LSU's search for a football coach continues to draw national attention, and intrigue in the job spiked again when one of the school's most prominent alumni indicated former coach Nick Saban could be a candidate. Shaquille O'Neal, the four-time NBA champion and Basketball Hall of Famer who played for the Tigers from 1989 to 1992, said he heard LSU may be in talks Saban about a return to Baton Rouge.

"I heard through the grapevine that they were having conversations with Nick Saban," O'Neal told Us Weekly . "That'd be awesome if we can bring Nick back."

Verge Ausberry, the school's interim athletic director, quickly put that notion to rest.

"Nick Saban and I have a standing conversation probably every two or three weeks," Ausberry said on 104.5 ESPN . "We're good friends, first of

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