re: Late Kick Live with Josh said an agent told him he believes the LSU job will be open

I'm sure every agent (except maybe O's) is thinking the LSU job will likely be open. Obviously, that could change depending upon how the season goes.

Woodward is the bozo that UNNECESSARILY gave O a big salary bump following the 2019 season (NO ONE was ever going to try to steal O away from LSU) and he is going to be the guy that will have to go to the boosters to fund the unnecessary buyout he created. These are likely the same boosters that had pay for last year's buyouts to overhaul the staff so that may not be all that confident in Woodward considering just one year later he would be asking them to, again, buyout virtually an entire staff. Particularly in light of the fact he was the moron that signed off on Pelini's big contract...despite the fact Pelini (like Orgeron) had virtually no market demand to justify that salary. In other words, his "credit score" with the money people may not be all that high right now.

I know many on here think Woodward is some sort of demi-god. But he very much got drunk on the success of 2019, as did so many, and overspent because of it rather than seeing a POTENTIAL world beyond 2019. That's not to say he couldn't make a great hire. And I am CONFIDENT he wouldn't just make the "easy" and lazy hire like Alleva did. But he may have his hands tied a bit more than what most assume.

Yes, O had the 2019 season. But his tenure has also had a lot of "dead money" in it as well. He forced the AD to buyout two high priced coordinators after just one season, as well as a co-OC. If this year crashes then the AD is going to have to both buyout a HC and entirely new staff again, after one season, AND spend a ton to bring in a NEW staff. That is a lot of money to ask people for in a relatively short period of time.