| Name | Pos | Ht/Wt | Stars | Rank |
| Mike Blakely | RB | 5-9/194 |  | 6 |
| Jacoby Brissett | QB | 6-5/225 | | 3 |
| Clay Burton | DE | 6-3/230 | | 19 |
| Kyle Christy | K | 6-2/175 | | 3 |
| Jeff Driskel | QB | 6-3/225 | | 1 |
| Jabari Gorman | DB | 5-11/170 | | 10 |
| Chris Johnson | DB | 5-10/186 | | 37 |
| Tommy Jordan | OL | 6-5/280 | | 57 |
| Hunter Joyer | RB | 6-0/245 | | 1 |
| A.C. Leonard | TE | 6-2/232 | | 5 |
| Javares McRoy | WR | 5-9/170 | | 28 |
| Louchiez Purifoy | DB | 6-0/170 | | 11 |
| Marcus Roberson | DB | 6-1/170 | | 2 |
| De'Ante Saunders | DB | 6-0/180 | | 27 |
| Valdez Showers | DB | 5-11/181 | | 40 |
| Graham Stewart | LB | 6-1/216 | | 16 |
| Ja'Juan Story | WR | 6-3/190 | | 31 |
| Trip Thurman | OL | 6-6/302 | | 13 |
| Tevin Westbrook | DE | 6-5/260 | | 45 |
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Billy Donovan admits he had some doubts when Florida was picked to win the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division before the season.
The 14th-ranked Gators and their three seniors erased any questions about their potential and showed just how far they've come by beating No. 21 Vanderbilt 86-76 on Saturday night. The win clinched the third outright regular-season SEC championship for Florida and the first since the 2007 team of future NBA stars won the national championship.
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The next thing is the SEC tournament, where the Gators own a first-round bye.
Kenny Boynton scored 17 points, and seniors Chandler Parsons, Alex Tyus and Vernon Macklin each scored 13 points and made key plays down the stretch against Vanderbilt to help the Gators (24-6, 13-3) set a school record for conference wins.
``We don't have three players going in the lottery this year, so it was a totally different team,'' Donovan said. ``This has been really, really as rewarding as any team I've had to coach because of where they've come from, not only from November and December, but where Chandler and Alex and Vern have come from two or three years ago.''
He said those players were immature with no concept of how to become winners when they first got to Florida. In Donovan's 500th game with the Gators, their maturity took over with the game on the line.
Florida pulled away after a technical foul on Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings midway through the second half. That wiped out a potential tie for the Commodores (21-9, 9-7) and gave the Gators a six-point swing.
The loss knocked Vanderbilt out of position for a first-round bye in next week's SEC tournament. The Commodores must now hope that No. 20 Kentucky beats Tennessee on Sunday to help them remain the Eastern Division's No. 3 seed. Vanderbilt, which was led by John Jenkins' 22 points, is 1-11 in season finales under Stallings.
``They played better in every facet than we did, and that's disappointing,'' Stallings said. ``They've just gotten a lot better offensively since the first time we played them. They just sort of took turns and you've got to give them credit. They went at us and they went at us better than we went at them.''
The Commodores had wiped away a 14-point deficit behind a spirited 16-6 run and strong second-half play from Jenkins and Rod Odom, and seemed set to tie the game with 9:19 left. Jenkins appeared to make a layup and draw a blocking foul on Parsons. But a second referee simultaneously called charging on Jenkins and before the officials could confer, Stallings walked about 12 feet onto the court and put his hand on his hips, indicating to the official that his crewmate had called a blocking foul.
The official called a technical foul on Stallings, and Boynton made both shots. Instead of a 56-all tie had Jenkins made his foul shot, the Commodores were down 58-53. The Gators inbounded the ball and Tyus hit a layup to make it 60-53.
Boynton then hit a 3-pointer a minute later to make it 65-54 with 8:05 left and Vanderbilt never seriously threatened again.
``I thought that was a turning point certainly, and for the life of me I didn't think it was a very good call,'' Stallings said. ``I'll have to go back and look at the film to see if I was right or not.''
Parsons thought the referees got the call right and used the play as an example of how committed the players are to the team concept. There are no high draft picks on this team, just winners.
``That's just us making winning plays,'' Parsons said. ``Those are things you can't be taught. Just put your body in the play and making sacrifices for the team.''
