re: What will O get for his buyout? I'll go first:

This didn't just come up during the second half of the Kentucky game. It's likely that Woodward has been seriously looking into what $$ amount it will take to fire Orgeron for awhile -- probably since the UCLA game.

Coaches contracts are complicated these days. (A number of them are available online). Orgeron's contract supposedly contains page after page of reasons he could be terminated with cause.

It's been reported by some -- I think Moscona and Culotta both had it -- that the max amount to pay off Orgeron and the coaches would be around $20 million. That shouldn't be a hindrance for the people who support LSU football.

Obviously, Woodward would rather not pay Orgeron anything, and that would require firing him with cause.
Orgeron would fight the decision legally, which could entail a messy public legal case. I can't believe Woodward or anybody at LSU would want that.

The question becomes how much would it take for Orgeron to go away quietly. Probably the full amount. He's just the kind to threaten to spill the goods on everything if he doesn't get every penny he feels he's owed.

To make it easier on everybody, therefore, I can see Woodward and LSU paying Orgeron all $17 million to be gone and shut up forever.