BATON ROUGE, La. — Over more than a decade here, Les Miles gave LSU plenty. He won this program a national championship in 2007, led the Tigers to another title game appearance four years later and delivered two SEC crowns. He averaged 10 wins a year over 11 full seasons, kissed a damn pig at an annual student event on campus and rappelled from a downtown skyscraper. But on Thursday, Miles gave the university the biggest gift one could: money.
Miles let LSU off the hook to the tune of $5 million, agreeing to take a $1.