... Gerry DiNardo was losing his grasp of the LSU team and he was fired even before the season was over. LSU Chancellor Mark Emmert and the powers that be at LSU went shopping for a coach. Butch Davis was at the top of their list.

Emmert and his crew met with Davis at a small airport in South Florida only to have water dumped on their fire to hire him.

At that meeting, Davis told the group of his intention to coach in the NFL and sure enough, one season later, he left the Miami Hurricanes to take over the head coaching job at Cleveland for the Browns.

Like many in the college ranks who think the NFL grass is greener, Davis became disillusioned in the pro game. His years of being an NFL assistant under former Hurricane coach Jimmy Jo...

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