ESPN’s Big 12 Blog is reporting the compensation doled out the Big 12 Athletic Directors.

You might note that Tom Osborne is at the bottom of this pile. By design, I might add. He could make more if more was needed, but more isn’t needed. And few things say “NEBRASKA” louder than that.

T.O. also negotiated the new long-term extension with Bo Pelini without the use of agents or trustee members. ESPN notes that this old-school approach is a marked contrast to most high-level contract negotiations today. Something tells me these two could shake on it and that would be fine.