Two minutes into Mike Leach’s interview with 710 ESPN Seattle’s Danny, Dave and Moore on Wednesday, the WSU Cougars football coach wrapped up a fascinating explanation of the Finns driving Russia out of Finland early on in World War II.

The question Leach was answering? How the Cougars’ first meeting of 2019 spring football went.

If you’re familiar with Leach or the previous times he’s called in from Pullman to chat with Danny, Dave and Moore, the fact that he would have a reply like that might not be all that surprising. It doesn’t make it any less enjoyable.

Normally we would transcribe some quotes from such an entertaining interview, but with Leach it’s always better to hear what he said than to read it. With that in mind, below is a glimpse at a few more of the many topics Leach covered in Wednesday’s interview. And to hear the segment, click play on the player embedded in this post or download it in podcast form at this link.

• WSU’s ‘Big Gulp Left’ trick play

• If the NCAA Tournament would work in football

• Bill Walton’s college basketball color commentary

• How he would coach up Wile E. Coyote

• Getting ideas to make changes to plays from students

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