The Mike Leach legend grows

He's the only D-I head football coach I know of who gives reporters his cell phone number and returns every call to it.

 

I don't care about Mike Leech or his Chuck and Duck Offense or his affinity for pirates. Barely registers as a blip.
What I found most interesting?:

ESPN run out of email addresses?

 

I brought up the same thing on the Jemele Hill thread. A lot of espn.com columnists use Gmail addresses. It looks stupid.

 

Gmail fine. But, Yahoo?

 

Maybe Morgan's recruiting him.

 

What I noted was that he went to BYU (the well-known Mormon school) for undergrad and got his law degree from Pepperdine (a well-known school, that many don't know is Church of Christ) and I can't think of two schools more polar opposites.
That strikes me as extremely interesting.

 

I'd love to see him take over at, say, Vandy and see how smart he'd look after 3-4 years of running that crazy shit week-in and week-out against teams with real, live Top 25 defenses.

2007
At No. 16 Missouri: Lost 41-10
A nice 1-2 punch at the end of the year, though, beating No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 20 Virginia ... possibly the most significant two-game stretch in this six-season sample.

2006
Five losses, four in league

2005
No. 8 Alabama (bowl): Lost 13-10

2004
At New Mexico: Lost 27-24

2003
At N.C. State: Lost 49-21
At No. 18 Ole Miss: Won 49-45, best argument for Eli not winning the Heisman I can think of

2002
At No. 2 Ohio State: Lost 45-21

 

Spurrier is also much more fun for those who don't have to cover him every day.

 

The cell phone thing is true. He did return my call.

And we spent 2 hours talking about pirates, and about history. I enjoy both subjects, but at the same time, I was thinking, "Holy crap, a Big 12 head football coach is giving me advice on where to find the best pirate museums."

 

He's really not that bad. He occasionally snaps off, but he generally allows pretty damn good access.
The SIDs are major pains in the ass.
Spurrier has walked into a room and written many a story for many a reporter. He's generally pretty original and is always good for a good quote.

 

Let's summarize the Spurrier situation further: The University of South Carolina writers were thrilled to see Spurrier after the Lou Holtz Era finally ended.