Mike Leach talks up Will Rogers’ leadership, how MSU is coming off the bye week
By Keith Farner
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Mississippi State got good timing, in a sense, to have its bye week ahead of the Alabama game this week, and coach Mike Leach offered his perspective on the week off.
“Difficult to say, but I thought it was pretty good,” Leach said on the Wednesday SEC coaches media teleconference. “I think any of them that are around midseason are a pretty good time.”
About Will Rogers, Leach said that he’s developed into a leader this season.
“He does a good job of asserting himself as far as creating energy,” Leach said. “Quarterback, just kind of by position, are leaders. … He takes the team on his shoulders and tries to elevate them any way he can.”
Leach, Rogers and the Bulldogs will meet Alabama on Saturday in a 7 p.m. ET game on ESPN.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
