This is the Friday Starter — here to remind you that you've nearly made it, that two days of freedom are just around the corner. Pat yourself on the back, because you deserve it. Seriously. Just look at the madness you survived this week.
Retired Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel will make $350,000 annually as a fundraiser and ambassador for the athletics department over the next two years.
That's good work, if you can get it.
Some perspective:
Paul Haynes, the head football coach at Pinkel's alma mater, Kent State, made $392,350 in 2015.