{"id":1773737,"date":"2022-12-13T11:32:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T16:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1773737"},"modified":"2022-12-13T11:32:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T16:32:38","slug":"honoring-the-life-and-legacy-of-college-football-coach-mike-leach-with-his-wittiest-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/honoring-the-life-and-legacy-of-college-football-coach-mike-leach-with-his-wittiest-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring The Life And Legacy Of College Football Coach Mike Leach With His Wittiest Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhonoring-the-life-and-legacy-of-college-football-coach-mike-leach-with-his-wittiest-moments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1773737&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After leading an exemplary life on and off the football field, Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach died Monday night at the age of 61 following complications from an undisclosed heart condition.<\/p>\n<p>A unicorn in the football world, Leach\u2019s head coaching career <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/35242848\/mississippi-state-coach-mike-leach-dies-hospitalization?device=featurephone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spanned<\/a> an impressive 21 seasons, which, in addition to Mississippi State, included nine seasons at Texas Tech and seven years at Washington State. With a lifetime record of 158-107, the man who perfected air raid-style offenses has been recognized time and again for his outstanding coaching. In 2018, for instance, Leach was among five head coaches to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afca.com\/mike-leach-headlines-afca-2018-national-coach-of-the-year-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">named<\/a> as \u201cNational Coach of the Year\u201d by the American Football Coaches Association.<\/p>\n<p>And while Leach\u2019s coaching abilities will always remain a core aspect of his legacy, so too will his eccentric persona. Never one to shy away from an off-topic question, Leach is famous for his peculiar responses to random inquiries from sports journalists. Utilizing a little wit and humor, he kept us laughing every time he stepped up to the microphone.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of Coach Leach, let\u2019s remember some of his best moments that never fail to put smiles on the faces of many.<\/p>\n<p> Fat Little Girlfriends <\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his 21-year head coaching career, Leach\u2019s \u201cfat little girlfriends\u201d phrase is probably his most notable. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/blog\/big12\/post\/_\/id\/5709\/leach-doesnt-regret-fat-ol-girlfriends-remark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coined<\/a> after Texas Tech\u2019s loss to Texas A&#038;M in 2009, Leach did not hold back criticism of his players, whose \u201cfat little girlfriends [were] telling them what they want[ed] to hear, which is \u2018how great you are\u2019 and \u2018how easy [it\u2019s] going to be\u2019\u201d to play college ball.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>  Weddings <\/p>\n<p>Fellas, if you\u2019re looking for someone to give you some solid wedding advice, Leach is your guy. During his time at Washington State, Leach gave a perfect breakdown of what men should expect ahead of the big day, which includes navigating a minefield of female wedding planning that any groom would be lucky to make it out of alive.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>  Wearing a Face Mask <\/p>\n<p>If there were an award for handling dumb questions from lib-journos, Leach would be its annual recipient. When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/mississippi-states-mike-leach-face-coverings-cant-help-wonder-isnt-homage-politicians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pressed<\/a> by a New York Times reporter on why he wasn\u2019t wearing a face mask throughout most of Mississippi State\u2019s 2020 upset victory over defending national champion LSU, Leach launched into a hilarious diatribe that largely didn\u2019t address the question. Not to be outdone, Leach even turned the question back around on the reporter, asking him if he was \u201ca pretty good face mask guy.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>  Mascot Battle Royale <\/p>\n<p>In addition to his talents as a head coach, Leach is also a battle royale enthusiast. During his time at Washington State, Leach gave a breakdown of every mascot in the Pac-12, providing a thorough analysis of each competitor to determine who\u2019d come out on top in the event of a conference-wide brawl.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>  Candy Corn <\/p>\n<p>If there was anything Mike Leach hated more than losing a game, it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Coach Mike Leach, let&#8217;s remember some of his best moments that never fail to put smiles on the faces of many.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1773740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4024,4023,6919,5541,8552,7912,4185,3848,4301,8554,8553],"class_list":["post-1773737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-coach","tag-college","tag-federalist","tag-football","tag-honoring","tag-leach","tag-legacy","tag-life","tag-mike","tag-moments","tag-wittiest"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1773737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1773737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1773737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}