The cost of hiring a team for a home win.

[Topper]

"Buying wins" has been going on for years and is one of the worst practices in sports. The NCAA, if it had any integrity, would step in and require home and away series in football to prevent this sort of thing. True, it helps the budgets of the inferior teams, but it is patently unfair for the big boys to be allowed to schedule 7 home games a year. It is just another among many competitive advantages the cartel of BCS schools have preserved for their most economically powerful members. I hate to sound Marxist, but sports is about a level playing field. NCAA football is so far removed from the ideals of legitimate competition as to be a farce. Football should be about opportunity for participation by the most kids who are willing to work hard and about fair rules. Instead, it is about bloated coaches and AD salaries and TV networks scheduling preferences.

[West Coast Johnny]

The Omaha paper reported that Nebraska has been working to get Boise on the schedule but BSU wanted $1 Million for a one time payout. Wow. Needless to say, they won't be playing anytime soon.

That's about the going rate for Boise for a one and done. But why should either play a game they both could lose? For Boise, they go to a BCS game if they win out. So each team will pay a D2 team $400,000 or a lame WAC, MWC, or C-USA team $600,000 for an easy blowout win. That is college football.