- ESPN's Brian Bennett posted a great article here on Thursday about how Notre Dame played the toughest schedule in 2010 per NCAA. However, if you read ND From the Bleachers often, you would have already heard about this here.
- Kicker David Ruffer lost out on his bid for the Lou Groza Award on Thursday night at the Home Depot College Football Awards ceremony. Kicker Dan Bailey from Oklahoma State was the winner. This result will only further agonize Brian Kelly over his decision to throw for the endzone against Tulsa.
- USA Today recently released the 2010 compensation for FBS head coaches. Note: Not all schools reported including Notre Dame. Nonetheless, the highest paid coach in America is...Alabama's Nick Saban at $6 million a season. The next five are:
Bob Stoops - $4.4
Urban Meyer - $4
Jim Tressel - $3.9
Les Miles - $3.9
*All six won at least one National Championship in the 2000s
SALARY RANGE BREAKDOWN
+$3 million - 8 coaches
$2.9 - $2.0 - 16 coaches
$1.9 - $1.0 - 35 coaches
$.9 - $.5 - 18 coaches
-$500,000 - 31 coaches
MOST OVERPAID
Jim Grobe - Wake Forest - $3 million
June Jones - SMU - $2.1 million
BEST BARGAINS
Chris Ault - Nevada - $443,000
Mike Haywood - Miami (OH) - $300,000
2010 NC COACHES
Gene Chizik - Auburn - $2.1 million
Chip Kelly - Oregon - $2.4 million
- The least paid coach in America was Doug Martin at Kent State at the super clearance rate of $190,000. Since Martin's firing, a few replacement names have surfaced including Notre Dame Running Backs Coach Tony Alford and Notre Dame Defensive Backs Coach Chuck Martin.
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