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Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher has a competitive and talented team on his hands in Tallahassee. They've got injury issues and some other concerns on defense, for sure, but this is a group that can still make a run at the ACC Atlantic with some help and a home win against Clemson later in the year. As he took the podium to discuss the win against USF and FSU's upcoming game against North Carolina, Fisher was asked to address the opening at LSU after the dismissal of Les Miles.

"I'm not talking about LSU," Fisher told reporters on Monday, adding that he had no contact with the school and planned to only discuss two programs: the Seminoles and their upcoming opponent, which for this week is North Carolina.

It's a similar refrain, much like how he responded last year when there was a rumor that LSU would fire Miles if Fisher was on board to leave Florida State. At this point, we should assume that Fisher won't say anything about another job until he's standing at the podium shaking hands with a new boss.

Fisher spent seven years as an assistant at LSU. He coached JaMarcus Russell and was the offensive coordinator for Nick Saban's staff during the 2003 national championship season. Colleague Dennis Dodd is among the national pundits to set the stage for LSU's coaching search as a race to lock down Tom Herman or a plea to Jimbo for an offensive revitalization -- to be specific, Dodd's trademark-pending phrases were the "Tom Herman Sweepstakes" and the "Jimbo Jamboree."

But Fisher has a lot of reasons to stay in Tallahassee, including a supportive administration and competitive compensation. There's no shortage of tests in the ACC Atlantic now that Clemson is an established contender and Louisville is on an upswing, so in theory the ACC champion should have a resume as competitive as any in the country. The key for Fisher will be to keep the now-open LSU job compartmentalized and away from the locker room.