LSU Next Coach Odds: Surprise early favorite emerges

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One of the most fascinating coaching cycles in recent memory added another marquee opening with LSU's firing of Brian Kelly, creating a vacancy that is likely to pique the interest of several prominent candidates.

Some immediate potential frontrunners bubbled to the top of rumor mills. Among them being Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin and recently fired Penn State coach Ja