Hey, everybody, this is Sophie. This is Big Mama.

Hey, it's Melanie. It's Big Mama.

We actually recorded this week's episode before we knew the very sad news

that Mississippi State's football coach Mike Leach passed away Monday night.

Yes. And we were, we had talked about how sad we were about, you know, hearing that he was not in good health

and he was in the hospital. And I just, I keep thinking about him today.

And I'm like, what a guy. Like, what, how much he brought to the game of college football and how much he'll be missed

because you know that my, my fondest wish came true when he became Mississippi State's coach

because I wanted him in the SEC.

Yeah.

And what a loss. I mean, he did so much for the game.

And I'm just so sad for his family and his friends and, and the world of college football.

I know. I've thought all morning about the fact that, you know, Mississippi State people,

we, we don't like a lot of pretense. And we're not super interested generally in keeping up with the genders

because we, we kind of think maybe the genders are mortgaged up to their eyeballs anyway.

But his just sincere affection for people, the fact that he was so genuine, he was so without any sort of ego

or without any sort of pretense, it just endeared him to us on every level.

And I feel like he fit just the whole Mississippi State community. He just fit us like a glove.

And so, yeah.

I'm so sad for our players and for his assistant coaches and obviously so sad for his family.

But I just, I think over and over, well, golly, we were just the luckiest to have almost three years with him as our head coach.

And he will, he will for sure be missed.

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