Guarantee Games

[Panthers to the Bone]

Can anyone help me out? I'm looking for the guarantee game $$$ that UNI has made over the past few years.

2002:
2003:
2004: $255,000 (Iowa State)
2005:
2006:
2007: $350,000 (Iowa State)
2008: $375,000 (BYU)

[Zakelsta]

Re: Guarantee Games

UNI played at ISU in 06 as well. I don't know the cash numbers tho.

[GonzoCat]

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2005 was Iowa.

2002 might have been ISU as well, we've played there a lot in the past decade.

I don't know where you get the $ amount on any of them.

[Matt Trump]

Re: Guarantee Games

2003: Iowa State
2002: oklahoma State
2001: Iowa State, Ball State
2000: Boise State

[BCPanther]

Re: Guarantee Games

I would imagine there was very little or no guarantee for the Ball State game in '01, simply because it was scheduled as a makeup of the week missed after the September 11 attacks...

[9YRPLAN]

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does iowa pay UNI to play? that would surprise me.

[JayJ79]

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does iowa pay UNI to play? that would surprise me.

no, it'll be a home-and-home....

[GonzoCat]

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does iowa pay UNI to play? that would surprise me.

You understand we are talking about football here?

[uni1988]

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I think the Iowa game was $300,000. I know Montana got $700,000 for a game a couple of years later.

[in_the_stands]

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Yeah, Montana made out like a bandit. Seems like it was a last minute deal, possibly to replace Missouri who'd backed out of their Iowa series.

[9YRPLAN]

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why??? because UNI would play iowa for free, and UNI has a legit chance to win in some years.

[GonzoCat]

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Since 9yrplan has posted that twice now, I conclude he is being facetious and trying to make a point. I have no idea what the point is though.

[Marc Wigim]

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why??? because UNI would play iowa for free, and UNI has a legit chance to win in some years.

For some reason I feel like you looked like this when you were typing:

[9YRPLAN]

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maybe i am dense, but i am being serious. why would iowa pay uni to play and chance losing rather than playing a lower caliber FCS or FBS team?

you cant tell me that if it came down to it, and the money wasnt there to pay them, that UNI wouldnt play Iowa for free. its a good recruiting tool and exposure, and UNI is going to win sometime.

edit: i mean if no other FBS team is going to pay them that year...obviously you dont give up a big paycheck

[Marc Wigim]

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On the incredibly OFF chance that you are being serious, I have this to say to you:

A loss is still a loss. The University of Northern Iowa is fully aware that the odds are well against them whenever they play Iowa in Kinnick teams like Ohio State and Wisconsin have gone in that place the BETTER team than Iowa and gotten beat. There is absolutely no incentive for UNI to go down there and take a loss that goes against their playoff chances unless there's money to be had.

BTW, Iowa paid UNI 325k in 2005.

So no, UNI is not going to play Iowa for free just to get a thrill from playing a Big Ten program down on its luck. That's just silly.