The 2013 Southern Miss game is officially being played in Lincoln

[knapplc]

The contract, sent from Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne to Southern Miss AD Jeff Hammond, serves as an amendment to a three-year deal signed in 2008. It was officially signed by USM's president this morning. Here's how it reads:

 

The location for the game shall be changed from M.M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, MS to Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, NE.

The visiting team (the University of Southern Mississippi) shall be paid a flat dollar guarantee of $2,125,000,00.

On Tuesday, USM announced the firing of coach Ellis Johnson. For a debt-ridden athletics department, the cost of buying out the remaining three years of his contract is steep: $2.1 million. Funny how things work out.

 

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So that's 8 home games next year. That's a lot of tailgating!

[Blackshirts007]

Is that 2 Mil for both games? or just the game being switched from MS to here?

[Huskerfan1985]

I read that as 2 mil for the 2013 game.... seems a little pricey.

[Count 'Bility]

The east expansion is supposed to be open by then. roughly, what, 92,000 seats? @ 56$/seat? Thats $5,152,000 in face value ticket revenue alone for that extra home game. Maybe pricy, but probably well worth it when added up.

[Creighton Duke]

Too bad. I was really hoping to hit up the cultural mecca known as Hattiesburg.

[2ndNnine]

sounds like a bailout

[huskrplaya]

WOOHOO..didn't we have an 8 game schedule 2-3 years ago?

[Count 'Bility]

Honestly though, I wouldnt've minded hittin this game up @ Arrowhead. KC's probably forgotten what a sellout looks like.

[AgMarauder04]

Southern Miss's AD is a wreck. They need the coin.

[AgMarauder04]

http://deadspin.com/5964003/to-buy-out-failed-coach-southern-miss-sold-home+field-advantage-back-to-nebraska-for-21-million

[HuskerMack]

If we played it at their stadium we would have gotten paid 300,000 instead we pay them 2.1 mill and keep 2 mill it was a no brainer and an extra home game.

[TGHusker]

Makes the road to the NCG a bit easier - not that they would have been much of a problem playing at their place.

[GM_Tood]

So that's 8 home games next year. That's a lot of tailgating!

 

[QMany]

Will we wear whites at home?

[deedsker]

Kind of sucks for recruiting not getting to visit Mississippi...oh, well.