CURIOUS INDEX, 2/21/08

by Orson on Feb 21, 2008 9:11 AM EST

He's a minority hire, in one sense. Bob Stoops will bring down somewhere in the completely fucking ridiculous neighborhood of $6 million in total compensation as the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners in 2008 thanks to a $3 million benefit built into his contract. (Adore the humorous understatement of referring to any chunk of 3 million bucks as a "benefit.")

A good question, and an ugly one for the frilly puritans of college football as amateur sport: does this put, for one year at least, Bob Stoops in the territory of Phil Jackson ($6 million/yr) as being one of the highest-paid coaches in the nation, period? This year's total salary will exceed Saban's compensation in the college ranks, but won't eclipse Mike Holmgren's at Seattle in the NFL: the Walrus rolls in a pile of $7 million annually, though that number does vary by report.

Good Fulmercupdate a-comin'. Five words: Oregon State, drankin'; Louisville, Uzi.

Terrelle Pryor isn't coming to Michigan, so go ahead and write it down. If E3W is already writing parody pieces about him then they, like the Onion, are merely writing tomorrow's news today.

Hey, people like to comment on stuff. Imagine. Our piece on why people hate Duke basketball is over at the Sporting News, and currently has 124 comments. We're positive they're all intelligent, insightful, and totally worth reading, as are most open comment threads on mainstream media sites.

In further offseason distractions: Yacht Rock returns! Fuck you, Buffett! Kevin Bacon wants to know if you want a little Me-L-T sandwich, baby!

Damn you, Yacht Rock, for making me want to create a time machine to go get wasted with James Ingram and Michael McDonald.

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I fucking hate Duke basketball. But I also hate Duke football. I’m not some kind of bandwagon hater.

by Herb on Feb 21, 2008 9:27 AM EST reply actions

duke may suck but wxdu remains a bastion of awesome.

by kleph on Feb 21, 2008 9:30 AM EST reply actions

“Ya mo murdered a lot of people out there.”

“They’re not people James Ingram, they’re Jimmy Buffet Fans.”

I’ve waited all my life for someone to agree with me on that… long live Yacht Rock!

by August West on Feb 21, 2008 9:31 AM EST reply actions

Jump back!

by Biggus Rickus on Feb 21, 2008 9:42 AM EST reply actions

Wow, that Terrelle Pryor piece was viciously funny.

by Clem on Feb 21, 2008 9:54 AM EST reply actions

Being from nc, I can tell you why duke gets so much hate, locally at least:

Their entire student body is from New Jersey.

by 3rd on Feb 21, 2008 9:55 AM EST reply actions

O-

I don’t know what you’re getting at with the “comments” comment, but personally I learn more from the comments of blogs and articles than I ever actually learn from articles themselves. I usually see only intelligent and witty banter.

I can’t even type that **** w/ a straight face.

by ThreenOut on Feb 21, 2008 9:58 AM EST reply actions

Just in case anyone in the Oklahoma athletic department is reading, I could get annihilated in a BCS game for a lot less than six million a year. In fact, I’d be willing to do it for $500K and benefits. You know where to reach me.

by Doug on Feb 21, 2008 10:04 AM EST reply actions

Holy shit, was that Jason Lee as Kevin Bacon?

by weagle251 on Feb 21, 2008 10:29 AM EST reply actions

#5,

Duke=Princeton rejects much like

Auburn=UGA rejects

by yo momma's dawg on Feb 21, 2008 10:32 AM EST reply actions

We should also add Stoops’ wife and her Mary Kay pyramid scheme to the grand tally.

Women from the Dust Bowl are lining up for miles to buy her makeup, or sell her makeup, according to this article.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2005-07-22-stoops-success_x.htm

She also has her own website. She looks like the rich man’s version of DickRod’s wife.

DickRod’s wife looks like she owns a majority stake in AquaNet.

by Coop on Feb 21, 2008 10:36 AM EST reply actions

“The Bac wants the Log!”

by Kernel on Feb 21, 2008 10:36 AM EST reply actions

I think it’s tough to argue that someone really “needs” $6 million / year to coach football. On the other hand, as a 18 year season ticketholder in Norman – and that encompasses latter Gibbs years, Schnellenberger and Blake “eras”, I’d rather pay Stoops $6 million to coach my team than Schnell or Blake $0.10.

by HeadThief on Feb 21, 2008 10:38 AM EST reply actions

Footloose really should be re-released as “The Boy Who Dances Away Oppression.” Thanks for the smooth, sir.

by sonofsamford on Feb 21, 2008 10:44 AM EST reply actions

seems like it’s a bad day all around in durham.

http://tinyurl.com/2fkm7p

by kleph on Feb 21, 2008 10:44 AM EST reply actions

Coop, let us not forget BurnLounge.

by Allahver Fist on Feb 21, 2008 10:44 AM EST reply actions

From a guy who’s railed against 80s nostalgia in favor of early-to-mid-nineties nostalgia for years, hats off to the makers of that video. I’d like a still of Jason Lee/Kevin Bacon staring intensely into his hand in the second before the sandwich appears at the end, and a loop of the moment when Kenny Loggins motions to MacDonald and Ingram to “cut foot loose.”

“It’s mellow, but not smooth….kinda shitty…Jimmy Buffett.”

Expertly crafted.

by Hannibal Montegna on Feb 21, 2008 11:00 AM EST reply actions

Just an FYI for those of you that didn’t read the article on Stoops. Its a one-time bonus for his 10 year anniversary at OU. And also keep in mind that through nine years at OU, he has won the Big 12 five times, won one natl title, played in two others and played in every BCS bowl game at least once.

by Nik on Feb 21, 2008 11:05 AM EST reply actions

- not to hate, but sounds like he’s the Bobby Cox of the NCAA. And I say not to hate simply because I would obviously prefer your last 9 years to mine.

by Bama93 on Feb 21, 2008 11:27 AM EST reply actions

Hannibal: I’ve found a disturbing amount of Parrotheadness among my USM-fan friends. Way to buck this trend.

by jakldawg on Feb 21, 2008 11:34 AM EST reply actions

Everyone should note that the Every Three Weekly at UM was founded in part by none other than Bama’s favorite blogger, Brian of Mgoblog.

Carry on.

by your mom on Feb 21, 2008 11:37 AM EST reply actions

that should have included this link:
http://mgoblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/mgofaq.html

Definitive proof, like wikipedia.

by your mom on Feb 21, 2008 11:41 AM EST reply actions

Any of the near-daily Bama – Barner slapfights that erupt on EDSBS are better than the comment thread on Sporting News.

I was entertained by the sheltered young woman who started in on people who spend private school fees to live somewhere as dangerous as Durham. That’s comedy.

by DC Trojan on Feb 21, 2008 11:52 AM EST reply actions

Hey TP isn’t stupid. You stay with Girl (I mean Car) that “brung ya’”. The first of many “extra benefits” that will “just happen” at “the” (university redacted).

by MassDad on Feb 21, 2008 11:55 AM EST reply actions