Clemson AD Dan Radakovich Faces Dominant LSU Program He Helped Build

NEW ORLEANS, La. — LSU administrators Verge Ausberry and Dan Radakovich peered from, of all places, the window of a Daytona Beach Holiday Inn, squinting toward the parking lot below as Jack Del Rio drove in circles while on his cell phone.

If this seems weird, it’s because it is a tale from a college head coaching search, fascinating endeavors with bizarre twists and turns. This one included.

Del Rio, then the Jacksonville Jaguars head coach, had strong enough interest in replacing Nick Saban as LSU’s coach in 2004 that he made the 90-minute drive south to meet school officials for an interview. He never got out of his vehicle, circling around the parking lot and then leaving it all together…