Oregon and Kentucky

[AshWilliams]

Oregon and UK are essentially the same net worth and UK has more revenue. How are they a football power and we are not?

Who would rather go play on the left coast in the cold rain in Suicide Country rather than Horse Country?

We're not doing it right.

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

17.	University of Oregon	$780M	$151M	Big Ten	Eugene, OR	public
18.	University of Arkansas	$776M	$167M	SEC	Fayetteville, AR	public
19.	University of Kentucky	$775M	$174M	SEC	Lexington, KY	public

 

[Grumpyolddawg]

Oregon and UK are essentially the same net worth and UK has more revenue. How are they a football power and we are not?

Who would rather go play on the left coast in the cold rain in Suicide Country rather than Horse Country?

We're not doing it right.

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

17.	University of Oregon	$780M	$151M	Big Ten	Eugene, OR	public
18.	University of Arkansas	$776M	$167M	SEC	Fayetteville, AR	public
19.	University of Kentucky	$775M	$174M	SEC	Lexington, KY	public

Because Knight is 86 years old, has a personal net worth of 46B+ and told Lanning he wants to see a NC. To do what it takes and it was covered.

 

[optimus-blue]

Nike

 

[Rockfly78]

Culture.

Not everything is about money. Since the two schools are so similar why isn’t Oregon a basketball power while Kentucky is? Culture

 

[BigBlueFever]

Oregon and UK are essentially the same net worth and UK has more revenue. How are they a football power and we are not?

Who would rather go play on the left coast in the cold rain in Suicide Country rather than Horse Country?

We're not doing it right.

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

17.	University of Oregon	$780M	$151M	Big Ten	Eugene, OR	public
18.	University of Arkansas	$776M	$167M	SEC	Fayetteville, AR	public
19.	University of Kentucky	$775M	$174M	SEC	Lexington, KY	public

I absolutely love Lexington, but I think you're underselling the Northwest. If you haven't been out there, it's beautiful country. I'm a UK graduate, but Eugene would be a really cool place to go to school.

 

[Wildcat40229]

Oregon was bad to middle of the road until Phil Knight got involved. Brooks was there for 18 years and his best record was 8-4, but mostly at or below .500. There's no way a coach would survive there now, with that track record.

 

[PopesReignOverCardinals]

Oregon and UK are essentially the same net worth and UK has more revenue. How are they a football power and we are not?

Who would rather go play on the left coast in the cold rain in Suicide Country rather than Horse Country?

We're not doing it right.

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

17.	University of Oregon	$780M	$151M	Big Ten	Eugene, OR	public
18.	University of Arkansas	$776M	$167M	SEC	Fayetteville, AR	public
19.	University of Kentucky	$775M	$174M	SEC	Lexington, KY	public

Program valuation is a made-up thing. It's based on one guy's methodology that assumes all metrics used are equal across all programs.

Phil Knight alone could put Oregon at #1.

 

[gamecockcat]

They have the enormous booster who is a football fan worth $46B as someone above posted. We don't. I would guess a large percentage of our richest boosters are basketball fans. Big difference. I know UK's facilities are very nice but Oregon's are the Taj Mahal. Unbelievable. Plus, even before they started winning big consistently, they played a more interesting style of football, had the multiple jersey looks before anyone else, multiple helmets, etc. Big money made their program cool and they've capitalized on that. Didn't hurt that their rise coincided with USC's fall and now some of the really good CA HS players wind up in Eugene not in Los Angeles (USC's campus, IIRC, borders on some really sketchy areas of LA).

 

[hmt5000]

Program valuation is a made-up thing. It's based on one guy's methodology that assumes all metrics used are equal across all programs.

Phil Knight alone could put Oregon at #1.

Texas is #1. Their endowment fund is insane. I think only Harvard and Princeton have similar endowments.... But they'd be top 5 with Knight going all in.

 

[AshWilliams]

I absolutely love Lexington, but I think you're underselling the Northwest. If you haven't been out there, it's beautiful country. I'm a UK graduate, but Eugene would be a really cool place to go to school.

I have been out there. It rains constantly.

 

[AshWilliams]

Texas is #1. Their endowment fund is insane. I think only Harvard and Princeton have similar endowments.... But they'd be top 5 with Knight going all in.

So, endowment funds aren't included in revenue? Because UK has much more revenue.