The little schools are paid millions by the bigger schools to play them. This way the bigger school can run up the stats of their team or Heisman candidate… And the small schools can finance their sports departments…
..and the little school is invariably on the road, like Southeast Iowa State Teacher’s College at Oklahoma (-72 1/2) for Homecoming Weekend in Norman. Gotta win for the alumni/donors…
It’s interesting that it’s “big rich” and “poor little” schools. The wealth adjective and the size adjective are in different places respectively, and it would sound weird if either were reversed. “rich big” and “little poor” just don’t sound right.
To be fair – some of the REALLY rich schools field some of the worst football teams – Harvard has by far the biggest endowment in the country, with most of the top 10 being Ivies, or maybe a Stanford or MIT
ima resident about 3 years ago
The little schools are paid millions by the bigger schools to play them. This way the bigger school can run up the stats of their team or Heisman candidate… And the small schools can finance their sports departments…
flyintheweb about 3 years ago
..and the little school is invariably on the road, like Southeast Iowa State Teacher’s College at Oklahoma (-72 1/2) for Homecoming Weekend in Norman. Gotta win for the alumni/donors…
ferddo about 3 years ago
Gotta build up the stats by beating up on small programs… can help the athletes build their own stats so they can sell their own merchandise…
Bryan Smith Premium Member about 3 years ago
It’s interesting that it’s “big rich” and “poor little” schools. The wealth adjective and the size adjective are in different places respectively, and it would sound weird if either were reversed. “rich big” and “little poor” just don’t sound right.
flyintheweb about 3 years ago
To be fair – some of the REALLY rich schools field some of the worst football teams – Harvard has by far the biggest endowment in the country, with most of the top 10 being Ivies, or maybe a Stanford or MIT