The LSU Tigers‘ job wasn’t expected to open this cycle, but now that it has, it’s quite arguably the best open head coaching job on the market. Plenty of coaches are expected to put their hats into the ring,

LSU athletic director Scott Woodward has fired coach Brian Kelly. Now he's involved in the two largest buyouts in college football history.

Jimbo Fisher left FSU because the Seminoles wouldn’t spend enough on football. Now, he’s the best coach they can afford.

Some day, maybe soon, college presidents and chancellors are going to realize athletic directors should have some accountability in their hirings and firings.

Woodward has brokered deals that led to the two biggest coach contract buyouts in college football history. Can he show restraint this time around?

Hiring LSU’s next football coach will be the most important hire in the history of the school’s athletic program. LSU won’t finish paying Ed Orgeron’s $17 million buyout until December after firing him during the 2021 season. It could be paying Kelly’s buyout through 2031, to the tune of about $740,000 per month.

While the college football world is collectively sick over the financial waste of universities firing coaches and paying exorbitant buyouts (Penn State, Florida), Texas A&M is doing just fine, thank you. After two years ago paying the largest buyout in college football history.

In Week 9, the Ole Miss Rebels traveled to Norman and scored the final 9 points of the game to beat Oklahoma 34-26. The margin of victory was only 8 points, but those measly 8 points mean everything to the direction of these two programs as they head in opposite directions.