Mike Leach addresses Mississippi State fans at Bulldogs basketball game

Mississippi State fans got to hear from new head football coach Mike Leach on Saturday night.

Leach visited Humphrey Coliseum and spoke to the MSU home crowd during the first half of the Mississippi State-Georgia basketball game. Beat reporters covering the game captured videos of Leach addressing fans and tossing t-shirts during a first-half timeout:

Mike Leach’s arrival at The Hump… pic.twitter.com/h4LjaLNaL9

— Joel Coleman (@JoelTColeman) January 19, 2020

I waited over five minutes for this to post only to call him "Like" Leach. Sorry, Mike.

— Tyler Horka (@tbhorka) January 19, 2020

Leach wasn’t the only Bulldogs football coach checking out the basketball game. Steve Spurrier Jr., who coached alongside Leach at Washington State and now is on staff at MSU, shared a photo.

Let’s go Dawgs! Good first night in Humphrey Coliseum! @CoachMeleMSU @DaveEmerickMSU @bthackery35 pic.twitter.com/jByCWUUfAp

— Coach Steve Spurrier (@WRsSpurrierMSU) January 19, 2020

As for the Battle of the Bulldogs on the hardwood, Mississippi State leads 42-31 at the end of the first half.