The University of Florida board promised Meyer a $2 million raise if his Gators won the national title. After Florida failed against Alabama, Meyer went to the board and demanded the raise, arguing that the Gators’ winning streak over two seasons qualified him for the raise. The board disagreed.

Meyer was also furious that Notre Dame did not court him more ardently through the media or meet his demands for a 10-year, $60 million contract with a clause that would always pay him $2 million more than any Division I coach in the country. Meyer had told friends that resurrecting Notre Dame, as he had saved Florida, would make him a coaching legend amid the likes of Bear Bryant, Joe Paterno, and his beloved Knute Rockne. He wanted that job in South Bend desperately, but Notre Dame’s board and boosters failed to meet his financial and power demands.

Meyer was also livid that his staff had not been able to recruit a quarterback to replace Tim Tebow. Meyer, a devout Born Again like Tebow, had demanded for two years that his staff bring him another “chosen one” with the football skills, religious background, and looks to be the All-American boy like Tebow. Meyer had grown furious with his coaches, cursing at them for failing to land another Tebow.

Before Meyer stepped down from Florida, he reached out to land a studio deal with George Bodenheimer at ESPN. Bodenheimer, delighted by the news, has agreed to fire Lou Holtz, who Meyer despises from his early days in coaching, and give Meyer Holtz’s studio seat and an expanded role at the network. Meyer signed a lucrative deal with ESPN to make up some of the money he’s losing by dumping Florida.

Look for Meyer to angle for the top jobs at Michigan (he’d love to force out Rich Rodriguez, another sworn enemy), Texas (Mack Brown’s about to retire), and Nebraska (which has Oklahoma on the schedule and an easy path to the Big 12 title game annually).

Also, Meyer, on the advise of religious advisers, has also considered a possible political run, potentially for the U.S. Senate seat in Florida against Charlie Crist. Meyer has vowed to bring his Born Again religious views and scorn for the First Amendment and President Obama to Washington, D.C. Meyer also sees a great opportunity to shape the BCS debate in Congress in his image and, much like Billy Tauzin of PhRma, to make a fortune from a career in Congress.