OMG! NO!!!!
We just returned from MS State for graduations of our son and son-in-law.
Our son is in the marching band. The last thing he is doing for the band will be performing in the Reliaquest Bowl in Tampa on January 2nd. We have tickets to attend the one and only college bowl game we will ever go to.
We love Mike Leach. We would listen to his after game interviews, for the laughs.
He did have a terrible cough. I bet it was a walking pneumonia type thing.
We are Deeply Saddened. That’s not a strong enough statement. Crushed is more like it.
Oh, Lord have mercy on his soul. Welcome him home. And console the many many people who will be grieving.
I am MSU Bulldog to the core, and the proud father of two Famous Maroon Band alumni... My oldest (flute and piccolo) for 3 years. My youngest (horn and mellophone) for 4 years.
Coach Leach was indeed a treasure, and a unique one.
It is indeed saddening that my prayers combined with the prayers of millions of other Mike Leach fans, could not keep him here. Ultimately it is His will that gets fulfilled, not ours.
I haven’t been on FR for awhile, so I missed out on the thread.
As a Gator, Coach Leach was my favorite college coach, and this has hit me as hard as any recent passing. I still really haven’t come to terms with it.