Heisman voting was done by Dec 6th when he found out, BCS Champ game he had the weight of knowing this was going public since HE HAD REPORTED IT TO NOTRE DAME OFFICALS!!!
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8857057/friend-says-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-confessed-manti-teo-girlfriend-hoax
Looks like Tuiasosopo and his female cousin were behind this and other similar hoaxes.
Fitz seems like a great guy, is obviously intelligent, and from what I have read his wife is the same. I would love to have a beer with him and shoot the poop but he is by all means a below average QB.
My guess is that with special teams/OL/QB/other specialty coaches they can be hired away without permission for DC/OC jobs, whereas with the Asst HC title they can only leave for a HC job.