re: So there was an agreement with Herman?

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You mean like when O committed to Les Miles but then took a job with Kiffin at UT?

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Looking back, Orgeron says not a lot of people know how close he came to going to LSU instead of Tennessee in 2008. He met with LSU coach Les Miles about a job after Lane Kiffin and his father, Monte, put the hard sell on Orgeron while he was vacationing with his family in Destin, Florida.

Lounging with his wife and kids while sorting through his opportunities, Orgeron texted Miles a dollar figure that he says was "way up there." He didn't hear back from Miles that night and finalized his decision to go to Tennessee. Early the next morning, he got on a plane headed to Knoxville, where he'd be introduced as part of the Vols' staff.

"As soon as I landed, all these texts from Coach Miles started popping in wanting to know if I could be in Baton Rouge by 1 p.m.," Orgeron says. "But it was too late. I couldn't turn back then."

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