It was a year of 10,000 stories in and around college football in 2015. There were great plays made by great players, and there were plenty of magical and emotional moments to keep us entertained.

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We’re culling the list down to the 50 best stories of the year. Here are stories 10 through 6:

10. Jim McElwain chews out RB Kelvin Taylor

Jim McElwain rode into Gainesville this season knowing that he needed to make changes, both with how the Gators played inside the white lines and how they acted outside the lines.

So when running back Kelvin Taylor scored a touchdown in Week 2 and then celebrated by using the banned throat-slash gesture, McElwain went nuts when Taylor returned to the sideline. Here’s the audio, although you may need some ear muffs if there are children around:

It didn’t matter than Taylor was the son of former all-time great Fred Taylor. McElwain was going to have none of it.

Twitter reaction, of course, was off the charts.

The two patched things up quickly. Taylor apologized and admitted his coach was right. Taylor went on to have a good year, gaining 985 yards on the ground and another 150 through the air, scoring 13 touchdowns. He’s already decided to turn pro.

Even his father, NFL veteran Fred Taylor, didn’t make a huge deal of the blow-up. He admitted to doing the throat-slash himself during his career, but he also understands coaching.

9. The curious journey of Will Muschamp

It’s been an interesting 12 months for Will Muschamp. He’s angered fan bases at two SEC schools (Florida and Auburn) and now he’s working on a third (South Carolina).

Fired at Florida after going just 28-21 after replacing Urban Meyer, Muschamp couldn’t get out of Gainesville quick enough. Florida fans couldn’t stand the team’s offensive ineptitude or the lack of even looking like a program close to contending for titles.

“I was given every opportunity to get it done here and I simply didn’t win enough games — that is the bottom line,” Muschamp said when he was fired in mid-November of 2014. “I’m disappointed that I didn’t get it done and it is my responsibility to get it done.”

He wasn’t out of work for long. Gus Malzahn scooped him up quickly, getting him to return to Auburn as defensive coordinator. It was supposed to be a perfect combination – Gus/Champ – that was supposed to produce huge results at Auburn.

He got to recruiting quickly after getting hired at Auburn and really angered the Florida fan base even more when he started stealing recruits, most notably Byron Cowart from suburban Tampa, Fla., the No. 1 overall player in the country, and top linebacker Jeffrey Holland. Both were Florida leans until Muschamp was fired, and then they followed him to Auburn.

But the year at Auburn turned out to be a disaster. There just wasn’t enough talent on that side of the ball and the Tigers struggled, going from No. 6 in the country to finishing with a 6-6 record. The Auburn faithful really gave it to Muschamp all season long but then still got mad when he left to take the South Carolina job.

It was an odd hire, to be honest. Muschamp was a failure at Florida, no question about it. And if he couldn’t win there, can he win at South Carolina? Many experts doubt it.

Muschamp is well liked with the people he works with. Even Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley didn’t dispute that, even on the day he fired him.

“He will be missed by everyone in our athletic department – from the people that worked in his office to the people that painted the fields,” Foley said. “Will knew everyone and they knew him and everyone in the building loved working with him. Will is as fine a man as you will ever meet.”

Now he’ll have to prove it in Columbia. For many, they are very pessimistic that this is going to work.

8. Arkansas’ unbelievable fourth-and-25 conversion

It looked like Arkansas was going to wind up on the wrong end of its wild shootout with Ole Miss back on Nov. 7. The great game had been tied at 45 through regulation but Ole Miss had scored first in overtime and the Razorbacks were looking at a fourth-and-25 from the 40-yard line.

That’s desparate.

But QB Brandon Allen hit TE Hunter Henry with a pass in the right flat. Once he was clear he couldn’t make a first down, he lateraled the ball backward and RB Alex Collins took off down the left side.

He weaved through several Ole Miss defenders and made the first down. Two plays later, Arkansas scored a TD, then went for two and got it, winning 53-52.

“If I had been in Henry’s position, I wouldn’t have thought of it,” Collins said. “Next thing I knew the ball was in the sky, it landed in my hands, and I ran for my life.”

Arkansas coach Bret Bielema called it “divine intervention.”

Ole Miss had other words for it. The loss basically cost them a trip to Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game. Since they’ve never been, this improbably fourth-down conversion will hurt forever.

7. Nick Chubb’s horrific knee injury

Nick Chubb quickly made a name for himself at Georgia in 2014 when All-American RB Todd Gurley tore his ACL and Chubb came in and never missed a beat. He gained 1,547 yards and rushed for more than 100 in seven straight games.

He was a Heisman candidate coming into 2015 but suffered a horrible knee injury on Oct. 10 on his first carry against Tennessee. This from a guy who had gained 747 yards in his first five games of the season.

It’s tough to watch.

Chubb wound up tearing several ligaments in his knee. He had surgery two weeks later and is expected to make a full recovery.

Chubb, just a sophomore, is expected to be at full strength when the 2016 season starts. He has, thankfully, a good role model in his former teammate Gurley. A first-round pick of the St. Louis Rams, Gurley has rushed for 1,023 yards already this season with two games remaining.

There’s hope for a bright future. That Heisman chase? It just might have to wait a year.

6. Dak Prescott attacked on spring break

Legendary Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott went to Panama City Beach, Fla., for spring break with a few teammates, looking to relax a bit and listen to some music.

But one afternoon in a parking lot, Prescott and two teammates were attacked by a group of at least 10 men. Videos show Prescott being punched and kicked in the head. He was cut in several places and was so woozy he could barely stand up after the beating.

The videos are disturbing and be forewarned there’s some bad language. But they are worth seeing.

Prescott returned to Starkville and wasn’t injured. He played all season without any troubles, but it was enough to scare every Bulldog fan when it happened.

He does have a one-inch scar near his right eye, one that will be a daily reminder of what happened, and the price of fame.

“I get to wake up and look in the mirror to that every day and I’m not ashamed of it,” Prescott said during the summer at the 2015 SEC Media Days.

“I hope other athletes across the country noticed, saw (the attack) and are learning from it as well. But we live in a different time of day. Everybody wants to be successful. Some are jealous of the ones who are successful and do what it takes to take them down or to be maybe be successful themselves.”