Running off at the typewriter. …

Normally, I don’t want politicians anywhere near sports.

Most of them can’t even manage a budget, much less a football program.

But when it comes to the fiscal lunacy of college coaching contracts — the kind of waste that makes Congress look thrifty — then by all means, hand them a whistle and a headset.

And that’s why Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should take a page out of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s playbook.

Because Landry just did something downright refreshing: he told LSU Athletic Director Scott Woodward that he won’t be allowed to pick the Tigers’ next football coach.

That’s right, the governor is actually benching his athletic director. And after what Woodward’s done, it’s hard to argue.

Woodward’s track record reads like a master class in

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