It was a whiplash-like momentum shift for the Commodores, one of two in the game, both involving Parsons. They started the first half hot behind Festus Ezeli's nine points in the first 4:59.
The Commodores looked as though they might be pulling away when Brad Tinsley drove the lane and threw down a big dunk over the much taller Parsons to give Vanderbilt its biggest lead with 6:45 left in the first half. The sellout crowd leapt to its feet, but that only seemed to inspire the Gators.
Tinsley's dunk ended a 10-2 run that gave Vanderbilt a 25-18 lead, and Florida answered with a 16-2 spurt to wrest the lead from the Commodores and finished the half by outscoring Vanderbilt 20-12 on the way to a 38-30 lead. It was Vanderbilt's largest halftime deficit at home this season.
``I think that's why they're the league champion, because they understand how to deal with that,'' Stallings said. ``Big deal, a guy dunked. It counts as two points. They've seen that before. Some teams would let that affect them. Their team doesn't. It's why they've been good on the road. It's why they've won close games. They've got poise under pressure.''
The Gators shook off the play at the time, but Chandler expects to hear a lot about it when the party gets rolling in Gainesville.
``Please don't report on Tinsley's dunk,'' Parsons joked. ``I'll see enough of it on SportsCenter.''
2005 trophy. In total, players from 37 different schools have won a Heisman Trophy.
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| School | Coach | Conference | University compensation | Non-university compensation | Total | Maximum bonus |
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| Air Force | Troy Calhoun | MWC | $725,000 | $18,500 | $743,500 | $580,000 |
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| Akron | Rob Ianello | MAC | $375,000 | NA | $375,000 | $155,000 |
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| Alabama | Nick Saban | SEC | $5,166,666 | $830,683 | $5,997,349 | $700,000 |
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| Alabama-Birmingham | Neil Callaway | CUSA | $378,000 | $3,800 | $381,800 | $305,000 |
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| Arizona | Mike Stoops | Pac-10 | $1,100,000 | $285,838 | $1,385,838 | $650,000 |
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| Arizona State | Dennis Erickson | Pac-10 | $1,500,000 | $3,000 | $1,503,000 | $1,800,000 |
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| Arkansas | Bobby Petrino | SEC | $2,700,000 | $13,000 | $2,713,000 | $475,000 |
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| Arkansas State | Steve Roberts | Sun Belt | $140,000 | $83,078 | $223,078 | $0 |
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| Army | Rich Ellerson | Independent | $400,000 | $0 | $400,000 | $550,000 |
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| Auburn | Gene Chizik | SEC | $2,100,000 | $3,500 | $2,103,500 | $1,500,000 |
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| Ball State (4) | Stan Parrish | MAC | $350,000 | $0 | $350,000 | $250,000 |
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| Baylor (3) | Art Briles | Big 12 | $878,315 | NA | $878,315 | NA |
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| Boise State | Chris Petersen | WAC | $1,489,053 | $5,000 | $1,494,053 | $145,000 |
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| Boston College | Frank Spaziani | ACC | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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| Bowling Green | Dave Clawson | MAC | $205,000 | $1,000 | $206,000 | $98,000 |
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| Brigham Young | Bronco Mendenhall | MWC | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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| Buffalo | Jeff Quinn | MAC | $338,000 | NA | $338,000 | $317,500 |
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| California | Jeff Tedford | Pac-10 | $2,300,000 | $5,000 | $2,305,000 | $265,000 |
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| Central Florida | George O'Leary | CUSA | $1,325,754 | $0 | $1,325,754 | $600,000 |
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| Central Michigan | Dan Enos | MAC | $350,000 | NA | $350,000 | $125,500 |
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| Cincinnati | Butch Jones | Big East | $1,100,000 | $1,500 | $1,101,500 | $320,000 |
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| Clemson | Dabo Swinney | ACC | $1,750,000 | $18,500 | $1,768,500 | $694,792 |
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| Colorado (4) | Dan Hawkins | Big 12 | $1,383,903 | $8,000 | $1,391,903 | $985,444 |
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| Colorado State (2) | Steve Fairchild | MWC | $700,000 | NA | $700,000 | $435,000 |
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| Connecticut (2) | Paul Pasqualoni | Big East | $1,550,000 | NA | $1,550,000 | $114,583 |
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| Duke (3) | David Cutcliffe | ACC | $1,581,903 | NA | $1,581,903 | NA |
