By most college football programs' guidelines, the Georgia Bulldogs had a fruitful 2023 season. The group wrapped up 13-1 — its solitary misfortune a unimportant three-point overcome — and won its bowl amusement, eviscerating a drained Florida State program by 60 focuses within the Orange Bowl.
The as it were issue is that Georgia has higher benchmarks than perhaps any other group within the nation. That lone loss? It came against SEC equal Alabama within the National Championship Diversion. Since of how other diversions shook out, Georgia dropped from to begin with to 6th within the College Football Playoff rankings.
Groups with the kind of victory Georgia has had do things a bit in an unexpected way, counting how they pay their coaches.
Georgia and head coach Kirby Keen concurred to a 10-year, $130 million contract expansion. It makes Savvy the highest-paid coach in college football and is the primary time a coach has ever gotten $13 million per season.
Smart's unused bargain, which incorporates $1.55 million in rewards, runs through the 2033 season. He was planned to form $10.75 million this year, but the modern compensation will kick in quickly, giving Keen a strong pay increment.
Beneath his observe, the Bulldogs have gone 94-16. Georgia won national championships in 2021 and 2022 additionally come to the title diversion in 2017. Aside from Smart's to begin with season in 2016, the Bulldogs have never misplaced more than two diversions in a season. The Bulldogs too won SEC championships in 2017 and 2022.
With Alabama's Scratch Saban resigning after this year's playoff, college football lost one of its most prominent competitions. Previous Washington coach Kalen DeBoer marked with Alabama and will see to continue the winning convention of Dark red Tide football.
DeBoer's add up to contract is worth around $43 million less than what Shrewd is making, in spite of the fact that not one or the other coach is likely as well concerned around that. They're more centered on getting their programs back to another title amusement. This year was the primary time since the 2018 season that an SEC team didn't win the championship and the primary time since 2014 that the SEC wasn't spoken to at all within the title amusement.
So, whereas Keen is likely satisfied with a record-setting contract, he won't be celebrating for long. Another season lost the College Football Playoff would be a disillusionment.
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