Going through the future visits here - Not sure what the payouts are at this point. Seems fair, most fans didn't appreciate the under-payout from SMU going all the way to Dallas, to be in life threatening heat and get thumped by 46 points, all for a slightly below average deal against a P4 opponent that has an 8 figure player payroll. Going forward these are the @ FBS games that Davis will wrangle, somebody supplement the theoretical vs. and @ NDSU matchups... however... now that the Bison are officially in the Mountain West is that home/home now void?
8/28/2027 @ UCLA
9/2/2028 @ Washington State
9/1/2029 @ UCLA
There it is - contract with the Bison void going forward.
So looks like we have 3 pretty good match-ups in the next three years...this includes a Big 10 opponent for two of them, so, given that massive tv contract that Big 10 teams get - there should be a sizable payday coming to Davis for both games, right?
UCLA's current payroll is estimated at $24m, anywhere from $2-4m higher than SMU. To be expected for a Big10 program over an ACC program, especially with the TV money, but I would take SMU everyday over UCLA at this juncture on the field.
Wazzu didn't have an NIL valuation that I could find, but I didn't spend much time looking.
Well, at this rate, that'd take a lot of faith and play blessed by Kirby Moore. FBS is cutthroat - you don't get 2 or 3 years to figure it out, you gotta find a way to win. FCS isn't much different.