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| East Carolina | Ruffin McNeill | CUSA | $792,241 | $2,000 | $794,241 | $350,000 |
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| Eastern Michigan | Ron English | MAC | $315,000 | $1,000 | $316,000 | $90,000 |
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| Florida | Will Muschamp | SEC | $3,010,000 | $0 | $3,010,000 | $575,000 |
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| Florida Atlantic | Howard Schnellenberger | Sun Belt | $400,405 | $7,500 | $407,905 | $115,000 |
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| Florida International | Mario Cristobal | Sun Belt | $437,382 | $0 | $437,382 | $50,000 |
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| Florida State | Jimbo Fisher | ACC | $1,800,000 | $4,000 | $1,804,000 | $675,000 |
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| Fresno State | Pat Hill | WAC | $952,499 | $46,810 | $999,309 | $697,167 |
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| Georgia | Mark Richt | SEC | $2,811,340 | $126,400 | $2,937,740 | $600,000 |
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| Georgia Tech | Paul Johnson | ACC | $2,300,000 | $0 | $2,300,000 | $1,125,000 |
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| Hawaii | Greg McMackin | WAC | $1,100,004 | $13,000 | $1,113,004 | $160,000 |
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| Houston | Kevin Sumlin | CUSA | $1,000,000 | $0 | $1,000,000 | $500,000 |
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| Idaho | Robb Akey | WAC | $355,797 | $7,390 | $363,187 | $158,262 |
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| Illinois | Ron Zook | Big Ten | $1,505,000 | $3,500 | $1,508,500 | $52,650 |
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| Indiana (2, 4) | Bill Lynch | Big Ten | $650,000 | NA | $650,000 | $450,000 |
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| Iowa | Kirk Ferentz | Big Ten | $3,775,000 | $6,000 | $3,781,000 | $1,750,000 |
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| Iowa State | Paul Rhoads | Big 12 | $1,050,000 | $1,145 | $1,051,145 | $1,550,000 |
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| Kansas | Turner Gill | Big 12 | $2,100,000 | $1,200 | $2,101,200 | $419,158 |
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| Kansas State | Bill Snyder | Big 12 | $1,875,000 | $0 | $1,875,000 | $455,000 |
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| Kent State (4) | Doug Martin | MAC | $190,000 | $0 | $190,000 | $91,500 |
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| Kentucky | Joker Phillips | SEC | $1,700,000 | $6,600 | $1,706,600 | $1,105,000 |
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| Louisiana Tech | Sonny Dykes | WAC | $450,000 | NA | $450,000 | $310,000 |
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| Louisiana-Lafayette (4) | Rickey Bustle | Sun Belt | $225,000 | $1,000 | $226,000 | $47,500 |
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| Louisiana-Monroe | Todd Berry | Sun Belt | $215,000 | NA | $215,000 | $62,500 |
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| Louisville | Charlie Strong | Big East | $1,600,000 | $0 | $1,600,000 | $633,333 |
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| LSU | Les Miles | SEC | $3,751,000 | $154,000 | $3,905,000 | $400,000 |
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| Marshall | Doc Holliday | CUSA | $600,000 | $17,750 | $617,750 | $80,000 |
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| Maryland | Randy Edsall | ACC | $2,036,306 | $7,000 | $2,043,306 | $737,232 |
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| Memphis | Larry Porter | CUSA | $750,000 | $0 | $750,000 | $190,000 |
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| Miami (Fla.) (4) | Al Golden | ACC | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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| Miami (Ohio) | Mike Haywood | MAC | $300,000 | $0 | $300,000 | $296,496 |
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| Michigan | Brady Hoke | Big Ten | $2,515,180 | $10,100 | $2,525,280 | $300,000 |
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| Michigan State | Mark Dantonio | Big Ten | $1,796,700 | $0 | $1,796,700 | $660,000 |
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| Middle Tennessee | Rick Stockstill | Sun Belt | $488,955 | $2,625 | $491,580 | $111,000 |
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| Minnesota (2, 4) | Tim Brewster | Big Ten | $808,000 | NA | $808,000 | $1,050,000 |
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| Mississippi | Houston Nutt | SEC | $2,500,000 | $9,000 | $2,509,000 | NA |
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| Mississippi State | Dan Mullen | SEC | $1,200,000 | $8,295 | $1,208,295 | NA |
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| Missouri | Gary Pinkel | Big 12 | $2,550,000 | $0 | $2,550,000 | $850,000 |
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| Navy (3) | Ken Niumatalolo | Independent | $926,434 | NA | $926,434 | NA |
