Nebraska winning big but Arkansas State looks like a million bucks

What price victory?

Well, Nebraska set the price at $1 million. That’s what the Cornhuskers are paying Arkansas State for Saturday’s game in Lincoln.

Alabama may have “The Million Dollar Band,� but Arkansas State can now post “The Million Dollar Paycheck.�

Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne told the Associated Press in an email the fee is so high because Nebraska is not returning a game at Arkansas State. Nebraska paid Southern Mississippi $300,000 for a game earlier this season but the Cornhuskers are returning the game next year.

Major programs are often willing to pay high prices to entice “easy win� games to their home stadiums. Florida Atlantic is receiving $1 million the next two weeks for games at Georgia and Alabama.

Nebraska is leading Arkansas State, 28-3, at the half. Folks in Lincoln would call that money well spent.

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