Washington State Football: 5 reasons why college football needs Mike Leach

At a time when sports are at an all-time peak of phony coaches, Washington State football’s Mike Leach is what the college football world needs.

Mike Leach is known for his poor dress, strange diatribes and his confused sideline stare. As weird as Leach seems, he is exactly what college football needs. Mike Leach grew up in Cody, Wyo., which is a town of 9,500 as of the last census. He references it in interviews and stares off longingly as he mentions The Stars and Stripes Drive-In theatre.

But Leach is more than just off-hand comments. Here are five reasons why college football needs Washington State football coach Mike Leach, AKA the self-proclaimed pirate, heading into a Week 2 matchup against the Boise State Broncos.

5. College football already lost Spurrier and Miles

With quirky quote machines like Steve Spurrier retired and Les Miles in and out of the announcer’s booth, college football needs a quirky coach that can make up for the loss of two legends. Coach Leach has fat-shamed his players’ choice in dates, given dating advice to fans and even appeared on Friday Night Lights (above).

Without Spurrier and his “Can’t spell Citrus without UT” one liners or Les Miles eating grass, what do we have as college football people? Without the quirks, we’re left to the bland plain, dry chicken taste of an NFL-type stale sound bite.