Exactly, the idea that he's holding out for a better offer is wild to me.
The only step up from that school would be one that's not going to take a chance on an FCS coach. Wisconsin? Michigan State? Stanford?
He's got no shot at any of those places.
So again, it's one of two things:
He didn't get offered the job, which seems surprising given all the leaks, or
He got offered, but turned it down because he didn't want to leave MSU in the lurch because they wanted him to leave early.
This seems most likely, to me, but I also think it's pretty stupid. Good on him for being principled, but I don't think you're going to find a job in the next year or two in the west/midwest that's all that more appealing than Oregon State.
MSU can sweeten your contract maybe $100k at most, but turning down $2M per year for that seems extremely dumb.
For Vigen's sake, I hope they just rejected him.