Mike Leach had the perfect reaction to Mississippi State's thrilling upset over LSU
New Mississippi State coach Mike Leach didn’t waste any time making a statement in the SEC, with a 44-34 victory at LSU on Saturday.
In typical Leach fashion though, he all but shrugged off the upset.
“It’s better than average, I’ll tell you that,” Leach said on CBS Sports. “There’s a lot of ghosts in this stadium. We played LSU because New England, Green Bay and the Chiefs had somebody scheduled. But I’m proud of our guys, I thought we played real well. I thought we stuck in there during tough times and won the game.”
He continued this sentiment later with reporters, as the Bulldogs edged out LSU on third down 8-of-16 versus 5-of-17.
“Forget first and second,” Leach said, per Tyler Horka. “Let’s just get to third and long.”
About QB K.J. Costello’s 623 passing yards, Leach said, he “wasn’t perfect” but he “kept swinging. I thought his composure in this game was outstanding.”
Leach also shared why MSU threw a lot of deep balls.
“Going into the game, thought they’d play looser than they did,” he said, per Ross Dellenger. “It turned out they didn’t play so loose and the space was getting crowded and so we had to go over the top.”
Today was… “better than average” – @Coach_Leach 🤣
— Mississippi State Football (@HailStateFB) September 26, 2020
People are getting confused.
It is less Mike Leach and Miss St. and more The Curse of Orgeron.
Okay you don’t have to spam your hatred of Orgeron and pretending to be an LSU fan. You’re probably the same person who trolled UGA the last few seasons.
He is. Truvol comes in many forms. Congrats on a huge win today.
I figured and thanks. Congrats on your win as well. It feels good to have SEC football back.
Ya gotta love Leach. The scheduling comment was priceless.
“Better than average.” Yeah, one could say that. There’s a new gunslinger in town. And the likes of Auburn and Bama better be drawing up some new defensive schemes.
Mike Leach in the SEC changes things considerably.
Mike Leach’s comments were hilarious, and KJ’s was heartwarming for a guy to redeem his career. But, the comment I can’t get out of my head was from Javonte Payton saying the LSU DB’s were telling the State receivers they were tired in the 3rd quarter.
If this is true, I’m even more impressed with our coaching staff. If we can wear people down this season that will be huge!
Great win State but it’s the first game, everyone probably had tired guys yesterday. Still a great win in the SEC, and i think every team will be different in this different kind of year.
Leach had an awesome day. So did Kiffin. By game 3 the defensive coordinators will be prepared. But great win for state. Leach seems to bring fun back after boredom with the last coach.
Mississippi State has entered a new era of “Air Raid”. That offense wore out the LSU defensive backs…and apparently this IS a rebuilding year for LSU.
Definitely
I tell you what, the state of Mississippi was impressive as hell yesterday.
Well now we load reload has apparently become rebuild Sort of like Dietzel the year after….
As an avid Tide fan who is nonetheless impressed with and proud of LSUs amazing season last year, I’m excited about Coach Leach and Coach Killin being in the SEC west and do no longer take victories over Miss St or Ole Miss for granted
Is that his new nickname “Coach Killin” or was that a misspell?