Its one thing for UC's Luke Fickell to turn down Michigan State, its another for the reasons mentioned. It seems one of the main reasons the Fickell didn't want to go to East Lansing was due to Campus Culture:
The last several years of controversy swirling around Michigan State University helped convince the school's first choice for head football coach to turn down the job, multiple sources told the Free Press on Monday.
And it wasn't just Luke Fickell, the current University of Cincinnati coach, who had the concerns. His wife, Amy, and Luke to some extent, had concerns about campus culture at MSU, including lawsuits roiling the football department.