Again …………. this type of nonscensical chatter from GT folks proves that they are just herds, all living in a bubble with NO WOMEN in their lives. None, except mama.
Besides, engineers of all stripes are being fired all over corporate America, unless you reside in India or China.
woebegong
January 27th, 2011
4:24 pm
That fairley jerk can’t really be from Auburn. He wouldn’t have a computer to type on since CAM would have already aquired it and sold it long before now. Most likely a kid, as his childish attempt at sounding even half smart falls way short of reaching the goal.
I hear your mommy calling you for your nap, idiot.
T-DOG
January 27th, 2011
4:29 pm
“Nick Fugly owns UGA”
Dude you must be a pretty big “winner” in the real world. How many hours now have you been on a sports blog of an “crappy” football team posting insults. You must have an exiting life!
T-DOG
January 27th, 2011
4:31 pm
Guys let the litte punks get there kicks while they can. They no the DAWGS will end up KICKING A$$ before long.
T-DOG
January 27th, 2011
4:35 pm
By the way Nick Fugly the overall series UGA 51 games Auburn 54. I wouldn’t exactly say the barners own the dogs, nice try “lil” guy.
Joe
January 27th, 2011
4:40 pm
I hear Ralph Friedgen to be new UGA OC Bobo to coach QB
Time for a Change!
January 27th, 2011
4:51 pm
I think there is a direct correlation to the lack of funding the football program and the crappy seasons!!
Scott
January 27th, 2011
5:05 pm
Cam somEbody just go ahead and fire McGarity right now for not INVESTING in the football program so Georgia can RECRUIT, TRAIN, ATTRACT/RETAIN BEST ATHLETES & COACHES?
I don’t want to go 6-7 again, one year with McGarity is all Richt needs. Let’s get back to WINNING AD’s, not BANKER AD’S.
If Richt goes 6-7 or worse, Richt won’t be the only guy getting fired at UGA, McGarity will be gone too.
Mr. Obvious
January 27th, 2011
5:07 pm
“the overall series UGA 51 games Auburn 54. I wouldn’t exactly say the barners own the dogs, nice try “lil” guy.”
Auburn owns the all-time series over UGA. That means Auburn owns UGA.
Dogs Smell
January 27th, 2011
5:12 pm
Just goes to show you $$$ cant buy a championship !
Dogs Smell
January 27th, 2011
5:14 pm
T-DOG , Apparently you pull for a college team but never saw the inside of a classroom. Know what I mean?
Dogs Smell
January 27th, 2011
5:16 pm
woebegong – Do you think he would have gotten more $$ for a computer than AJ did for a jersey?