Who knows the details of Spurrier almost becoming LSU coach

I know that he wanted to coach at LSU in 2005 but he wasn't a serious candidate for the job I believe.

eta: I'm retarded

We didn't select him and he held a grudge.

He came in for an interview in 1987(?) after Arnsparger left. Spurrier has commented how he thought he was interviewing for the head football position but LSU administration had him meeting with state lawmakers and such. Anyway, LSU admins made the great decision to hire a 33 year old defensive coordinator puppet to take over the reigns because the current players liked him, and the outgoing coach, who was secretly making deals to be Florida's athletic director, said he'd be a good fit.

That outgoing head coach and newly hired athletic director at Florida hired that same Steve Spurrier less than a year later.

Spurrier probably does.

I thought it was Tubberville..

What's amazing to me is that he was so young that he's still in the prime of his coaching career (age wise) and he's the linebackers coach at Virginia. I mean my god the man was a coach of a major SEC program (not as much so at the time but still) and he hasn't been able to get hardly anything serious since.

My mother was on the Athletic Council in 1987 as was part of the interview team. In Spurrier's interview he was asked if he would leave LSU for the Florida head Coach position if it was open. His answer was (paraphrase - not exact quote) "Yes, of course. That is where my heart is." That turned the Athletic Council off to Spurrier.