Michigan and Michigan State combined to spend nearly $4 million to send their football teams, staff, bands and cheerleaders to postseason bowl games.
Michigan spent $2,097,867 for the team’s trip to Orlando for the Citrus Bowl, the program’s first bowl game since December 2013, while Michigan State spent $1,764,717 to play in the national playoff game at the Cotton Bowl.
The expenses for both schools were obtained by The Detroit News through an open records request.
While these numbers represent what the two programs spent, it does not show what the schools received or will receive from the Big Ten, which pools all of the member team’s bowl payouts and then distributes to the programs.