From: don.p.del.grande@gmail.com   
      
   > Here's some things that strike me from the list. After Oklahoma and Texas   
   (but still prior to the Big Ten acquisitions) went to the SEC, 18 of the top   
   20 are Big Ten or SEC schools, the only exceptions being Notre Dame and   
   Clemson. The Pac-12 only had    
   2 in the top 30: Washington and USC, and two more between 30 and 40: Oregon   
   and Utah. Without USC and UCLA, I don't think the Pac-N was ever going to be   
   able to pull a really good TV deal. The Big 12 did themselves some favors by   
   quickly snagging BYU (   
   23rd), and UCF (49th). Certainly not as good as Oklahoma and Texas but right   
   in line with the next tier. With the recent moves, the team with the best   
   attendance that does not belong to the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, or Big 12 is Cal at   
   #55.   
      
   And how much of that Cal attendance rating is the 70,000+ it packs into   
   Memorial Stadium every other year when it hosts Stanford - and if it doesn't   
   do the same every other year when it hosts USC (something that's not going to   
   happen on a regular basis,    
   much less every other year, any more), it comes considerably close?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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