The Mad Scientist Of Football Re-Signs Thru 2013

I was very happy to hear the news yesterday that TEXAS TECH'S MAD GENIUS FINALLY re-signed with the RED RAIDERS after a protracted negotiation stalemate. I proudly went down to Dallas to root for Leach and the Red Raiders during the 2009 Cotton Bowl against Ole Miss. Although Leach ended up on the losing side of the last-ever Cotton Bowl at Cotton Bowl Stadium, he did win the honor of "College Football's Coach of the Year," as selected by his peers.

And even with the graduation of quarterback sensation Graham Harrell and receiver-extraordinaire Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech will continue to rack up gobs of points and many wins and will soon be back in both the National and BCS conversation.

So, what does it take to mastermind one of the most prolific passing attacks in the history of college football? A spritely mix of pontificating desire, unorthodox scheming, relentless repetition and the tenacity of a former lawyer. A fascination with pirates helps as well. Here's a gaze into the 'Mad Genius' mind of coach Mike Leach as seen on CBS 60 Minutes two days after the Cotton Bowl setback.



Leach, in another online clip, doled out classic advice to a TT student on dating:

"The movie theater's pretty good but then you wanna end it at some cool coffee-shop type of place where there are bizarre characters going in and out so that if the conversation isn't going well, you can reference some of the different characters you see coming and going from the place [...] if you're really having a good time, you can trade computer schemes and emails and all that mischief that people are up to on that nowadays of which I know nothing about".

And if you're craving further insight, here's a brilliant expose, written for a NY Times Magazine article in 2005 called Coach Leach Goes Deep, Very Deep.

Opening Day on September 5th can't get here soon enough.

GO RED RAIDERS!