It’s been more than eight years since Breaking Bad was on the air, but it wasn’t until last year that Minnesota head football coach P.J. Fleck finally got around to watching the AMC series, taking advantage of the increased time spent at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fleck made clear in his press conference following the Gophers’ 18-6 win over West Virginia in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl that he does not look to Walter White — the anti-hero of Breaking Bad and a high school chemistry teacher who turns to producing meth to cover the costs of medical treatments after he is diagnosed with cancer — as a role model, but conceded that White’s iconic “I am the one who knocks” speech struck a chord with the team.