Drink Contract Details

[Flyboy65]

Season Projected Salary
2025 $9.0 million
2026 $10.25 million
2027 $10.5 million
2028 $10.75 million
2029 $11 million
2030 $11 million
2031 $11 million

Two program vehicles or a monthly auto stipend.

Private suite access at home games and reserved tickets for football and basketball.

Country club membership with covered dues.

Travel on team charters for immediate family.

Reimbursement for personal air travel up to a significant annual cap.

Standard university health, retirement, and benefit programs.

The new six-year deal keeps him under contract through the 2031 season, lifts his reported average pay to about $10.75 million per year.

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Imagine the raise and extension he would get if he ever actually beat a ranked team.

[11WSChamps]

A lot of people puffed out their chest and wanted to be in the SEC well that's the price that is paid.

You can't build on a whim as the have nots like you can the blue bloods with seemingly unlimited funds and several inherent advantages.

Ask SC and Kentucky for just two examples.

The program is better off now than when he took over and not just in wins and losses.

Sustainability could take a decade maybe longer.

Anyone thinking this school's football program was going to come in this conference and dominate over the long haul was dreaming.

This will take a ton of money, commitment and time and even then it will be a steep climb if it ever happens at all.

[Red Bird Classic]

A lot of people puffed out their chest and wanted to be in the SEC well that's the price that is paid.

You can't build on a whim as the have nots like you can the blue bloods with seemingly unlimited funds and several inherent advantages.

Ask SC and Kentucky for just two examples.

The program is better off now than when he took over and not just in wins and losses.

Sustainability could take a decade maybe longer.

Anyone thinking this school's football program was going to come in this conference and dominate over the long haul was dreaming.

This will take a ton of money, commitment and time and even then it will be a steep climb if it ever happens at all.

Agree with all of this.

But I don't see anything up thread about raising the pay of the assistants and players.

If we want top-notch players and assistants, we're going to have to pay the going rate. And we're way down in revenue compared to Texas, Alabama, and OU.

Don't know where the money is gonna come from.