Drop Dead Redux

Stephen Tsai and Ferd Lewis talk to Herman Frazier regarding the mythical 13th game and future schedules.

University of Hawai'i athletic director Herman Frazier extended to tomorrow the deadline to secure a 13th football game for 2007.

He also set a December deadline to finalize the UH football schedules through the 2011 season.

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He acknowledged the offers have different values. The offer to the BCS team is in the ballpark of $700,000, a package that includes coverage on an ESPN channel and some financial considerations from a participating conference.

"It is more money than many teams would receive even for an appearance in a bowl game," Frazier said. "We've had some astronomical numbers out there."

The offer to the non-BCS team, Frazier said, "won't be that much."

The Advertiser's Leila Wai also has video of Herman answering some questions regarding the schedule, among other things.

Dave Reardon also follows up on yesterday's schedule story and writes that June Jones' contract renewal is being worked on.

Work has begun on a proposal for Jones' next contract, Frazier said.

"I've already seen a draft of it," the athletic director said. "I think we'll start out with it (being) a multi-year contract and go from there."

When asked for more details, Frazier said, "That's a conversation I'll have with the coach."

It is conceivable that a new contract for Jones could be in place by the start of the season Sept. 1. But if it isn't done, negotiations could continue into 2008.

"Some people don't want to negotiate while the season's going on," Frazier said.

I think it should be worth more than Chris Peterson's contract, if only to outrage the Boise fans. Hee hee.