Has a football coach ever left the cusp of achieving a national championship, to instead head to your most bitter rival?

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Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma for USC but they are not bitter rivals, though Sooner fans ratched it up recently.

Brian Kelly left Notre Dame for LSU but again not rivals and Notre Dame fans took it as more of a sigh of relief.

I am talking about a coach that was a missed tag at the endzone from winning the MNC, just up and leaving to your bitter rival.