The article says we get $850k for this game which is a deal compared to the $1.2 million they are giving Texas State in 2018.
So if we aren't doing a home and home, then shouldn't we try for a real money game like a Florida, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, etc.? I will admit I don't know exactly how much the current big money games pay in college football, but I have to think it will only go up by 2023. My point is these money games can fund a large part of our athletic program if we do it right.
Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong but I think a big reason why the big P5 teams won't schedule a team like Ohio anymore is because it lowers their strength of schedule to do so. To really qualify for the BCS play-offs, a strong SOS bodes well for a team when the Committee's looking for the 4 best teams. Like I said, I might be wrong on that but that may be why we'll see fewer games between the Ohio States of the world and mid to lower G5 teams.
Clemson played Troy and South Carolina State
Bama played Western Kentucky, Kent State and Chattanooga
Washington played Idaho and Portland State
OSU played Bowling Green and Tulsa
And they all were in the playoffs this year