Watch: Texas Tech Fans Cheer on Mike Leach Ahead of Liberty Bowl

Posted on December 26, 2021

The Liberty Bowl is one of the most intriguing match ups of the college football bowl season as Mike Leach, now the head coach at Mississippi State, takes on his former team for the first time since being fired: the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

There’s no doubt there is still some hard feelings around how Leach left the program, and he continues to have some die-hard supports who are more on “Team Mike Leach” than they are Texas Tech supporters.

So with Leach in Memphis for the Liberty Bowl and surrounded by lots of Tech fans, at least a couple showed up to the Mississippi State team hotel to cheer on the former head coach.

Here’s the video.

Three or four Texas Tech fans showed up at the Peabody to see Mike Leach come in on MSU's arrival. One of the Tech fans told a local that "half of Texas Tech fans are rooting for Tech and half are rooting for Leach." What's the ratio, ya think? pic.twitter.com/hbE4ljx9ap
— Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams) December 26, 2021

Needless to say, the video has caused quite a bit of controversy from Texas Tech fans, with many considering these fans to not actually be Red Raiders fans.

100% of the Tech fans are cheering for Tech.
100% of the Leachers are hypocrites if they claim to support Tech and these fine young men who play for the Double T while supporting Leach against them.
There, I said it.
You ride for the brand or you don’t.
— David Sanderson, CLU (@dsphotoscapes) December 26, 2021

Way too many picking a coach over the school and those that do are not true Red Raiders. More than a decade has passed, time to grow up and get over it
— Ryan the Wine Guy (@gilyarbo) December 26, 2021

I’m not rooting for anyone over Tech…ever.
— Krista Melcher Ŧ (@kristamelcher) December 26, 2021

And now, the anticipation for the Liberty Bowl just went up a couple of notches, and I still consider it one of the best Big 12 bowl match ups this year.