Re: College Football Notebook
GEORGIA: The athletic board approved an $800,000 raise for Head football
coach Mark Richt, increasing his annual pay to 2.8 million. Even after the big
raise, Richt is only the fifth-highest paid coach in the Southeastern Con-
ference, behind Alabama's Nick Saban, LSU's Les Miles, Florida's Urban Meyer and Auburn's Tommy Tubberville. The four coaches ahead of Richt
on the salary list each make more than $3 million per year.
Georgia finished 11-2 in 2007 by winning it's final seven games, including
a 41-10 romp over Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl. Georgia is 72-19 with two
SEC championships in seven years under Richt. The Bulldogs have won 10
or more games in five of the last six years and have finished first or tied
for first in SEC East four times.
Georgia returns 15 starters and is expected to be picked among the top
national championship contenders in the 2008 preseason polls.
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