Internal emails reveal how close Les Miles was to being fired (kind of)

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The university began leaning toward keeping Miles during the middle of that week, Alexander confirmed, after what he described as three weeks of discussions among administrators about the future of LSU football. Documents obtained by The Advocate through a public records request show LSU athletics director Joe Alleva ultimately came armed to a post-game press conference with just one statement to give: That “Les Miles will remain the football coach at LSU.” It was drafted hours before the game started, and there was no alternate. But LSU leaders don’t deny that they were evaluating their options in the days that preceded that and inquiries were made about other potential coaches.

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