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The Story of Tom Herman, Ed Orgeron and LSU's Wild 2016 Coaching Search

AUSTIN, Texas — Ed Orgeron’s phone buzzes. He stirs from bed. It is 1:30 in the morning. The text message is from, of all people, his former boss and colleague, Lane Kiffin. It is short and, boy, is it sweet.

Tom Herman leaning to Texas.

You’re probably wondering how in the heck we got here, on Nov. 25, 2016, when the interim coach at LSU is awaken in the middle of the night by the Alabama offensive coordinator with news about the Houston coach on the Texas head coaching job. Well, that takes some explaining.