On Thanksgiving Day in 2016 ESPN scrolled news of the “Breaking” variety about LSU's soon-to-be head football coach. The school was said to be completing an agreement to hire University of Houston head football coach Tom Herman to fill its open spot.
One of college football's most prestigious jobs was open on account of Ed Orgeron carrying the “interim” head coach tag at the time. Orgeron had been promoted to the interim job after Les Miles had been dismissed earlier in the season. The problem was that few wanted Orgeron to retain the top job at season's conclusion; hence the breaking news about Herman.
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