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Washington is paying how much to feast on Arkansas State? Inside the soaring price tag for buy games

Two years from today, on Sept. 18, 2021, the Arkansas State Red Wolves will file into Husky Stadium for what, we would assume, will be a 60-minute beatdown.

For this privilege, the Red Wolves will receive a $1.75 million paycheck from the University of Washington — a sum that would be jaw-dropping except for the fact that our jaw dropped long ago on this topic.

The cost of college football buy games, in which a Power Five team pays a Group of Five or FCS opponent to play the role of Saturday snack, has been steadily rising.