Texas Tech fires Head Coach Mike Leach
With no intention of excessive insensitivity (I’ve been known to in-sensitize), only Mike Leach can manage to steal the media thunder from Urban Meyer, lord of a much bigger, badder football program. With Leach, his monotonous tone, and deadpan delivery belies an interesting, captivating, yet polarizing sports figure that has carved out a niche in the sports world, that can only be described as an eccentric personality that eventually became larger than life. Eventually he became larger than Texas Tech University, the school that gave him his first big break. Rubbing elbows with the likes of Donald Trump, and touting a quirky, over-stated obsession with pirates have indeed led Mike Leach to the headlines of the New York Times, ESPN, and Wikipedia. Like Brett Favre to the Green Bay Packers, Mike Leach put Lubbock, Texas on the map of collegiate Division I (excuse me, FBS or Football Bowl Subdivision) football. Whereas Favre resuscitated a once proud program, Leach actually created a legacy at Texas Tech. While the paint had not dried yet from the transition of the Southwest Conference to the Big XII, hard-nosed defensive football coupled with a power running game still dominated the landscape of Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, and yes even Texas Tech football.
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