Less than a year ago, I was sitting in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, watching the Florida Gators play Oklahoma.
How can it not be now be when the rewards of success are so high?
Don’t believe that at all - it’s definitely about the money. They all say they do it for love and it’s not about the money. Tucker found out Saturday what all elite coaches know: When you are being paid like that, your rivals are going to aggressively come for you. The ending will always change from how it looks right now. Remember you always have to look at things like this like a movie, not like a picture. They are not yet on the level of Ohio State. The Spartan administration did what they had to do to secure their future, and it was the right move. Tucker is ahead of schedule in his rebuild of Michigan State. What does this mean for Tucker and his Michigan State contract? Absolutely nothing at all. Then the Ohio State Buckeyes showed up and completely dominated the Spartans in an old-fashioned beatdown. All seemed well in East Lansing as Michigan State looked to prove they are now a major player in college football. With LSU and other jobs seemingly having their eyes on Tucker, we all knew that Michigan State would make an offer with the way the Spartans have been playing. That would make him the highest paid African-American head coach in all of sports. News broke last week of Michigan State head football coach Mel Tucker on the verge of inking a groundbreaking 10-year, $95 million contract extension. “I don’t know what they want from me, it’s like the more money we come across the more problems we see.” - P Diddy (Photo: Joseph Maiorana, USA TODAY Sports)