This is the time of year when college football head coaches' bonuses and other incentives flow quickly and from many directions.
In the past week alone, money has been secured for this season from teams becoming eligible for bowl games, clinching appearances in conference championship games, and reaching benchmarks for overall wins or conference wins.
Altogether across public schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision, it comes to a total more than $5.5 million in one-time payments due in the coming months and more than $17 million in commitments for later years.
That's with the final week of the regular season coming up, and numerous big-dollar bonus amounts available, along several more potential automatic contract extensions.