re: Who were the top candidates for the job when Saban left?

Not trying to get off the topic but if Miles thats the UM job do you think that LSU will hire Bo for the head couch job? Or do you that that there will be others that would want the job?

The guy who could have kept it all together was right there and you missed him. His name is Jimbo!

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Question is - how many big names actually wanted the job?

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Big names won't shy away from LSU. Money, facilities, and talent base aside, LSU's AD is a forgiving one. Dinardo got an extra year; Hallman got four years, Archer got an extra year, Stovall got a 4th year, Brady has gotten seven 4th years, Smoke got a 4th year...etc...

If LSU hires you, you're getting four (or five) years unless you're the worst coach in the world. That is, you get to recruit your first class and see then through.

Notice what happened right before Urban turned Notre Dame down--they fired a guy after three years (of course, Urban then went to Florida, who'd just fired a guy after only three years, so that's ironic and doesn't really prove my point ).