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| Nebraska (2) | Bo Pelini | Big 12 | $2,100,000 | NA | $2,100,000 | $550,000 |
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| Nevada | Chris Ault | WAC | $443,093 | $0 | $443,093 | $30,000 |
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| Nevada-Las Vegas | Bobby Hauck | MWC | $500,000 | $2,500 | $502,500 | $140,000 |
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| New Mexico | Mike Locksley | MWC | $750,000 | $0 | $750,000 | $265,000 |
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| New Mexico State | DeWayne Walker | WAC | $375,000 | $0 | $375,000 | $185,000 |
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| North Carolina (2) | Butch Davis | ACC | $1,752,000 | NA | $1,752,000 | $105,000 |
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| North Carolina State | Tom O'Brien | ACC | $632,950 | $887,500 | $1,520,450 | $750,000 |
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| North Texas (4) | Todd Dodge | Sun Belt | $289,161 | $0 | $289,161 | $101,000 |
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| Northern Illinois | Jerry Kill | MAC | $346,812 | $1,000 | $347,812 | $205,000 |
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| Northwestern | Pat Fitzgerald | Big Ten | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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| Notre Dame | Brian Kelly | Independent | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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| Ohio | Frank Solich | MAC | $458,300 | $2,500 | $460,800 | $288,325 |
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| Ohio State | Jim Tressel | Big Ten | $3,512,000 | $376,389 | $3,888,389 | $450,000 |
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| Oklahoma | Bob Stoops | Big 12 | $4,275,000 | $100,000 | $4,375,000 | $819,500 |
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| Oklahoma State (2) | Mike Gundy | Big 12 | $1,925,000 | NA | $1,925,000 | $500,000 |
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| Oregon (2) | Chip Kelly | Pac-10 | $2,400,000 | NA | $2,400,000 | $885,000 |
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| Oregon State (2) | Mike Riley | Pac-10 | $1,110,000 | NA | $1,110,000 | $360,000 |
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| Penn State (1, 2, 3) | Joe Paterno | Big Ten | $1,109,977 | NA | $1,109,977 | NA |
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| Pittsburgh (1, 2, 3, 4) | Todd Graham | Big East | $1,010,873 | NA | $1,010,873 | NA |
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| Purdue (2) | Danny Hope | Big Ten | $900,000 | NA | $900,000 | $637,250 |
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| Rice (3) | David Bailiff | CUSA | $487,340 | NA | $487,340 | NA |
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| Rutgers | Greg Schiano | Big East | $1,895,000 | $105,932 | $2,000,932 | $630,000 |
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| San Diego State | Brady Hoke | MWC | $675,000 | $0 | $675,000 | $700,000 |
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| San Jose State | Mike MacIntyre | WAC | $401,820 | $2,000 | $403,820 | $300,835 |
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| South Carolina | Steve Spurrier | SEC | $2,000,000 | $32,500 | $2,032,500 | $1,000,000 |
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| South Florida | Skip Holtz | Big East | $1,700,000 | NA | $1,700,000 | $350,000 |
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| Southern California | Lane Kiffin | Pac-10 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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| Southern Methodist (3) | June Jones | CUSA | $2,142,056 | NA | $2,142,056 | NA |
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| Southern Mississippi | Larry Fedora | CUSA | $685,000 | $19,500 | $704,500 | $165,000 |
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| Stanford | David Shaw | Pac-10 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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| Syracuse | Doug Marrone | Big East | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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| Temple (1, 2) | Steve Addazio | MAC | $513,867 | NA | $513,867 | NA |
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| Tennessee | Derek Dooley | SEC | $2,118,391 | $3,000 | $2,121,391 | $475,000 |
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| Texas | Mack Brown | Big 12 | $5,100,000 | $61,500 | $5,161,500 | $850,000 |
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| Texas A&M | Mike Sherman | Big 12 | $1,800,000 | $1,000 | $1,801,000 | $350,000 |
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| Texas Christian (3) | Gary Patterson | MWC | $1,642,089 | NA | $1,642,089 | NA |
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| Texas Tech | Tommy Tuberville | Big 12 | $1,500,000 | $9,000 | $1,509,000 | $1,025,000 |
