Earlier today, I reported on a story involving UCLA’s coaches and their salaries. Both head football coach Rick Neuheisel and the school’s basketball coach have volunteered to reduce their salaries to help relieve the state and school budget. Like many major college football coaches, Neuheisel makes over a million, plus gets bonuses for doing well.
But there are many coaches who make even more. It’s no surprise that USC’s Pete Carrol tops the list, making a base salary of $4.4 million. Here’s the rest of the top ten:

Pete Carrol, USC, $4.4 million
Charlie Weis, Notre Dame, $4.2 million
Nick Saban, Alabama, $3.9 million
Bob …read more

After a few weeks of keeping fans on the edges of their seats, Ryan Mallet has chosen his new home – Arkansas. Smart move? Maybe. Arkansas will, in all likelihood, be a program where he’ll get to play after sitting out the required year, unless an amazing freshman recruit joins the team (and even then, it will be a battle who to start). The current starting QB is a rising senior.
The downside is, of course, that he’ll have to play under that snake Bobby Petrino. However, career-wise, this isn’t a bad move. Mallet is a pro-style QB and Petrino is …read more