From that thread:
I agree, I highly doubt this happens if LSU wins 10+games, but if LSU only wins 8 or 9 this Miles to Colorado talk could certainly heat up.
Colorado doesn't have to give him a $3.75 million per year deal like LSU (3.75 x 4 years left on contract = $15 million), they would just need to give him a contract that is worth over $15 million in total, like $2.5 million over 6 years.
Look at it from Miles financial perspective: I have four years left on my contract at LSU, and no matter what happens, they have to pay me $15 million, even if they fire me. Of course, if they fire me, I probably won't be able to get a decent college football job ever again.
So if Colorado can step in and give him a 6-year contract at $2.5 per, he in the end winds up with the same amount of money or more than he would have gotten from LSU, and a fresh new start in a new town and new conference, and at a place with nowhere to go but up. Again, I go back to my previous point ... if LSU ends up firing Miles, his college coaching career at a big-time program is for all intents and purposes over, so that must be taken into account as well. He could potentially leverage the Colorado job into 10 more years of coaching regardless of how he does at Colorado. At LSU, as it certainly appears now, this may end up being his last college football stop if he ends up getting fired, so he really only has a lifespan of 4 more years, $15 million, and no "big time" future earning potential as a head coach. There also I'm sure is some draw to being able to win in three different BCS conferences (Big12, SEC, Pac10). Miles is a competitive guy, and that's certainly got to be a secondary (albeit small) draw as well.
Again, I don't think it'll happen, but it's a lot more conveivable than some have said. In the end, it will end up coming down to how LSU finishes this season and the total $$$ amount that ends up in Miles pocket over the entire contact (either with CU or with LSU).
Also, don't rule out the possibility of LSU "subsidizing" Miles to Colorado (so if Colorado can give Miles $2.5 mil per year, maybe LSU will chip in $1million per effectively making his buyout $6 million as opposed to $15 million, without even having to fire him. If LSU ends up 9-3 or 8-4, it would probably be wise for all parties involved (colorado, LSU, and Miles) to sit in a room together and figure out a way to make it work ... everyone ends up a winner: Colorado lands a solid coach, Miles ends up financially and professionally better off, and LSU admins help usher out Miles without the bad PR of firing him and without having to write a $15 million check to Miles over 8 years.