FORT COLLINS — Every dollar counts in college athletics these days.

Even the ones from a football game you’re likely being paid to lose.

As Colorado State gets set to face Washington on Saturday night (9 p.m. Big Ten Network) in Seattle, it’s the first of seven road games against Power 4 conference (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC) opponents from now until 2030.

Those games often come with big paychecks, something CSU athletic director John Weber knows, and that matters as the Rams work toward their department goal of being the first non-Power conference program to reach the new revenue share cap of $20.5 million per year.

But it’s about more than just the paycheck that could certainly help CSU attract talent from the high school ranks and out of the transfer portal.

“There’s the old say

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