Two top ten teams went down on Saturday afternoon, and both teams had to pay their opponents millions in scheduling fees.
Texas A&M and Notre Dame were both huge favorites against their opponents and were embarrassed at home in their respective games.
According to The Action Network’s Darren Rovell, Texas A&M paid Appalachian State $1.5 million to schedule the game at College Station for their 17-14 loss. Notre Dame paid Marshall $1.25 million to come to South Bend which they lost 26-21.
Texas A&M paid Appalachian State $1.5 million to have them come to College Station. They lost.
Notre Dame paid Marshall $1.25 million to have them come to South Bend. They lost.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 10, 2022
Fans went on to mock both Notre Dame and A&M for paying out big money just to lose.
2.75 million and 2 Ls to the best conference in college football is insane #SunBelt https://t.co/SUS6mPUNGO
— Coach Marv (@MarvB43) September 10, 2022
😂😂😂 https://t.co/CCZubXR89d pic.twitter.com/7euDuwaHRs
— Ahmad Black Sr. (@ahmadblack35) September 10, 2022
App State & Marshall: https://t.co/cnzS0fAJkD pic.twitter.com/AJp1tWTEQT
— Kevin D. Grüssing (@ Momocon May 26th-30th) (@KevDGrussing) September 10, 2022
Maybe teams will learn not to schedule App State in the future considering how many teams they’ve upset over the years.
https://twitter.com/jbrownie__/status/1568721318404562944
As a P5 team why are you scheduling App State. No benefit at all lol
— Mike (@MikeSanchize) September 10, 2022