The Mississippi State Bulldogs defeated the East Tennessee State Buccaneers, 56-7, on Saturday.
After the game, an SEC Network sideline reporter asked Bulldogs coach Mike Leach about his planned Thanksgiving plate. The coach reacted as only he can.
“Oh I always make the gravy and I do make great gravy,” Leach said. “I’m not a big cook…I haven’t been…but I’ve made the gravy for decades. I always get uh white meat, a little stuffing but not too much, some mashed potatoes, gravy over everything. Hopefully they have greens, they generally don’t and then a corner of green beans, never sweet potatoes, and I like fruit pies better than this pumpkin apple stuff.”
When asked about sauce, Leach gave a more straightforward answer.
“Yeah but just a quick little droplet of it. I’m not going to get carried away with that either.”
The CFB world was quick to react to Leach’s latest antics:
This man is a national treasure. Decades of great gravy making in Leach household
https://t.co/bk1jC1ThT5 — Jay Tylar (@Coach_JayTylar) November 19, 2022
“This man is a national treasure. Decades of great gravy making in Leach household,” one fan joked.
“It’s dressing not stuffing coach. The SEC might have to fine him for that,” another fan said.
“For God’s sake someone give this man a lozenge,” wrote Hayden Cox.
“They knew exactly what they were doing when they asked him this question. There was no way his answer was going to be shorter than a minute,” a fan wrote.
Not everyone was amused, however:
https://twitter.com/DTSports73/status/1594079315586686978
“His biggest concern better be not dropping to 18-18 overall and 0-3 against Ole Miss,” one fan wrote.
Leach and the Bulldogs are next in action Nov. 26th when they face their rivals, the Ole Miss Rebels.
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