Mack Brown Gets More Green

Texas just made Mack Brown the top paid coach among NCAA men's coaches. They decided to give him a ho-hum 2 million dollar raise up to 5 million dollars. Is he the best coach in America? Certainly not. Has he had the most success? Certainly not. Do I have a problem with this raise? Well, here is a case for what Texas was thinking...
Texas will be playing for its 2nd BCS title in 5 years. That is pretty good but not as good as Urban Meyer's run. The most impressive part of Brown's resume is 9 straight 10 win seasons. Most coaches kill to have 9 total 10 win seasons. The biggest part of that is in most years 10 wins will get you a BCS bowl and that means loads of money for Texas and the Big 12. It is very evident that college sports is just as much business as it is providing an opportunity for student-athletes. Does Texas really think he is the best college in the NCAA like their AD has said? Maybe, but thats only because he brings in loads of money.
Brown started at 750,000 dollars in 1997, his first year on the job. When he came to Texas their football revenue were 21.3 million dollars. They currently stand at 87.5 million dollars. Texas sees Mack Brown as the CEO of their football company and looking at the results he has done a good job. The biggest reason I surprisingly don't completely disagree with this raise? His salary is paid entirely with athletic department revenues. No state tax money is used. If Texas sees him as the guy bringing in the money, with his clock management aside, then I suppose it is smart for them reward him. However, do you think Brown would honestly ever go anywhere if you didn't give him a raise?

Some nuggets of fun for your enjoyment...

Snow Days, Marathon, and Boredom

Having a snow day before winter break is never a good sign. It looks like we will have at least two this year. Yes, I realize this pushes the school year back if we go over three. This may push my work schedule back into June, but to all of you that say “have fun going extra at the end of the year”, I say “have fun working the entire summer!” When you are working in July, I will be golfing and sleeping. Or maybe I will be watching baseball, traveling or enjoying more golf and sleeping. I could also spend eight hours a day thinking about getting stuff done, but having no reason to do so. I may be working into June, but have fun working, commuting and going to school tomorrow because I will be watching my soap operas once again and enjoying another day off. In June? You will still be working. In July? You will still be working. Most of August? You will still be working.

I have decided to run a marathon. Another teacher at my school talked me into it and I decided to do it. It will suck. It will be painful. Hopefully it will be worth it. It has always been something I wanted to do and this seems like the right time. It may mean taking it easy some Saturday nights so I can run 10+ miles on Sunday, but that won’t be the worst case scenario for me. It is a 26 week program (yes business majors that is half a year). It involves cross-training, timed runs and long runs. It started Monday and the race will take place on June 6^th. This training will help me beat Jeremy’s butt in our “Houston to Marion” challenge. It is a one year challenge from Thanksgiving to Thanksgiving to see if we can run, bike, swim, ellpitacize, etc. our way from Houston to Marion (1128 miles). I am currently in the lead by a decent margin.

I have learned (in the middle of watching soap operas) that there is some interesting crap on the internet. You want to know what Rahshon Clark is up to these days? Click this link: http://www.keflavik.is/Karfan/Mfl_karla/ . Best part? His teammate Halldor Halldorson. I am not sure what kind of team this is but I hope it pays well. He kind of reminds me of the old guy from Dodgeball. Sorry, I cannot find a picture of him, but I believe the only difference is their chest size. Good old Halldor. Best of luck to you Rahshon in your current endeavors.

I have also been doing a lot of research in getting down to Arizona for the Cyclones game in Tempe. There are obviously several options. Most of them are rather expensive, mainly the ones that include flying down there. The Alumni Association decided to put together a trip for those interested (which is already sold out). The price for a quad-occupancy trip per person was $1,421! That got me to thinking. What kind of a bowl party could you throw for $1,421? Here is my bowl party:

40” Samsung 1080p LCD HDTV -$700 (which you get to keep by the way)

16 gallons of fun -$100 (which you get to enjoy by the way)

2 liters of Mexican fun- $20 (Price of lime and salt included!)

Saucy Southerners equipped with regular and spicy BBQ sauce along with three sides $120 (enough for 20 people!)

Oh wait the game is on NFL Network…

That’s why I decided to include:

12 months (3 months free) Direct TV package, 150+channels, HD, free installition, etc. - $360

Cyclone Insight Bowl T-Shirt: $20

There is now $100 to spend…

Season Tickets to ISU football 2010 $99

With the last and final two dollars I will put them on a parlay with every possible situation in the bowl game with a chance to have this all paid for.

That sounds like one heck of a bowl party. Keep in mind, that is only the price of one person to go. You could have four times the fun with the real price for four people to attend! With that being said I think I am going to find a way to drive down there and be there in person. Although having one heck of a bowl party sure does sound enticing!

You can look forward to more posts as long as this snow keeps falling!