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I've got almost 3 weeks off starting on Thursday, I'll probably do a brisket sometime Friday/Saturday before the Longhorns football game Saturday afternoon.  And if I'm doing a brisket then I might as well do some ribs, some sausage, and maybe a pork butt.  We're going camping after Christmas so having extra food won't be an issue...

my brother is getting a nice vacuum bag sealer for Christmas

all the better to be able to send BBQ home with me

brisket, pork ribs, and sausage last night with smoked beans

plenty of leftovers for the next 3 or 4 daze

tried some nasty mead list night - powerful stuff

Says LSU is ranked 13th.  Same all-time program ranking LSU was given by cfbdatawarehouse.com according to their criteria, back when they were still a thing.  I think I got the same result when I punched some metrics in ftbob's database, back when it was a thing....13th.  Not surprising your relative $ value and your long-term success ranking would be pretty close. 

"We're number 13!  We're number 13!" doesn't have much of a ring to it.  

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/19/college-sports-programs-valuations.html

Weird.

So it's basically just revenue multiplied times four, then with some fudge factor added or removed depending on the school. 

The list is reflective of the current enterprise value of each program, starting with a base revenue multiple of four for all institutions, and then adjusting the multiple for variables, including conference affiliation, estimated NIL spend, school subsidies, number of alumni and other factors that can catalyze future revenue growth and profitability. 

Which means if you scroll through the list, it's MOSTLY just a list of each school's revenue in order, with a few shifts up or down. 

So it's basically just revenue multiplied times four, then with some fudge factor added or removed depending on the school.


Which means if you scroll through the list, it's MOSTLY just a list of each school's revenue in order, with a few shifts up or down.

It looks wonky in some cases because some schools report capital improvement project fundraising as "revenue" when it clearly isn't.  And other schools keep it as a separate line item because it's quite obviously not "revenue from standard operations."

Believe it or not, that's how most businesses are valued. Mine is that way.

No, it makes sense. 

However IMHO it makes it a bit of a "nothing" article because if the valuation methodology is that obvious, might as well just look at a list of schools by revenue and know you're going to be close enough for government work. 

After all, it's not like anyone reading that article is using it as a decision-making tool to invest their own private equity in college sports 

No, it makes sense.

However IMHO it makes it a bit of a "nothing" article because if the valuation methodology is that obvious, might as well just look at a list of schools by revenue and know you're going to be close enough for government work.

After all, it's not like anyone reading that article is using it as a decision-making tool to invest their own private equity in college sports

There are other factors too. How many people watch the games. How many tickets get sold. Merchandise, etc. But mostly, it's about revenue - most of which is TV.