re: Was the BK hire a desperation hire after LR went to USC?

USC fired Helton before we fired O. I wouldn't be surprised if USC beat us to the punch with Riley, considering Riley's actions lead us to believe he has been preparing for the move to L.A. for quite some time now. I can imagine Woodward learned that Riley was open to leaving OU and reached out to inquire, and then Riley's camp let him know that they were already leaving for USC for a bungload of money.

This next part is getting into some tinfoil hat conspiracy stuff, but is there a possibility that Riley's agent and Woodward agreed to put the smokescreen out there that Riley to LSU was in the works, to draw attention away from Riley actually going to USC and also shift attention away from who Woody was really targeting which ended up being Kelly?