Lincoln Riley - Its right in front of us

Mysterious day away from practice
Lots of rumblings
No strong denial
No raise/ contract extension
Timing of which matches up to ESTABLISHED insiders info
No BS leaks
No big denial press conference after "8ys 96M" story breaks
Big smoke with Jimbo to distract at the time of them first talking
Big smoke immediately after "ink is dry" "we've harpooned a whale" posts are made
Insiders have now gone quiet or are carrying water (either knowingly or unknowingly) to distract until he can be announced
No Aranda contact, No Napier contact, No serious discussions
Stories breaking about this list or that list, none seem to line up or make sense....and NONE have Riley any more

Lincoln Riley is the next LSU football coach

Either Woodward is getting turned down and not chasing anyone effectively, or he has his guy
Same thing happened with Mulkey
Whats SW's record / history with coaching hires?

Early possibles are getting raises and extensions.
Tier 2 candidates are in talks with other schools.
Local and national guys are all pounding the table for these 3 guys, or those three guys.
People saying hire this one or lose to him in the future...or don't let this one get away - again no Riley.

Edit- Until Bruce Feldman today - he is either talking to the coach, or laying down what he's hearing as gospel. Both seem reckless. The evidence says he will have egg on his face in the end.