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Utah State a bargain
OU paid only $500,000 guarantee to Aggies

 
By John Rohde | Published: September 16, 2007    Comment on this article Leave a comment

NORMAN — Results this season have shown there are no guaranteed victories in college football.

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But Utah State was guaranteed $500,000 for its Saturday appearance at Oklahoma, no matter what the result.

OU athletic director Joe Castiglione actually found a bargain in the Aggies, who wound up getting pummeled 54-3 on Owen Field.

Castiglione lined up the game back in 1999 when the going rate was considerably lower than it is these days.

"It's hard to believe, but you can't find them for a half million anymore,” Castiglione said. "Almost everybody wants $750,000 to $1 million. They're incredibly difficult games to find.”

Castiglione said Utah State will return to Norman again in the near future.

Hog rivalry
Arkansas hiring Jeff Long last week as its athletic director could spark a regional rivalry between the Razorbacks and Sooners.

Long served as an associate athletic director at OU for 2½ seasons under Castiglione and said it "makes a lot of sense” for the two schools to meet in numerous sports.

"Given the proximity of the two schools, to me it sounds like a logical thing to do,” Long said.

Fayetteville and Norman are 245 miles apart.

"We could virtually play in every sport,” Castiglione said.

Barring a schedule change, it will likely be a long wait in football.

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