Grab a Brew - don't cost nothin'.

Or perhaps something stronger (as our friend Bluto here has), if you're not a fan of Coach Brewster.  Of course, you all know that Gopher Bandanna Guy IS a fan of Coach Tremendous Brew.  So it comes as no surprise that I am pleased to see that the Pioneer Press has announced that the 'U' and Brew have come to terms on a 2-year contract extension.

This is the right move, in my opinion, since continuity is in order to make any hay at all out of this experiment with Mr. Tim Brewster.  I want to see it through now, for better or worse.  And if Joel Maturi agrees (and he seems to), then extending Brew two more years is the exact right length to do it.  Long enough to keep the recruitment train rolling for another year or two, but not so long as to completely hamstring the athletic department (a la Charlie Weiss at Notre Dame - ok, so maybe it didn't quite hamstring the Golden Domers financially- they just had another alum crack open a money bin like Uncle Scrooge to pay that slob). 

In 2009, Coach Brewster cleared a cool million in compensation, ranking 66th in a list of college football coach salaries.  That puts him 9th in the Big Ten, ahead of Pat Fitzgerald and Bill Lynch, which seems about right (Brew's ranking in salary that is).  MSU's Dantonio at $1.8 million is clearly the highway robber of the Big Ten.  So we're getting Brew relatively cheap on the pay scale of BCS conference coaches (and we should be).  The terms of this extension have not yet been released, but I'd anticipate a modest raise over the duration of the new deal.

So there we have it, the stage is set for 2010. Brew, Horton, Cosgrove and Lee will lead our favorite gridiron Gophs with the promise of stability for a few more years.  Let's hope that is enough to get this team on the upward track.  Now Brew could just find a way to keep Seantrel at home...