re: Portal additions?

That could be a reasonable conclusion, but who knows if they did try to keep him aboard. Though I’d be on a similar wavelength as you, he probably saw the writing on the wall with Hurley incoming as well as more of Nussmeier, even if he sits out in 2023 and starts the following season. I’m of the thinking that it’s a mutually beneficial move, let Howard succeed elsewhere, possibly TCU, away from the conference, and LSU’s quarterback room isn’t as tense, in terms of speculation.