A few days old, but saw it new today …

Here we have Mike Leach, lover of pirates, giver of amazing dating advice, laying it on thick after Texas Tech’s loss this weekend:

Yeah, you hear that linebacking corps? I’M SICK OF YOUR FAT LITTLE GIRLFRIENDS TELLING YOU HOW AWESOME YOU ARE. ALSO, TELL THEM TO STOP STEALING MY MUFFINS.

Making this story more awesome? Mark Mangino — yes, this Mark Mangino — backed up Leach a bit, saying:

I don’t want to get into all of that. There’s pretty girls everywhere. Tech’s got their share, and KU has their share. We’re partial. We think KU has the best. I think you can have fun with it. That’s what Mike’s trying to do. He’s trying to have fun with it.

Yes, I agree: it’s always about fun with Leach. He’s fun for the whole family!

So, I tried to get all serious on Kirk Ferentz’s lack of Twitter/Internet knowledge Monday, but whatever: it’s oftentimes a generational thing, and some people are stubborn like that. If Ferentz doesn’t want anything to with the Internet, it’s at his own peril.

Ferentz, it seems, is not alone in his lack of knowledge. Joe Paterno had an amusing quote at Big Ten Media Day, calling Twitter “Tweedle-doo, Tweedle-dee.” But, he’s old. Really old. It’s hard to mock anything the man does. Respect your elders, and all.

So in a contest I decided to make up right now, and that I’m only judging from things I’ve gleamed from Spencer Hall and Pat Forde, I am giving the winning-college-coach-quote-of-the-last-week-or-so award to Texas Tech’s Mike Leach. Why?

Because he’s never sent an e-mail in his entire life.

Hey, at least he wasn’t giving out dating advice.

Quarterback controversies emerge within almost every organization that doesn’t possess a clear-cut starter. That’s no surprise. But the Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins signed some undrafted free agents today that will create a little more controversy than what is just on the depth chart.

For instance, the Browns signed former Texas Tech standout Graham Harrell — no big deal, right? Harrell was a baller in Mike Leach’s system, put up huge numbers, but no one thought he would end up being an NFL starter (although I fail to see why the Panthers didn’t at least grab him late in the draft).

But here’s the tricky part to this signing: on Saturday night, Leach flew off the handle in a rant pointedly directed at Browns head coach Eric Mangini, because Leach believed that the ManGenius purposely sabotaged TT alum Michael Crabtree’s draft stock. Two days later, Mangini is inking Leach’s boy Harrell to a deal, despite the fact that he already has Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn on his roster.

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Aw, hey little guy. New to the dating scene? Yet to have your pride, and your soul, and whatever part of the brain it is that processes the concept of “love” shredded like bones in a wood chipper? Good. Because Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach — he of the ridiculous passing offense and cupcake schedule — has some advice for you:

The cool coffee shop idea is tremendous. Nothing says first date like dumping a venti iced vanilla latte down your gullet and hoping for the best. Sometimes the caffeine makes you funny. Other times it just makes you shake like a crackhead.

Welcome to dating!