EDITOR\'S NOTE: On Dec. 12, 2002, Jim Leavitt signed a new five-year contract with a total base salary worth $2.4 million. The salary escalates from $407,173 in 2003 to $596,143 in 2007, the final year of the contract. Leavitt had been under contract through 2005. In addition to base salary, the new contract includes a $25,000 annual annuity and television/radio money that escalates from $40,000 to $50,000 over the course of the five years. With a base salary of $140,000, South Florida\'s Jim Leavitt may in fact be the best bargain in college football, but one thing is for certain he is no longer a secret. The University of South Florida had better ante up soon because Leavitt is on the national radar screen and other schools are eyeing him closely. After leading his Bulls to an unprecedented 8-3 record during their first campaign through the minefield of Division I-A football, several
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