This is an interesting graphic.

Color me surprised that Auburn and South Carolina are spending more than Georgia and have nothing at all to show for it, except a new coach and one who could be on his way out.

Ditto for Nebraska, Michigan, and USC. What’s lost here is the individual payouts, where I’d imagine Kirby takes a more balanced approach to spread the wealth while a team like Michigan invested heavily in a QB that has people wondering why they did that.

And then there’s Oregon, Texas and tOSU. Top of the list yet no titles for two of them and Ohio State seemingly lucked into theirs and still can’t buy a decent kicker.

Indiana is lower than eleven teams that has a combined single national title, and one (LSU) that hasn’t even made the expanded CFP. Tennessee has made it once, getting hammered by the Suckeyes 42-9 and didn’t make it in last year at all.

And while Dabo preaches that he doesn’t like transfers, he is investing a lot of money into something…but what it is is beyond me. From another vantage point, consider this:

Which team is most surprising to you, and why?