No. 5 L.S.U. 21, No. 14 Tennessee 14: L.S.U. Ignores the Talk and Captures a Title

 
It wasn’t easy, but the enigmatic Tigers won the S.E.C. title, despite rumors that coach Les Miles was bolting for the University of Michigan. [link]

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Miles staying at LSU

Sources close to both Les Miles and the LSU administration report the coach has reached a multi-year contract extension with his current school and will remove himself from consideration as the next Michigan coach. Details of the extension are ...
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AD: Miles to stay at LSU

ATLANTA (AP) -- Les Miles will remain LSU's football coach rather than bolt to Michigan. LSU athletic director Skip Bertman said Miles told the team he would stay at the school just hours before the No. 5 Tigers played No. 14 Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference championship game Saturday.
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Les Miles, LSU or Michigan?! "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"

Mud Free Sports reported earlier that according to news reports, Les Miles had agreed to be the next coach at Michigan. Instead, Les Miles has said he is staying at LSU and has agreed to a new contract with LSU. According to LSU Athletic Director Skip Berman, the deal was done before ESPN reported it Saturday. “Friday it was finished,” Bertman said in a phone interview
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LSU throws a switch on Les Miles Express

U-M has other candidates So what happens next? Well, it is plausible that Michigan will reach out to Miles again, or vice versa. But after Miles’ angry-man performance Saturday afternoon, two people at Michigan said they could not see that happening. U-M is moving on.
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Kirk Herbstreit Was Wrong: Les Miles Staying at LSU

Heard on the radio this morning that ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit was reporting that “barring something extraordinary,” Les Miles was going to Michigan. Interesting. Didn’t know Kirk Herbstreit was working the phones. And here we ...
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