The list doesn't look like much of a joke to me. I think the first few on there would probably take themselves out of the equation for a variety of reasons. Shaw has a great gig at Stanford and has already said emphatically that he's not considering the LSU job. (Note to Coach. Even if you have no plans to leave, keep em' guessing. It gets you a big raise. That's how the game is played.)
I'm guessing Patterson has been wined and dined (Especially dined) by the best of them. For some reason, he seems happy and entrenched in the Frawg program.
Petrino: Buyout is too big and for some strange reason, I kind of believe the guy when he says he realizes how lucky he is to have the UL job.
As for the others, I could easily see any one of them. And as Steele told a group of HS Corches in the Spring, including my BIL, Fisher was 24 hours from taking the podium in Baton Rude last season.