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Alabama's championship came with price tag

The University of Alabama's January trip to Miami resulted in a second consecutive BCS national championship and another layer to the Crimson Tide's football tradition. On those things, a price can't be placed. But for the trip itself, the price tag was very real. Through an open records request, The ...

Fighting Irish win battle of the fans

The parking lots opened at 1:30 p.m. for a concert by country musician Luke Bryan and were nearly full at 4 p.m., 41/2 before kickoff. Porta-John lines stretched hundreds of people long. When the gates opened at 6 p.m., the going rate for tickets outside the stadium was in the ...

It's never too early to look at the 2013 college football season, and to look at candidates for the 2013 Heisman Trophy.

Early look at 2013 Heisman Trophy race

Who will win college football's top award next season?

The good people at Forbes have done some math (better them than us) and have calculated what teams in college football have spent the most per win -- and these teams don't have many of them -- over the last three years. Starting off the list is Auburn. The Tigers, who only won three games this season, trailed only THE Ohio State and Alabama as the biggest spenders per win -- a cool $3,433,053.

College football's worst spenders

The good people at Forbes have done some math (better them than us) and have calculated what teams in college football have spent the most per win -- and these teams don't have many of them -- over the last three years.

ESPN has crunched the numbers from the NCAA and has listed the top money makers in college football, based on the 2011-12 season. No surprise the Southeastern Conference, which has crowned six national title winners, has the most teams among the top 10. The average FBS, formerly Division I,  football program brought in about $25 million. The lowest money earner in college football was the University of Louisiana at Monroe, with $3.6 million in profits. That wouldn't pay the coach's salary in some teams in the top 10. Here they are:

Top money makers in college football

Six SEC schools are among the top 10 grossing programs in college football for 2011-12.

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. Manziel led the Aggies to a 10-2 in their first season in the SEC and orchestrated an upset at then-No. 1 Alabama. But how did his record SEC season of 3,419 passing yards and 24 touchdowns, plus 1,181 yards rushing and 19 more scores stack up against college football's other top signal callers? | Year in review | 
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No doubt about it: Alabama is the best after BCS rout

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