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THE CASE FOR MIKE LEACH AS TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER HEAD COACH
THE CASE FOR MIKE LEACH AS TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER HEAD COACH
A couple of days ago, Clay Travis posted a link to this in-depth 2005 article by Michael Lewis about Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach. While I was devouring that article and fleshing my thoughts into the post you’re about to read, Clay was posting his own endorsement of Mike Leach . ...
GUTS Rankings - Week Four
GUTS Rankings - Week Four
nogutsglory.blogspot.com — Ah yes, another college football weekend is in the books and the BCS is in shambles .... Unlike the BCS , this week's GUTS Rankings has a new #1 team. Anyone care to take a guess who it is? (more) GUTS Rankings - Week Four
BCS Realpolitik: Clouds part at the top, but an open door for Florida and Oklahoma
BCS Realpolitik: Clouds part at the top, but an open door for Florida and Oklahoma
rivals.yahoo.com — In a perfect world, the Doc would be given carte blanche to publicly torch the Bowl Championship... Series in effigy and institute the elaborate, double-elimination battle royale of his dreams. But we live in the world we live in, so each Sunday the Doc ... (more) BCS Realpolitik: Clouds part at the top, but an open ...
Texas Tech would like to address your concerns
Texas Tech would like to address your concerns
rivals.yahoo.com — Texas Tech 56, Oklahoma State 20. You can throw around a lot of superlatives about Texas Tech's... offense, but if you didn't see the gears turning like fine clockwork against Oklahoma State, Shakespeare couldn't describe the consistency, precision ... (more) Texas Tech would like to address your concerns
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THE CASE FOR MIKE LEACH AS TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER HEAD COACH - Rocky Top Talk
Double-T NationTHE CASE FOR MIKE LEACH AS TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER HEAD COACH - Rocky Top Talk

Tennessee Suddenly Pines for Mike Leach
The Sporting Blog — ... Don't tell that to the Tennessee bloggerati, however, who clamors for the pirate ways and explosive offenses of Leach. Coming from the pound-pound-pass-punt tradition at Tennessee this seems at the very least odd, but something about the pirate king has them smitten. What, you ask? A rare commodity at Tennessee these days: offensive innovation.   ...

ULTERIOR MOTIVES: HIRE JON GRUDEN!
EDSBS — Who needs Mike Leach? He likes scoring points, and you know what happens when you score more than fifty points? You go gay, and if we can say anything confidently about the state of Tennessee, it’s that it hates all things gay. (With the notable exception of Kenny Chesney.) You know who is totally ungay in every way? JON GRUDEN. He’s so ungay he burned down Disneyworld after the Super Bowl, sparing the Country Bear Jamboree because “Mechanical bears aren’t gay.” (We checked: dancing bears, gay; mechanical jug ...

Blogger Q&A - Rocky Top Talk
Red Cup Rebellion — ... : There was no consensus at the time, of course, but I was beating the Mike Leach drum pretty hard after Phillip Fulmer was fired. The main reason was that Leach was "having great success challenging the traditional notions and customs of college football . . . ." In short, he was an innovator, and I thought that that was what we needed. When Kiffin was hired instead of Leach, I was ...

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