This week Utah State will take on one of two Power Four teams on its schedule, Texas A&M. Three weeks later USU will face another SEC team, Vanderbilt. It'll make for potentially one of the toughest pair of non-conference games the Aggies will face in quite a while. But under Bronco Mendenhall, these games will be going down to once a year.

It's typical for Group of Six teams to play at least one game against a Power Four team, sometimes two if things work out that way. These games are most often played with a financial incentive given to the G6 team, usually in the seven-figure range Utah State has played multiple P4 teams three times in the past four seasons. And over the last few years, revenue from these "buy games," as they're often called, have accounted for roughly 4% of Utah State

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