Had a nice discussion on twitter yesterday with Tom Shatel, a columnist at the Omaha World-Herald. He wrote this piece about how Nebraska tried to schedule Boise State, but it didn't work out. Obviously, he put the Nebraska spin on things: "... according to NU Assistant Athletic Director Jeff Jamrog, Boise wanted a minimum $1 million to play in Lincoln. Geez, no wonder the Broncos can't get anyone to play them. Pay Boise State $1 million to come to your town? Sorry, don't want it that bad." Shatel, of course, left out that $1 million is increasingly becoming the 'going rate' for these early-season non-conference games against the WAC (or lesser conferences). Boise State reportedly received $1.25 million (it is a little unclear who paid that) to play Virginia Tech at a "neutral" site Monday. (UPDATE: According to the Statesman, the Redskins paid Boise and Virginia Tech for the game.) Texas reportedly paid UTEP (of Conference USA) $1 million for a non-conference game this season. Alabama reportedly paid San Jose State $1 million for a non-conference game this season. Auburn reportedly paid Arkansas State $1 million for a non-conference game this season. Nebraska reportedly paid Idaho $800,000 for a non-conference game this season. Texas A&M will reportedly pay Idaho $850,000 for a non-conference game next season. LSU will reportedly pay Idaho $950,000 for a non-conference game in 2012. Ole Miss will reportedly pay Boise State $900,000 for a non-conference game next season. Ohio State will reportedly pay Colorado $1.4 million for a non-conference game next season. In 2006, Tennessee reportedly paid Air Force $850,000 for a non-conference game.
Boise State is one of the more controversial teams in college football. Depending on who you ask, they're either frauds who sneak into big bowl games that they don't deserve based on one or two good wins each season, or the poster child for how unfair the current lack of a playoff system is in college football. But the biggest knock against BSU is strength of schedule. Having played in recent years in the very weak WAC conference, they've tried to schedule tough OOC opponents to reduce that criticism.
Part of the stipulation is that if they're going to give up a home game (and the money that goes with it, which a small university not in a big-time conference needs to make ends meet for the athletic department) they want to be paid $1M to do it. (For comparison sake, BSU makes approximately $1.7M on each home game after expenses.) So, is Boise being unreasonable by putting a $1M price tag as a condition to come and do a one-and-done or a two-for-one at major AQ teams' home stadiums?
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