LSU's Les Miles on Texas job: 'Oh, please, let's not kick my name around'

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LSU coach Les Miles directs the Tigers against Alabama on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com)

By now you have heard the Texas coaching position is open after Mack Brown stepped down.

So have reporters in Baton Rouge.

LSU coach Les Miles was asked is his name was being "kicked around" for the position in Austin.

His answer was typical Miles.

"Oh, please, let's not kick my name around," Miles said, per NOLA.com.

Miles was asked about Brown's departure from Texas.
"I think he's done a great job there," Mile said, per 
The Baton Rouge Advocate

. "

I think that both he and Texas enjoyed the relationship. I wish both very well."
RELATED: What Brown had to say about stepping down.

According to the report, Miles received a salary increase from $3.7 million to $4.3 million after last season and a two-year extension through the 2019 season.

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