LSU potentially entered the Lane Kiffin sweepstakes on Sunday night when it fired coach Brian Kelly .

Kelly is owed nearly $54 million, the second-largest buyout in college football history, though LSU and Kelly's representatives are still negotiating a possible reduced sum.

Whatever that final number ends up being it'll be a handsome sum to enter the most competitive coaching market of our lifetimes, with jobs like Florida and Penn State already open and others like Florida State and Auburn waiting in the wings (if they don't decide to wait until next cycle because of all the open jobs already). There are other Power Four programs like Arkansas, Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech, too, that would like to be aggressive in getting a top candidate.

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