A recent article in Quartz opines that successful college football teams lead their university to higher academic standing and Nobel prizes.

"For those scholars to eventually receive Nobel prizes, those universities first needed to attract students, who then, someday, become annual donors. They also needed to reel in state appropriations and money from non-alumni donors.  How have colleges been able to do this? By building their brands around successful college football programs."

This bodes well for The Ohio State University.

Link: http://www.realclearlife.com/sports/college-football-american-universiti...