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re: Who knows the details of Spurrier almost becoming LSU coach

Posted on 10/5/15 at 7:15 pm to
Posted by ForeLSU
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Posted on 10/5/15 at 7:15 pm to
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They hired Archer over Spurrier, Mike Shanahan and Sam Rigliano.


Spurrier and Shanahan weren't exactly known commodities at that point and the thought was that Archer would keep the momentum going.
Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 10/5/15 at 8:24 pm to
I used to think that Spurrier wasn't a known commodity at the time until I saw the 30 for 30 documentary about him and the one about the USFL.

After watching the Bo Rien documentary a few weeks ago and hearing that LSU also pursued Bobby Bowden at one point, it blows my mind that we didn't hire Spurrier. It also blows my mind that we weren't willing to invest in big name coaches until Nick Saban.
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