Food & money - thanks for coming!

[Philip Ferguson]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/08/29/college-football-guarantee-game-contracts-quirks/2145432001/

Abilene Christian at North Texas, Aug. 31, and Texas Southern at Louisiana-Lafayette, Sept. 14: North Texas has agreed to give Abilene Christian $350,000 and provide Abilene Christian’s postgame meal, although no specifics about the meal are stated. Louisiana-Lafayette is paying Texas Southern $275,000 and arranging a postgame meal for up to 110 people, at a total value not to exceed $1,500.

[Huff]

This story also lists all the amounts for all the Guarantee Games this season.     Some of them are pretty significant. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

"no specifics about the meal are stated..."

I heard through the grapevine the chef is:

[97and03]

Fava beans are cheap and hopefully we don’t splurge on the Chianti. 

1 hour ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

"no specifics about the meal are stated..."

I heard through the grapevine the chef is:

 

[Felozano]

2 hours ago, Philip Ferguson said:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/08/29/college-football-guarantee-game-contracts-quirks/2145432001/

Abilene Christian at North Texas, Aug. 31, and Texas Southern at Louisiana-Lafayette, Sept. 14: North Texas has agreed to give Abilene Christian $350,000 and provide Abilene Christian’s postgame meal, although no specifics about the meal are stated. Louisiana-Lafayette is paying Texas Southern $275,000 and arranging a postgame meal for up to 110 people, at a total value not to exceed $1,500.

Very cool article.  I guess I never quite realized just how many games are considered money games.  Thanks for sharing!

[UNTMG]

Very neat. I guess I never realized that P5s paid other P5s just to get the game at home, I guess?

LSU is getting $1.5M to play Texas. That's a whole lot of money especially since LSU is favored..

[El Paso Eagle]

6 minutes ago, UNTMG said:

Very neat. I guess I never realized that P5s paid other P5s just to get the game at home, I guess?

LSU is getting $1.5M to play Texas. That's a whole lot of money especially since LSU is favored..

Compared to the income Texas will generate... it's minimal