{"id":3644,"date":"2016-11-01T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2017-09-23T12:03:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T17:03:21","slug":"want-to-tell-the-world-who-is-your-favorite-college-football-coach-can-not-choose-your-schools-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=3644","title":{"rendered":"Want to tell the world who is your favorite college football coach?  Can not choose &#8220;your&#8221; school&#8217;s leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have never posted a question on my\u00a0blog until now. \u00a0I would like to know the answers of college football fans across the nation on this.\u00a0<em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> If you have to choose your favorite college football coach (and you cannot pick the coach that you are a fan\/supporter of) who would it be?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em> As a father in a Bedlam family\u00a0 I would not be able to choose Mike Gundy of OSU or Bob Stoops of OU.\u00a0 I have a son that graduated from each school.\u00a0 Look up Bedlam if you are not aware of the word\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(and you probably are not a college football fan and would not be here reading this if you are not aware of that word).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My choice would be<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong> Mike Leach of Washington State University<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Leach, for me, is the most idiosyncratic coach in the game today.\u00a0 He is the mad scientist of the gridiron.\u00a0 A lawyer by profession, a mind of extreme functional\u00a0dysfunctionality\u00a0that understands the power of being\u00a0different, and the smartest of all the head coaches\u00a0that walk the sidelines on Saturday.\u00a0 You want Pirates in college football, you have one in Mike Leach.\u00a0 As he says, if the Texas Aggies can have fake soldiers he can have his fake pirates.\u00a0 Yes, a man of my tastes.<\/p>\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Please comment on my blog.\u00a0 Surprise me.<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mike Leach After Baylor Game (Explicit Language)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uZaOFTp5_C8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?attachment_id=3648\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3648\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3648\" src=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/8d69e627f38b42d19a5a63315a9221bf.jpg\" alt=\"8d69e627f38b42d19a5a63315a9221bf\" width=\"498\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/8d69e627f38b42d19a5a63315a9221bf.jpg 498w, https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/8d69e627f38b42d19a5a63315a9221bf-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/8d69e627f38b42d19a5a63315a9221bf-264x315.jpg 264w, https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/8d69e627f38b42d19a5a63315a9221bf-50x60.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?attachment_id=3649\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3649\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3649\" src=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/d28ac1cabafede498284e450c941b0ee.gif\" alt=\"d28ac1cabafede498284e450c941b0ee\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?attachment_id=3650\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3650\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3650\" src=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/d852e9e73242663b0063e0859b057fc1.jpg\" alt=\"d852e9e73242663b0063e0859b057fc1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/d852e9e73242663b0063e0859b057fc1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/d852e9e73242663b0063e0859b057fc1-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More of Mike Leach and Pirates below. (wiki)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Famous among fans for his fascination with 18th-century<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Golden Age of Piracy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_Age_of_Piracy\">pirates<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>such as<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Edward Teach\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Teach\">Blackbeard<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Calico Jack\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calico_Jack\">Calico Jack<\/a>, Leach has lectured his players on the history of pirates, and told them before games to &#8220;swing their swords.&#8221; His office has been described as a museum of pirate paraphernalia.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>In particular, Leach admires the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Teamwork\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teamwork\">teamwork<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>exhibited by pirates:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"cquote\" style=\"height: 82px;\" width=\"559\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border: currentColor; width: 20px; text-align: left; color: #b2b7f2; line-height: 0.6em; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;\">\u201c<\/td>\n<td>Pirates function as a team. 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