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Sailing on the High Seas With Mike Leach

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I had joked about it. Oh, I'll go fishing with Mike Leach. The pirate on the high seas ha ha ha. We could go to Cuba, establish a democracy based on freedom, rights, and the Air Raid offense. Rum and cigars would ruin me, he'd return to coach when some team pulls its head out of his ass long enough to realize the winningest coach in Texas Tech history was unoccupied, and spending his free time running the nation of Cuba on a lark. He would go on to win more bowl games. I would be killed in my sleep by my bodyguards. It would all work out, I swear.

That did not appear to be happening, though, and I was stuck. He had already showed reporters around the...

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