... when it comes to scheduling early-season opponents, college football teams have started to do the same thing.

Many big-name college football teams will schedule what they call "guarantee" games. These are games where they pay a smaller school to come in and get pounded in return for a lump sum of money to help fund their athletic department.

Whether they want to admit it or not, every major university has at least a few of these on their schedule. 

Some teams do attempt schedule big-name opponents to prepare themselves for their upcoming conference schedule. However, particularly in college football, universities need to be careful, as one loss can ruin a season.

In 2010, the University of Cincinnati has schedul...

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