http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...te-cyclones-agree-10-year-20-million-contract
It looks like it was right after the 2011 season and before their bowl game that year. His record at that point would have been 18-19 overall and 9-16 in the Big 12. The extension put his buyout at $7.5M and would decrease $750K each year.
Based on that extension and what he had accomplished at ISU, I find it hard any any ISU fan to mock Fran's extension.
18-19 at that time after 3 years was promising. It's not like it was year 8. Hell what was Campbell's record when he just got extended? Do you think that was dumb of Pollard?