ESPN.com · Sep 14, 2018
Getting paid: CSU to collect record $2M from UF
The Colorado State Rams would like to leave the Swamp with a victory over the Florida Gators on Saturday. Financially, however, they have already won.
The Gators will be paying off their $2 million guarantee to the Rams -- the largest single-game payout that any one school has paid to another.
The one-off game is a seemingly awkward affair and an expensive reminder of Jim McElwain's success at Colorado State and his failure at Florida .
The $2 million single-game guarantee was part of the $7 million buyout negotiated by Florida and McElwain in 2014, when he left CSU to become the new coach for the Gators.