re: Josh Heupel contract: 6 years, 4 mill/year, 24 mill, 7th year option if certain sanctions

Just don't get it. Universities would rather spend millions on the back end of these 4 million dollar contracts when things go south than spend a few extra million on the front end and hire the right guy. I would have thrown 7 million at Franklin with no buyout clause on his end. The cost of finally getting what you want and finally digging out of this perpetual purgatory of mediocrity, much less, improving morale and getting the program going for once this decade.

The difference in money on the front end will easily be made up by happy fans, marketing folks, beer sellers, student attendance numbers, national recognition, etc.

These universities spend their money like the fool who built the mansion by the lake and filled the rooms with furniture from Walmart.