Illinois went 4- 8 this season. They gave up 63 points 3 times and 50 plus twice(Purdue scored 46 against them). Lovie Smith is 9-27 in 3 seasons, and has 3 seasons remaining on his contract.
And they gave him a 2 year extension.
His buyout was 12 million and apparently the school did not want to pay that. So they decided to
pretend the program was heading in the right direction and rewarded him with the extension(I'll bet a lot of recruits fall for that trick). The details of the extension are not yet available but a Columnist that follows the Illini believe it most likely did not increase the buyout, which decreases by $4MM every year he is there.
Correction to post. I incorrectly posted USF lost to Illinois earlier. The actually won that game. My Bad.
And they gave him a 2 year extension.
His buyout was 12 million and apparently the school did not want to pay that. So they decided to
pretend the program was heading in the right direction and rewarded him with the extension(I'll bet a lot of recruits fall for that trick). The details of the extension are not yet available but a Columnist that follows the Illini believe it most likely did not increase the buyout, which decreases by $4MM every year he is there.
Correction to post. I incorrectly posted USF lost to Illinois earlier. The actually won that game. My Bad.
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