According to the Times Picayune

Posted by Jim Varney and Jim Kleinpeter, Staff writers December 01, 2007 11:23AM

ATLANTA - LSU football coach Les Miles is staying with the Tigers and not going to his alma mater, Michigan, LSU Athletic Director Skip Bertman said Saturday.

The school has scheduled a press conference for 12:50 central, hours before LSU kicks off in the Southeastern Conference championship game, to announce the new deal, according to people involved in the matter, and Miles has reportedly informed the team of his decision.

"We don't have a signed contract but we have an agreement," Bertman said. "It will be finalized Monday or Tuesday.

"The Chancellor (Sean O'Keefe) has done a good job with this. He's had the lead and done a bulk of the work. He and I and member of the Board of Supervisors have been working with Les' agent, George Bass. I think Les is happy."

Bertman said the agreement was hammered out Friday.

The sudden press conference and the news came after ESPN reported this morning that Miles would take the open coaching job at Michigan, his alma mater. Speculation has been rampant about Miles future for weeks, but he has never tipped his hand on whether he was leaning toward Baton Rouge or Ann Arbor.

I bet that's a big load off your mind huh?  I figured he would go but he did say he loved LSU.  I guess he meant it.   8-)

Makes no difference to me, I think it may have had something to do with $2.85 Million  

Here is the entire text of Miles' statement.

"There was misinformation on ESPN. I found it imperative that I straighten it out. I am the head coach at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU. I have no interest in talking to anybody else. I've got a championship game to play, and I'm excited about the opportunity of my d**n strong football team to play in it. That's really all I've got to say. It was unfortunate that I had to address my team with this information this morning. With that being done, I think we'll be ready to play. There will be no questions for me. I represent me in this issue. Please ask me after (the game)."