News of the day, 11/27

Hey everyone. I'm back for more breathless coverage of Tommy Tuberville's negotiations with athletic director Jay Jacobs. I wish I could broadcast this stuff for you guys because I KNOW it would be the most listened-to program in the state today.

You'll have to settle for a summary. Or maybe not. It depends on what the two parties decide to say afterward.

You don't have to make $4 million to read the HOTTEST Auburn blog on the 'net. It'd be nice, though, if you'd go ahead and leave cash at our doorstep if, let's say, you did make $4 million. You don't need all of that. Really. You don't.

Jacobs and Tuberville spent most of the day talking privately about the coach's plans for the program. The meeting broke up during the late afternoon, around 5, without a resolution. They're going to resume the chat in the morning. No news yet.

One thing I find interesting is the sentiment from some Auburn fans who think Tuberville deserves a raise. Guess what? He's getting a raise. The contract stipulates that he gets an extra $200,000 each year, meaning he'll make $2.6 million next season.

As Press-Register ace Evan Woodbery noted earlier, Tuberville will average $3.1 million per season during the final four years of the contract. That's pretty good money by any standard. Only a few guys -- Saban, Oklahoma's Bob Stoops and Iowa's Kirk Ferentz -- are in the $3 million club right now.

Remember, though, that Pete Carroll and Charlie Weis aren't obligated to reveal terms of their contracts because those schools are private.

God bless Houston Nutt. One day after resigning at Arkansas (with a $3 million buyout), Nutt accepted the job at Ole Miss. Brilliant move on both ends. Nutt is an 8-4 coach now at a program that will appreciate 8-4. And he's rich. The Rebels are about to improve. So everyone wins. Agent Jimmy Sexton also wins. He represents Nutt, Tuberville, Saban ... surely A-Rod in the coming months.

Robert Cade, founder of Gatorade, has died at 80. He and few homies from Florida unintentionally started the whole sports-drink phenomenon in the mid 1960s. It's one of my favorite stories of all time ... that some lab guys, with totally atruistic motives, concocted a drink to make the football players better able to handle exercise. Maybe it's because my dad is a lab guy. I could totally see him doing something like that.