Lincoln Riley Situation

Think about it, boys. Lincoln Riley's name has been low-key out there for a few weeks now.

Lots of smoke about Riley's mysterious absence from the presser at Oklahoma.

All of a sudden, some of the top names in media are starting to talk about it being legit.

Here's what I think:

I think the LSU pilot who said he was going back-and-forth to Norman, Oklahoma because of family was lying on Jordy Culotta's show. I think it absolutely had to do with Lincoln Riley. I think he was was using the family excuse to run cover for Scott Woodward and Riley's handlers. And I'm 100% with that, if true.

I think Riley has realized that he's hit the ceiling at Oklahoma – especially now that they're moving into the SEC which is much more difficult than the Big 12.

Scott Woodward and the LSU boosters are willing to double his salary, let him hire whoever he wants as assistants (and for those of you who don't know, Oklahoma is notorious for not paying assistant coaches, which is a big part of why Lincoln Riley has had difficulty on defense in my opinion.)

Woodward has probably told him that he will give him complete autonomy over the football program in the same way Alabama has done for Nick Saban.

I think there's a much greater chance than not Lincoln Riley is announced as the next head coach at LSU soon.