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Louisville AD gives LSU permission to meet with Petrino
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisiana State has asked for and received permission to speak with Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino about LSU's head coaching vacancy, UofL athletics director Tom Jurich said.
Jurich would not comment further on LSU's interest in Petrino, according to the report in The Courier-Journal Tuesday. Petrino is in Memphis preparing for No. 7 Cardinals for their AutoZone Liberty Bowl matchup with No. 10 Boise State on Friday.
Just six days ago, Petrino received a salary raise from $550,000 to $1 million per season guaranteed, with another $866,666 possible in incentives.
Petrino declined to the newspaper to address reports linking him to the LSU job. When his new contract was announced last Tuesday, he dismissed inquiries about the LSU job.
LSU coach Nick Saban announced Saturday that he would resign to become head coach of the NFL's Miami Dolphins. Saban will coach LSU in the Capital One Bowl against Iowa on Saturday.
Saban held the nation's richest college football contract with a seven-year, $18.45 million deal he signed after winning a share of the national title in 2003. The school is completing a stadium expansion and a new football operations center.