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Sunday, March 20, 2011

SI.com: Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach finding it difficult to land his next coaching job | College Sports Blog |

SI.com: Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach finding it difficult to land his next coaching job

I think he got royally screwed because the kid's father is an ESPN bigshot. I hope he wins in his lawsuit.
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