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

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, LSU Coach Les Miles has kicked would-be start quarterback Ryan Perrilloux off of the team for good.
Thank god.
Seriously, that kid was nothing but trouble. The Tigers will be much more able to focus without his never-ending antics off the field, which have resulted in not only team violations, but also academic failure and problems with the law. His latest (and final) dismissal comes after he tested positive in a team drug screening.
And while I’d love to sit here and make fun of the guy and tell him what a dumbass he is …read more

Early today, ESPN (as well as a number of other news services) reported that Les Miles would be heading to Michigan, leaving his LSU tigers to coach at his alma mater. Who gave that first “official” word? *shrug* Dunno, but they were wrong.

Smart move. SMART. Since taklking about it early this week, I’ve thought a lot about the pros and cons for Miles to leave to coach the Wolverines. And you know what? I think staying at LSU will be the best move of his career. I love Michigan (well, love them like one Big Ten team fan loves another …read more

No big surprise here – Michigan is after LSU’s Head Coach Les Miles to replace Coach Lloyd Carr, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Athletic director Bill Martin has officially requested permission to talk to Miles about the opportunity, which has been granted on one condition – that they wait until after the SEC championship game against Tennessee on Saturday.
Miles attended school and played at Michigan under the legendary Bo Schembechler, and it’s been no secret that Michigan is interested. Is Miles? Probably. He has done a great job dancing around questions about the position, but he hasn’t denied …read more