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Where Texas is still No. 1

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08:18 AM ET 09.03 | Even in a down year, Texas can win. Stand proud, Longhorn Nation. For the seventh consecutive year, you've made the University of Texas at Austin the top seller of licensed college merchandise in the country. Take that, Aggies. The news came last month from the Collegiate Licensing Company, which tracks such things. The University of Alabama was second. Texas A&M came in 19th in the rankings of the top 75 universities. ... UT's Office of Trademark Licensing tracks its revenues on the academic calendar, which puts it slightly out of step with Collegiate Licensing's tracking, but the school raised $9.5 million in its most recent year, said Craig Westemeier, the office's director. "The money is shared with the campus," Westemeier said.

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September 3, 2012  09:04 AM ET

Not all programs are clients of Collegiate Liscensing, and are therefore not considered in their rankings. USCw and tOSU are two major programs that don't use these guys. I wonder how the list would look if all BCS schools were included?

September 3, 2012  09:08 AM ET

So, they led in 2010 too didn't they? That was a good year.

September 3, 2012  09:12 AM ET

Having played actual games now, you'd think there would be plenty of real football articles out there. Who cares about merchandise sales?

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September 3, 2012  09:19 AM ET
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Having played actual games now, you'd think there would be plenty of real football articles out there. Who cares about merchandise sales?

Agree...this is right up there with the ND administrator getting sick on the flight home.

September 3, 2012  09:27 AM ET
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So, they led in 2010 too didn't they? That was a good year.

Wait til you see the numbers for 2012

September 3, 2012  09:43 AM ET
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Wait til you see the numbers for 2012

Yeah, my daughter even bought my grandson a bunch of that rusty cow stuff. Overpriced just because of the color and writing on it!

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September 3, 2012  09:57 AM ET
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Yeah, my daughter even bought my grandson a bunch of that rusty cow stuff. Overpriced just because of the color and writing on it!

Wal Mart carries cheap run-of-the-mill stuff, mostly in size XXF.
Academy carries run-of-the mill stuff too.
The good stuff, at prices you can't afford, is carried at those collegiate sports specialty stores that have sprung up everywhere.

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September 3, 2012  10:12 AM ET
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XXF? Its Walmart. That is the small size.

eXtra eXtra Fat.

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September 3, 2012  10:20 AM ET
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yeah. so like I said. that is the small.

and that's just in the women's section ....

September 3, 2012  10:34 AM ET
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XXF? Its Walmart. That is the small size.

At least it isn't like Dollar General....At DG you don't have to dress up like you do when you go to WM....

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September 3, 2012  10:52 AM ET
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Yeah, my daughter even bought my grandson a bunch of that rusty cow stuff. Overpriced just because of the color and writing on it!

Yep, Coop was doing quite the business this weekend.

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