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Bill’s staff was also top notch. Half of them had long careers in the NFL.

Both his kids went to Florida. His son ended up being a high school coach near Athens, AL. Bill became a volunteer coach for him after he retired. Bill and his wife, BJ, retired in Athens until Bill passed away.

It will be interesting to see what he says about the job opening. Will he say how great it is and how he regrets leaving or does he say how Kelly shouldn’t have been fired so quickly. Also, I’m sure Lane has discussed the LSU job with him before.

Broadhead got paranoid about everything. Crazy thing is that he was ahead of his time with running an athletic department. Wanted to use sponsorships, suites, stopped using the good ole boy network for concessions. He pissed a lot of the locals off and they came after him.

Bill got tired of all the politics and Dale Brown. Also, he and Broadhead had falling out. The Liberty Bowl had something to do with it. Think the team thought they were going a good bowl destination and Broadhead made backdoor deal to go to Memphis at the last minute, which upset Bill. Plus, it didn’t help that Broadhead got busted for wiretapping. My dad was on Bill’s staff. We had to spend Christmas on Memphis and it sucked!

He had picture from the LSU game on it. I guess it was from his daughter, but still very interesting.

1980 LSU v FSU at home
1983 LSU v Nebraska Orange Bowl
1984 LSU v USC in Los Angeles

Couple of things about arnsparger's last year, he and broadhead were on the outs bc of each other's ego. Also, Arnsparger was tired of the good ole boy system and the politics within the university. This is the main reason he left. When Saban and emeritt got here they put a stop to the good ole boy system and I think we have enjoyed the resultsfrom this. I was in the locker room after the Tulane game when he told the team he was leaving. My dad was on the staff then. This caught everyone by surprise. He did recommend archer but it was bc he was trying to help out one of his coaches. Also the team did want archer. Spurrier wasn't hired at Florida until 89. 2 years after Arnsparger had left. Archer's problem was that he wasn't ready and there were internal issues within his staff. And yes there were a lot of issues. The staff didn't respect archer and resented him. From a coaching stand point, Arnsparger was just as good as Saban, in my opinion, but he didn't enjoy recruiting. Half of his staff went on to coach in the pros.

said during bcs pregame on espn radio that if miles accepted mich job, lsu might reduce his buyout. find that interesting if true.

He hasn't used one all year. This is a penalty in college. Why hasn't he been penalized?