According to The Athletic, USC will have to pay $725,000 to UC Davis to cancel the game. If the Trojans were able to cancel before January 1, 2020, the buyout would have been $500,000.
But here’s the really goofy part to this story, one that even USC's AD Bohn will have a hard time explaining to Trojan Nation.
Remember his words about “viable games” and wishing to ensure that USC fans will have a “great experience” watching the Trojans play?
So which viable opponent that would give the fans a great experience did Bohn go out and schedule before the UCD contract had even hit the shredder?
Was it Ohio State or Michigan or Clemson or Oklahoma? Maybe Penn State or LSU?
Well, actually, it was San Jose State, the sputtering Spartans who in the 2018 season opener on their home turf were drubbed into submission by those same UC Davis Aggies that USC followers regard so disparagingly.
San Jose State is a program on life support. Calling the Spartans a viable opponent that will ensure a great experience for USC fans would be considered perjury if spoken under oath.
Bohn may have had contact with the folks at Stanford before cancelling the UC Davis game and been reminded of that stunning 20-17 Aggie victory over the Cardinal back in 2005.
For as onerous as it was for USC to schedule UC Davis in the first place, there could be only one thing worse.
UCD announced last week that USC would forfeit the $725,000 game guarantee because of the late drop-out date by Trojan officials. Now the Aggies will pick up just over $400,000 for traveling to Oklahoma.
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