I don’t see BSU offering $3 million and I don’t even seeing Coach Pete asking for that amount. It seems he has been willing to take less on his contract in the past in order to open up more funds for the assistants.

I look for the contract to be lower than expected, but loaded with performance based incentives and clauses. It will be interesting to see the final buyout figure.

 They should at least match what Patterson is getting considering TCU is a smaller school in a fellow mid-major conference.

 I’m sure eventually the $3 million dollar mark can be reached, but the current rate is exceedingly awesome when taking into account how long BSU has been playing Div 1 football and the stadium size.

 I think anyone should be satisfied with a million plus, but if it takes more to keep Pete around then do whatever it takes.

and boost assistant salaries at all costs. I would hate to see Wilcox go. If Harsin leaves, at least we have Pete as the offensive minded coach to keep his system implemented.

Petersen’s success at Boise State is in many ways greater than Patterson’s stretch at TCU, so the case could be made that Coach Pete deserves more than $2.5 million. Is $3 million per year asking too much?

Patterson’s salary comes from a private college. Petersen’s not so much. I already do hear from Vandal fans the injustice of it! (Texas faculty learning from Vandals, now).

Contract negotiations for Coach Pete would probably include not just salary, but assistant coaches salaries, and facility expansion. He’s a class act and will probably never leave Boise until Oregon loses Chip Kelly.

teh “Coach Petersen Ice” gets thinner. At soem point the 0’s at the end of the line have to matter. I agree with the remarks and have hope. maybe the examples of Koetter and Hawkins, and to a lesser extent Nutt, have an impact.

I believe Coach McMackin’s salary is comparable to Coach Petersen’s not because of performance, but because of the high cost of living in Hawaii. (although, I do believe coach McMackin is making a little too much money, based on performance)

in our HD, OC and DC. I wonder how long we can keep harsin and Wilcox.

The only real plausible way to continue raising salaries is to increase seating capacity at Bronco Stadium, or sell naming rights to TDAmeritrade or something. I think Coach Pete deserves every penny he can get, and his record backs that up. Although winning only one bowl game in his tenure sticks in my craw.

well. it was chris peterson, kyle whittingham and bronco mendenhall leading the pack. all these men deserve big raises. mack brown making 5.1 million next year. i don’t think texas could beat tcu this year. btw is it not funny that colt mccoy came out for a playoff once his team was in ncg. hmmmmm nice try colt. sorry about your third place finish in the heisman.lol. kellen moore i believe was number 6 in heisman voting and i think 4 of the guys ahead of him are going to the nfl. boise state should let the country know and gets some hype going for him.

The only way Coach Pete makes what he deserves is if the onus is put on improving the facilities. Not only does expanding the seating of the stadium put more people in front of the Broncos on gameday, but improvng the facilites catches the eye of recruits, and in the same thread, improves the level of play on the field for the consumer.

Coach Pete has said before he would only leave if he saw no improvement for facilities and assisstants in the future. I agree with ElPepeGrande’s sentiment that, once this ball gets rolling don’t be standing in front of it trying to stop it, when you helped push it down the hill in the first place.

I also think moving to another conference would help tremendously in affording the Broncos the opportunity to grow on the field. I think most of us will agree, the WAC is not catching up with Boise State, as much as some like to think it so.

If your team wins, you get 1/2 the opposing coach’s salary, prorated on a per game basis, in addition to your own salary.

Think competiton junkies like Patterson or Petersen would go for that?

Mumme, Tomey, not so much.

I don’t care if it’s $3 million or $30 million, Peterson is worth it. Just pay him enough that he’ll stay for a long time.

Patterson’s contract is a reward for the continued loyalty he’s had for TCU rather than using it as a springboard for bigger jobs, ala his predecessor Coach Fran. While I will certainly agree that Coach Peterson is deserving of a pay raise and his coaching acumen deserves a high rate, I think rating more than Patterson would require a few more years of not flirting with bigger schools.