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University of Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell sat down to discuss why he chose to stay with the Bearcats football program. Cincinnati Enquirer

Less than a week after Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio unceremoniously retired – first through Twitter, then through a last-minute news conference – the top choice to replace him said: “no thanks.”

The reason, in part?

The school’s culture. Or at least the perception of the school’s culture.

Luke Fickell may have told his Instagram followers that family kept him at the University of Cincinnati. But that’s just him being nice.