SB Nation put together a pretty interesting ranking of college football program values taking into account several things including revenue, attendance, success, and much more.

Pitt fared pretty modestly, coming in at 41st overall out of Division I football programs. More info after the jump.

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Phil Steele's preseason all-conference teams are surfacing and Pitt placed 15 players on his four Big East squads.

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Lost somewhat in all of the Big 12-SEC bowl game madness is that the ACC and Big East may eventually work on a similar deal:

But the spawning of conference-king matchups could grow even further, as a source told ESPN's Joe Schad the Big East would be open to a champion challenge bowl with the ACC.

If discussions progressed, would that be a good idea for the ACC? In a nutshell, probably not. But guess what - it might not matter all that much, anyway.

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We've been talking about Pitt's ACC situation ever since the Big 12-SEC game was announced. But now, someone else spoke on the situation - Pitt's Athletic Director Steve Pederson.

Pederson didn't give a whole lot up, of course, but he did offer some thoughts on the ACC and if Pitt will plan to look elsewhere.

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Tino Sunseri's the starter for Pitt this season - that much we know. But despite a potential lean towards Mark Myers in Pitt's spring game, the backup job is still very much up in the air according to Paul Chryst.

Besides the two current options, Myers and Trey Anderson, the coach talked recently about the other option - true freshman Chad Voytik. And Chryst appears to say he'll get a good hard look once he gets into fall camp.

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Last month, we looked at Shady McCoy seeking a new deal with the Philadelphia Eagles. That new deal came and to no one's surprise, it's worth a lot of money.

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This week's Big East Confab question dealt with traveling attendance for road teams at Big East football games. It's pretty clear, at least to me, that West Virginia topped this category. Not only at games at Heinz Field, but in bowl games. I was even at a West Virginia-Temple game back in the original days of the Owls being in the Big East when Mountaineers fans went in droves to Philly.

With them out of the league, though, the answer's not so simple.

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SB Nation's Oakland Raiders blog, Silver and Black Pride, has a Q&A; up with recent undrafted free agent, Lucas Nix. He answered some questions after a practice as part of the Raiders' rookie mini camp.

Nix, was expected to be taken in the draft, but that didn't happen. Naturally he was asked about it, but didn't give away much in his response.

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