Who'd a thunk college level

[Ken King]

The #8 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish paid the unranked Marshall Thundering Herd to come be their home opener. The Irish sporting a 20.5 point spread by the betting houses lost to The Herd 26 - 21 and 1.25 million dollars for inviting them.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Big weekend for upsets. Jimbo Fisher's Texas A&M Aggies went down to Appalachian State. Ole Jimbo is from Clarksburg, TAMU is paying him 9 million/year.

 

[kom526]

#1 Bama did not cover vs. unranked Texas either.

 

[Clem72]

The #8 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish paid the unranked Marshall Thundering Herd to come be their home opener. The Irish sporting a 20.5 point spread by the betting houses lost to The Herd 26 - 21 and 1.25 million dollars for inviting them.

I have always heard that it's still a money maker for the popular teams to pay to have the other teams visit rather than go to them. Tickets and concessions aside, how much does it cost to setup the broadcasting apparatus to televise the game (to ESPN standards, not local TV).