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A spotlight shines over Death Valley as the LSU Tigers search for their next head football coach.

While an Ed Orgeron reunion hasn’t been ruled out just yet, interim athletic director Verge Ausberry did cross a name off the list.

Nick Saban was floated as a potential candidate, and it was LSU alumnus and Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal who stirred the rumor mill after telling Us Weekly that he “heard through the grapevine” conversations had been held with Saban about getting him back on a sideline.

“That’d be awesome if we can bring Nick back,” O’Neal told the outlet.

Ausberry, appearing on 104.5 ESPN, denied those rumors.

“Nick Saban and I have a standing conversation probably every two or three weeks,” he said. “We’re good frien

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