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Originally Posted by PIMking
Teams don't play smaller teams because smaller schools (Boise State) want to be paid to go to a school like Nebraska and then they want the other school to come out for a return trip on their own dime. Alabama for example played Ga Southern yesterday and probably paid them close to 1million to play and Bama still cleared a cool 6 million in revenue after payment. it's about money, because GSU isn't going to want a return trip and that million pays for most their athletic budget.
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Yep, Boise State needs to get over the home-and-home concept if they want to schedule top teams. They seem to be doing a bit of it, they come to East Lansing next year (not that MSU will necessarily be a top team next year) and then have a home-and-home with the Spartans in 2022 & 2023.