Missed field goal could cost Georgia coaches plenty

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Missed field goal could cost Georgia coaches plenty

By Marc Weiszer | marc.weiszer@onlineathens.com | Story updated at 11:16 PM on Monday, November 19, 2007

A PGA golfer can cash in or lose out on hundreds of thousands of dollars on a putt at the 18th hole on Sundays.

It could turn out that Vanderbilt kicker Bryant Hahnfeldt's 49-yard missed field goal against Tennessee in the final minute this past Saturday could keep Georgia's assistant coaches from collecting a total of nearly $100,000.

That's the bonus money they would have received if Hahnfeldt's kick went through the uprights instead of barely missing in a 25-24 Vanderbilt loss. A Tennessee loss would have clinched a trip to the SEC title game for Georgia.

Georgia's nine assistants each get a bonus worth six percent of their base salary for reaching the SEC title game, according to their contracts. That ranges from as much as $13,200 to at least $8,500.

They still will collect that $98,619 total if Kentucky beats Tennessee this Saturday, which would send Georgia to the conference title game Dec. 1 against LSU. An SEC title would increase the bonus to 10 percent of their base salaries.

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