The Bizarre and Boorish Genius Who Invented Modern College Football

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The Bizarre and Boorish Genius Who Invented Modern College Football
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So little in college football is new. But Mike Leach altered the entire sport.

from what his family said was a heart condition, took his place in the sport’s history not by being better than everyone else, but different. College football will always have juggernauts. The game will someday find another Nick Saban, just as Saban showed it could find another Bear Bryant. It won’t find another Mike Leach.So little in college football is new at this point, especially not in game strategy. Every play we see on Saturday or Sunday, someone has called before.

The Air Raid that Leach conjured was a football lifestyle as much as a playbook. He and Mumme theorized that they could make up for a talent deficit by having their offense get really, really good at just a few passing plays. Then they could call them over and over. Instead of the run plays that historically dominated the game, Leach-coached teams would use passes designed to spread the defense out and create conflicts.

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