TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said it is his policy not to comment on other coaching jobs and called the recent speculation about the LSU job "unfair."
Fisher, in his sixth year at Florida State, is considered to be a candidate at LSU if the school parts ways with Les Miles following the season.
"I have no comment on that. I have a policy: I don't speak about jobs. It's unfair to the players that are there, the players that are here, the coaches there and here," Fisher said. "And there's no job opening [at LSU], so I have no comment on that. I'm not going to comment on any job in any way, shape or form."
There is a "very good possibility" LSU will buy out Miles' contract, a source told ESPN's Joe Schad on Monday. The Tigers have dropped three in a row after a 7-0 start that had them No. 2 in the College Football Playoff rankings.
Fisher, who is 67-13 at Florida State, was an offensive coordinator under Miles and Nick Saban at LSU. Fisher left to become the Seminoles' offensive coordinator and future head coach before the 2007 season.
Florida State rewarded Fisher with an eight-year extension before the season, increasing his salary to $5 million. Florida State also increased the pay for Fisher's assistants.
Fisher would owe the school $5 million if he leaves before December 2016.
As the Seminoles prepared for the 2013 BCS national title game, Fisher's name was linked to Texas' job opening. Fisher said it is "the norm" to hear his name come up in coaching rumors.
"I don't ever want to speak [about openings] because I think it's so unprofessional and disrespectful to do those things," Fisher said. "And if someone asks you in recruiting, to me, I look at it as a positive. It means we're doing things right, people like what we're doing, encouraged by what we're doing, think we have the right folks. And then you ask a recruit, 'The other schools recruiting you, nobody wants their coach? Maybe if somebody wants [to hire Fisher], then you're coming to a good place.'"
With Syracuse firing Scott Shafer on Monday, there are now 13 FBS openings.
"It's the way of the world and nature of the business," Fisher said. "Patience ... There's none of that anymore. It's what have you done for me lately. I've never seen a year like this year. There's so many jobs out there.
"[The pressure is] a whole different animal than it used to be even five years ago. People don't want to hear that, but it's a fact."