Coach Tommy Tuberville and Auburn have agreed in principle to a contract extension, but major contract issues must still be resolved, according to a report in The Birmingham News.
Tuberville and athletic director Jay Jacobs met Tuesday and possibly could have had the remaining contract issues resolved as early as Wednesday, a source told The News. Tuberville's name had been mentioned prominently in various reports over the past several weeks as a possible successor to Dennis Franchione at Texas A&M, but he indicated last week he planned to remain at Auburn. He said Monday's meeting with Jacobs would "just be talking about the season.'' It's standard practice at Auburn for coaches to meet with the AD and university president Jay Gogue after each season. "The president will evaluate our performance and what we did and how we did it and what he thinks,'' said Tuberville, whose contract pays him $2.8 million next season and runs through 2011. "I'll make some recommendations and we'll go from there.'' Signed in 2005, Tuberville's deal includes a $6 million buyout for perspective suitors, a clause Jacobs said Saturday night he believed to be "ironclad.'' If the contract is changed, Tuberville said it would probably be close to a month before it is completed and made public. "There's a process that you have to go through,'' he said. Tuberville and the Tigers survived an up-and-down season that began with a 1-2 start and now appears destined to end in either the Chik-fil-A Bowl or the Outback Bowl. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.Source: ESPN.com
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