Coaches Say The Darnedest Things: Week 4 Edition
Coaches Say The Darnedest Things: Week 4 Edition
A curated handful of the best moments from this week's head coach press conferences.
Press conferences — particularly those involving head football coaches — are often a half-hour of mundane coach-speak that will put even the most interested football fan to sleep.
On the other hand, a handful of moments exist each week within these otherwise innocuous hours of cliches and understatements that make the whole exercise worthwhile.
The good news, for you, is that we suffered through the bland to curate the interesting. Shall we begin?
Jim Harbaugh is hip, fo sho. pic.twitter.com/Rqv8rJFYce
— Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) September 17, 2018
Great.
You guys will never definitely believe this, but...
Upset Alert: Mike Leach Chooses Flight Over Invisibility
Sometimes the obvious question is the best question. Here's Mike Leach on what super power he wishes he had: pic.twitter.com/2adSmy98dx
— Femi Abebefe (@SWXFemi) September 18, 2018
Tough to argue with that. Who cares about fast jogs?
For The First Time In History, OU's Head Coach Is Jealous Of UNT
Lincoln Riley says he was "jealous" of (@MeanGreenFB) North Texas' fake fair catch punt return touchdown last Saturday. ? #Sooners pic.twitter.com/DcCw86oxSG
— Nate Feken (@TheGreat_Nate) September 17, 2018
It really was awesome ... and completely insane.
Mike Gundy Is Our Spirit Animal
Mike Gundy had an absolute love affair with his postgame smoothie. But not everyone on the coaching staff feels as strongly as Gundy does about blended beverages. #OKState pic.twitter.com/le3SmrAwff
— Dylan Buckingham (@DylanBuckingham) September 9, 2018
Yeah, this was last week. But we missed last week and this sort of smoothie analysis isn't something you just forget about.
And later on...
Here’s Mike Gundy’s comedic routine on stripe the stadium ? #Okstate pic.twitter.com/Ktt2rR1jod
— Carson Cunningham (@KOCOCarson) September 10, 2018
??
Jimbo's Ready to Risk It All
Jimbo Fisher: "I love Southern Cooking, I can't give it up"
— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) September 17, 2018
Me: "Would you go full Vegan for a year if it meant you beat Bama this weekend?"
Jimbo: "ZERO doubt. I love winning too much to care about food"
Question, would you go Vegan for a year if it meant a win for your team?
Not sure if that's how that works, but, at this point, anything is worth a shot.
Good Ol' Rocky Top
Dan Mullen said Florida will be mixing Rocky Top into the practice playlist this week: "I'll be whistling Rocky Top by the end of the week". #Vols pic.twitter.com/zUsg3GYRfD
— Marshall Hughes (@marshallhughes) September 18, 2018
Florida fans will, no doubt, take this completely in stride. Nothing to see here. Just a Florida football coach who enjoys a hated rival's fight song.
He's not wrong, though. Rocky Top is the shit.