The 19 highest future non-conference football game guarantees

[Coach Andy Mac]

College football non-conference game guarantees have been steadily rising over the years, with some contests approaching the $2 million mark.

Two past non-conference contests met or crossed the $2 million mark, but both were due to unique circumstances.

Back in 2008, Southern Miss and Nebraska signed a contract for a three-game series with two games slated for Lincoln, Neb. (2012 and 2015), and one game for Hattiesburg, Miss. (2013). The two schools would later attempt to move the 2013 game from Hattiesburg to New Orleans or Kansas City.

The neutral-site location never materialized and the game was later moved to Lincoln. As a result of the site change, Nebraska agreed to pay Southern Miss a $2.125 million guarantee.

Another past non-conference contest, Colorado State-Florida, met the $2 million mark. After Colorado State head coach Jim McElwain left to take over the Florida Gators in 2014, the two schools negotiated a non-conference game in Gainesville, Fla., as part of McElwain’s $7 million buyout.

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[greenjoe]

I hope that North Texas never plays what some have called a "body bag" game again for less than 2 mil. 

GO MEAN GREEN

[RBP79]

You can't be afraid to play anybody if you have ambitions to move up from the bottom feeder conferences.....

[Wag Tag]

When Arkansas was booked I bet it was called a body bag game.          By them! GMG 

[untjim1995]

Nebraska has done this twice now, where they have booked longer series with two G5s, NIU and USM, where they were to play multiple games in Lincoln, while also playing a game in Chicago against NIU and at USM, but then magically buy out that road game against the G5s and get them all still in Lincoln. The G5s need the $$$ so they have to go along with it...