A decade has passed since Tommy Tuberville was hired to replace Mike Leach as Texas Tech football head coach. Yet, the former Ole Miss, Auburn, and Cincinnati head coach remains one of the most hated men in West Texas.
On one hand, the man who is now running for a United States Senate seat in Alabama was in a no-win situation in 2010 given the turmoil that brought about his hiring. No one short of Bear Bryant himself would have been good enough to satisfy Red Raider fans after the abrupt and controversial way the Leach era ended.