I of course don't have first-hand knowledge, but I follow the cottage industry insider guys well enough to know that LSU absolutely tried to get Riley, but it doesn't appear he was ever interested. So, true in the sense that he wasn't in danger of leaving for LSU, but not true in the sense that there wasn't anything to the topic.
If super secret "sauces" inside the Ath. Dept. are to be believed, Kelly was our AD's first choice but initially refused flat out and so we moved on to Riley. We took a definite swing at Riley, which was ultimately a miss. Then we pivoted back to Kelly and threw a crap-ton of $ at him, and he accepted, giving the AD "the guy he wanted all along." I say, maybe, but what else would you expect from a source in the school. Not like they'd say "Yeah, we got spurned and had to settle for at least our third choice."
