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Scheduling
Guarantee Game in College Football
In college football, Guarantee Game means: Another term for a paid nonconference game, usually involving a payment to the visiting team. It is used to describe scheduling context in college football.
Definition
Another term for a paid nonconference game, usually involving a payment to the visiting team.
How CFB Track Uses It
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Related Glossary Terms
Buy GameA game where one program pays another, often a lower-resource opponent, to play at its stadium.Body-Bag GameA slang term for a lopsided guarantee game where an overmatched team is paid to play a stronger opponent.Home-and-HomeA scheduling agreement where two teams play at each other's home stadiums in different seasons.Neutral-Site GameA game played at a site that is not the normal home stadium of either team.
Last reviewed 2026-04-24