Herbie has some thoughts.

"This is a black eye for the sport. … It's as bad as it can be."@KirkHerbstreit had some powerful thoughts about yesterday's brawl between Mississippi State and Tulsa. pic.twitter.com/YW2lphdNql

— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) January 1, 2021

He was so upset by that, he forgot to blame Mark Richt for losing control.

TFW you need to distract from finishing last in your division

Oy.

Mississippi State coach Mike Leach said "hiding behind science that is constantly contradicting itself" made this year's college football very "joyless." So, he doubled down.

— Tyler Horka (@tbhorka) December 28, 2020

I don’t know, Coach.  Finishing 3-7 is pretty damned joyless, if you ask me.

Enemy of the people

The Pirate gets testy at last night’s presser.

Mike Leach going Mike Leach on me pic.twitter.com/8QtPzTyZOH

— Tyler Horka (@tbhorka) December 13, 2020

Mike Leach, gourmet

Somebody asked me for a Leach post this week and I knew if I waited long enough, the perfect moment would come.

Coach Mike Leach immediately sampling the white BBQ sauce as Dawg Talk goes to commercial pic.twitter.com/Bdl2mzzZKy

— Dear Ole State (@DearOleState) November 21, 2020

Finger lickin’ good… sort of.

(h/t)

TFW the opposing coach is a lawyer

I have no idea what this means, although I’m guessing Rudy Giuliani is taking notes.

Mike Leach said it would be an "unmitigated torturous nuisance" if he was notified that Mississippi State had to play someone other than Georgia in the next 24 hours.

— Tyler Horka (@tbhorka) November 16, 2020

At least Leach can pretend the threat worked, since they’re still coming to Athens.

Swing your sword

Yar, baby.

Mike Leach hints that he may have to "purge" some players from the team. Ones he thinks aren't fitting in with what he's trying to do.

"We're going to have to check our group and see who really wants to play here."

— Tyler Horka (@tbhorka) October 11, 2020

That sounds… unpleasant.

Bo knows.

Quite the resume here:

Bo Pelini defenses have now allowed:

• Big Ten Record – most individual rushing yards (408, Melvin Gordon)

• SEC Record – most passing yards (623, Mississippi State)

— Pick Six Previews (@PickSixPreviews) September 29, 2020

At least you have to admire his versatility.

I went back and watched some of the tape again from the LSU-MSU game.  Pelini played man coverage all game and Leach/Costello just ate that up.  Washington showed the way to defend Leach’s Air Raid — play zone and wait for the screw ups.  When you throw the ball 60+ times in a game, they’re bound to happen.

It’ll be interesting to see what Smart and Lanning have in store for Leach, that’s for sure.

The question on everyone’s mind at Mississippi State

I am proud to be the Head Football Coach at Mississippi State. I applaud our players for expressing some of their fears and anxieties today. I support them and look forward to working with them tomorrow, to use football to elevate us and the people around us. Hail State!

— Mike Leach (@Coach_Leach) August 28, 2020

Who the hell got ahold of Mike Leach’s cellphone?

It’s the Pirate and Junior show!

If they get to play football, this is gonna be fun to watch.

Egg Bowl 2020 pic.twitter.com/GO7EBot1H7

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) June 25, 2020

Can’t get there fast enough.

It’s another day in Mississippi.

News: Supporters of changing MS flag continue a full-court press, as state’s most prominent coaches, including Mike Leach & Lane Kiffin, are scheduled to lobby at the MS Capitol on Thursday, sources say.

Mentioned this in our deep dive from earlier today https://t.co/T1gWG6YXIo

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) June 24, 2020

Between his noose kerfuffle and Kylin Hill’s flag announcement, my bet is Leach was ready to sprint down to the state capital yesterday.