Not one but two of the country’s winningest coaches in recent memory abandoned their programs to take over fellow powerhouse schools, signing contracts that are each expected to eclipse $100 million and stretch a decade in term. The two moves shook college football in an unprecedented 36 hours. And within a day after that, Woodward’s hire was made known: He lured Kelly from Notre Dame. Less than 24 hours after denying the Tigers rumors, Riley announced he was headed west to USC. It just wasn’t who LSU fans had initially believed would be coming to Baton Rouge. “We’ve got someone,” sources recall him saying, “and you’re going to be happy about it.” Meanwhile, Woodward quietly walked out of Tiger Stadium after watching Oklahoma State’s game-winning defensive stand, saying little to anyone that night, aside from a line he repeated to dozens of people over the final week of his coaching search.
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