Late Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach was renowned for unabashedly marching to the beat of his own drum both as a coach and as a person. There have been countless remarkable, and frequently hilarious, stories told by those who played or worked for Leach, and one of his former QBs just gave us a gem of a tale about The Pirate.
Mike Leach read Mississippi State Bulldogs a children's book following loss to Alabama
One of Mississippi State's top recruits of the Mike Leach-era was quarterback Sawyer Robertson. The Lubbock, TX native grew up watching Leach's teams tear apart defenses at Texas Tech, played in the Air Raid in high school, and ultimately chose to play for The Pirate.