Mike Leach gets in exchange with reporter over his face mask

Gene’s Page: Mike Leach has coached one game at Mississippi State and set a Southeastern Conference record in single-game passing with quarterback KJ Costello, earned a top 10 win over LSU at Death Valley and pushed the Bulldogs inside the top 20.




But a reporter on Monday wondered why the coach decided not to wear his mask regularly on the sideline during that victory. New York Times reporter Alan Blinder joined the coach’s weekly Zoom call in the press conference with a single question about why he failed to wear the mask on the sidelines routinely.







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