San Diego State’s economical 19-13 win on the blue turf Saturday afternoon at Boise State comes with the added value of green.
As part of a USA Today annual ranking of the major college football coaches’ best-to-worse in financial compensation that came out this week, the Aztecs’ 68-year-old Rocky Long was listed as the “best bargain” for his middle-of-the-road Mountain West salary of $873,576, compared to “a minuscule” buyout of $447,412.
USA Today says the deal “is affordable, the results are consistently superb – and that combination will keep Long on this list for the foreseeable future.