MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Florida coach Steve Spurrier wrote an angry letter two years ago threatening to report former Alabama coach Mike DuBose to the NCAA for illegal recruiting.

Spurrier's handwritten note to DuBose was included in Alabama's 755-page response Thursday to an array of NCAA charges against the football program.

Spurrier accused Alabama of violating NCAA rules by helping offensive lineman Justin Smiley and linebacker Travis Carroll obtain cars.

"You need to tell (Smiley) that you're full of (offensive line) scholarships or I'm going to turn you and your coaches in," Spurrier wrote in a letter dated Feb. 14, 2000. "You are not going to buy players from me without an investigation of some kind."

Smiley is currently a starter for the Crimson Tide, while Carroll transferred to Florida in 1999.

Spurrier punctuated his letter with two postcripts:

"I've been hearing this ... for the last couple of years now."

"If this is not true what I've been hearing, then you've got nothing to worry about."

Alabama's response said DuBose turned the letter over to compliance director Marie Robbins, who investigated the accusations and submitted her findings to the SEC and Florida.

Spurrier was not immediately available for comment.

Alabama contested the allegations involving Carroll. Smiley's case was not mentioned in the response. Robbins has said the vehicle was bought by Smiley's mother.

The NCAA has accused Alabama of providing Carroll with a 1994 car in the summer of 1999, with the help of then-assistant coach Neil Callaway and without making a down payment or trade-in.

The dealer didn't repossess the vehicle until after Carroll transferred to Florida, according to the NCAA.

Alabama officials countered that the car, bought for $3,600, had 132,637 miles on it and the method of purchase was not extraordinary under the circumstances.

On Thursday, the university offered self-imposed sanctions for 11 major violations and five minor infractions, including the loss of 15 scholarships over three years and cutting ties to three boosters for periods ranging from 5 to 10 years.

The NCAA is expected to impose sanctions in January or February. It can accept or add to Alabama's penalties.