Stoops could see big pay day with national championship win...

Stoops' recently renegotiated contract guarantees the coach $1.4 million a year, but a host of incentives could push that up to $1.957 million per year.

One of those incentives guarantees the coach $100,000 for appearing in the national title game. He'll get another $150,000 if Oklahoma wins it.

But Stoops said he is ``not very much aware'' of the incentives and that he planned to share some of the rewards from his contract with assistant coaches.

``I don't pay any attention to them (incentives), to be honest,'' he said.

The contract, approved by the OU Board of Regents on Oct. 31, is the third richest among college coaches, behind Florida's Steve Spurrier ($2.1 million) and Florida State's Bobby Bowden ($1.5 million), said OU athletic director Joe Castiglione.

Castiglione said he has not evaluated Texas coach Mack Brown's recent raise to a reported $1.45 million.

Stoops' deal features a $200,000 base salary, $600,000 for personal services including television, radio and endorsement appearances, speaking engagements and other consulting agreements.

He gets an additional $600,000 for appearances and speaking engagements on behalf of OU unrelated to athletics. The coach also received a $200,000 signing bonus and is compensated for summer football camps.

The contract also provides two automobiles and insurance, membership and monthly dues at an area golf course and 20 football tickets.

Other incentives include an almost certain $50,000 if the Sooners finish among the Top 10 teams in the final BCS rankings.

Stoops also gets a $10,000 bonus if his team has a graduation rate of 70 percent or better, though that would be based on NCAA figures and wouldn't kick in for several years.

Castiglione said Stoops' deal is worthy of the value Stoops brings to the school's football program.

``He's a complete package, and we recognize that,'' Castiglione said of Stoops. ``That's why we've provided what we believe to be the complete package.''