Thursday morning buffet

Nibbles from around the world of college football:

• According to Mike Leach, Will Rogers was the first true freshman quarterback he’s worked with.
• Here’s Athlon’s fairly milquetoast analysis of Florida’s 2021 schedule.
• Who has coached the most seasons in Kentucky football history?
• Roll ‘Bama Roll’s take on 2021 Georgia:  “The defense of course will always be elite, the running game is loaded, and if Kirby finally finds some wideouts to let JT Daniels take the top off, the Bulldogs are legit. They would actually be my favorite…if you can trust Kirby Smart 15 times in one season.”
• Dick Vitale isn’t happy with the new NCAA transfer rule.
• Meet former UGA player Wix Patton, who gave up football to pursue a music career.  (h/t Hunkering Hank)
• From Chip Towers’ update on G-Day:  “Unfortunately, traditional tailgating still will not be allowed. Fans will be directed into designated parking lots and won’t be allowed to set up tents, grills or television sets.”  Don’t say you weren’t warned.

Junior and the Pirate, together again

Turns out they put it out on the intertubes, for free!

Had a good time doing this! https://t.co/SQmVQfL2kp

— Mike Leach (@Coach_Leach) April 13, 2021

TFW you think law school’s too stuffy

This should be fun pic.twitter.com/FmSIpbdMqH

— Mike Leach (@Coach_Leach) March 31, 2021

Shit, they ought to put it on pay-per-view.  I’d watch.

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.