Don't think famed former LSU coach Les Miles would take a position at a Group of Five school?

Think again.

Miles was a guest on ESPN's "First Take" show Tuesday and, when asked by Stephen A. Smith about the chance of taking a job at a school that could go 13-1 and not be considered for a national title shot, Miles had this to say:

"That doesn't make the decision," Miles said on the show. "The decision is the quality of people that you're working with, the environment, the expectation. It's more than 'It's a Power Five school or not.' I think it's easy to say yes to a Power Five school, I think it's easy to say yes to a school that has won championships. I think it's an interest to whether or not I could fit in at another level."

Can you hear WMU athletic director Kathy Beauregard dialing the phone?

At first a far-fetched idea, the thought of Miles heading to Kalamazoo should start quite a stir among Broncos fans -- even if it's still kind of far-fetched.

But listening to the successful former coach of LSU, it sounds like he'd be willing to take a shot on a team that he could spend some time building up.

"Certainly there are the top-division schools that can play for a championship year in and year out, certainly I fit there, but when you sign up for coaching, here's what you do. You say 'Listen, I'm going to take a group of guys and I'm going to make them better. I'm going to take what I have and improve and direct and pull together and there's an enjoyment with the process.'

"I enjoy the grind. I enjoy coming in early, I enjoy seeing guys that are working hard. It's a part of my culture, it's a part of the culture of the teams I've coached. We like to work hard. We approach the game in a matter-of-fact way and we figure that we're going to win."

Miles recalled memories of helping turn Colorado around with Bill McCartney in the mid-1980s and the satisfaction he garnered from that experience as well as his time at Oklahoma State.

"I think that those are significant memories for me and things that I would enjoy," Miles said on the show. "It's easy to take a top-tier school, that's easy, but the opportunity to coach and to take a school that gives me the chance to win the championship, I like that, too."

Winning a national title at Western Michigan would be a stretch, although it's something former coach P.J. Fleck said was a possibility. It would take at least a few years of building with excellent seasons to have a chance.

Will that start with Miles at the helm?