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| Texas-El Paso | Mike Price | CUSA | $383,346 | $11,500 | $394,846 | $320,853 |
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| Toledo | Tim Beckman | MAC | $370,000 | $0 | $370,000 | $256,000 |
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| Troy | Larry Blakeney | Sun Belt | $355,000 | $1,000 | $356,000 | $75,000 |
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| Tulane | Bob Toledo | CUSA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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| Tulsa (3) | Todd Graham | CUSA | $804,253 | NA | $804,253 | NA |
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| UCLA | Rick Neuheisel | Pac-10 | $1,250,000 | $26,000 | $1,276,000 | $500,000 |
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| Utah (2) | Kyle Whittingham | MWC | $1,175,000 | NA | $1,175,000 | $485,000 |
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| Utah State | Gary Andersen | WAC | $352,400 | $2,000 | $354,400 | $45,000 |
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| Vanderbilt (4) | Robbie Caldwell | SEC | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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| Virginia | Mike London | ACC | $1,780,000 | NA | $1,780,000 | $715,000 |
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| Virginia Tech | Frank Beamer | ACC | $2,043,000 | $85,000 | $2,128,000 | $407,500 |
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| Wake Forest (3) | Jim Grobe | ACC | $2,939,475 | NA | $2,939,475 | NA |
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| Washington | Steve Sarkisian | Pac-10 | $1,850,004 | $0 | $1,850,004 | $1,500,000 |
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| Washington State | Paul Wulff | Pac-10 | $600,000 | $650 | $600,650 | $220,000 |
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| West Virginia | Bill Stewart | Big East | $903,000 | $30,000 | $933,000 | $590,000 |
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| Western Kentucky | Willie Taggart | Sun Belt | $225,000 | NA | $225,000 | $144,750 |
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| Western Michigan | Bill Cubit | MAC | $375,000 | $2,000 | $377,000 | $251,500 |
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| Wisconsin | Bret Bielema | Big Ten | $1,700,000 | $81,759 | $1,781,759 | $350,000 |
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| Wyoming (2) | Dave Christensen | MWC | $861,000 | NA | $861,000 | $260,000 |
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Right, and following a hard-fought win by your Gators, your classy coach took the high road?
ReplyDeleteYou know what, I concede that. After that hard fought game on both sides nothing else needed to be said. Coach Meyer shouldn't have gone their. I think all of us as fans are tired of it now and just want to move on. But, when I saw this I was upset. Reaves didn't have that to do since he grew up around the program. Was able to get a job in college football because of his ties to the program. And, that move was just not right. And, as you know his name is mud in SC. Why rip a sign down in the Swamp?
ReplyDeleteIm so tired of the rhetoric that you Florida Gators Spew out of your mouth. You want everyone to respect the Florida program, you want us to regard them as a classy program. There is no such thing as a classy program, especially given all the ghetto hoods on your team. You coming to there defense must make you a ghetto chick. Kentucky will Rise Again (you know what I mean)and it will begin by us stomping a mudd hole in your Gators A$$
ReplyDeleteUh, don't think that was Reaves, that was a trainer, Jason McViegh... Get your facts straight before you start trashing people.
ReplyDeleteTypical Gators....
When Coach Meyer dreams at night it is of Touchdown Jesus... and that make me giggle like a Gator Princess; your little mini dynasty is coming to screaming halt...unless Tebow finds a circumcision clause for a fifth year of eligibility.
ReplyDeleteArrogance--afeeling of too great pride or confidence that makes one act as though he/she is better than others:haughtiness--acurate description of Flordia, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteYou know I am going to take the high road here. But, let me just say...in order for any of us to have great success...not talking about medocrity, but real success. Some arrogance has to come along with. That feeling that your way is the best way. It's definitely gotten me the dream position that I have now. But, more than anything Meyer brought that to UF and has been able to back it up.
ReplyDeleteKiffin brought that to UT. Now the jury is still out but, as a true College Football Fan you have to give his strategy and results against Florida some credit.
I am the worlds worst homer when it comes to my team as I am sure you are to yours. But, there are some things you just have to appreciate. For example, Eric Berry, the play of Norwood last night against Ole Miss....and yes, what Urban has been able to do at Florida. You call it arrogance and i do to. But, doesn't success breed that?