There was often an uncomfortable murmur wafting through the stadium in Lubbock during the first few years of Mike Leach’s tenure as Texas Tech’s Head Football Coach. It wasn’t always there, sometimes it was replaced with violent celebration and eruptions of joy. But the uncomfortable murmurs would inevitably return. “He’s doing what?” they’d ask. “He’s […]
What if Texas Tech hired Rich Rodriguez instead of Mike Leach?
I hope y’all enjoyed the first installment of our new “What if…?” series last week. Sorry for the delay before my second post, but work got very hectic with this COVID-19 stuff so I didn’t have much energy to write. Anyway, here’s your new 10-minute distraction from the virus. Rich Rod vs. Mike Leach Today, […]
Texas Tech, Clemson, and the Difference a Decade Makes
It has been 10 years to the day that Texas Tech fired Mike Leach, the winningest coach in program history. Personally, I think the matter has been litigated and re-litigated over and over, and I have no interest in arguing here whether he should have been fired or not. While Leach’s tenure did not come […]