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RIP, Mike Leach

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RIP, Mike Leach

All hail the Pirate King

Ben Domenech
Dec 14, 2022
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The passing of Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach is an unexpected and sad event for the world of college football, but the real loss is to the lost art of tangent driven interviewing. Leach was the closest thing to Norm Macdonald when it came to this art, with his tendency toward meandering observations on pirates, the universe, and whether future…

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