Of course they did because they had national championship implications. Leach was still out of line because Mangini is not quoted as having said those things about Crabtree.
True, Mike Leach has never been media savvy.
He's the guy who says whatever he thinks, and that is refreshing in a world of Mack 'coachspeak' Browns etc, but he does put his foot in his mouth on occasion.
What he said was wrong, but so was the 'diva' talk about Crabtree (I know it wasn't Mangini who said it).
Back to bashing Texas Tech ... wtf? Leach has taken a team with a fraction of the resources of the big-time schools and lesser recruiting pull and made it competitive with almost everyone in the country. Yes, we got our asses kicked by OU, but we beat them in 07 when they were trying to get the national title game.
Tech has only been getting decent recruiting talent for the last couple years, overall we recruit about 7th in the big12 and are #3 in wins.
I can't imagine how anyone could call Leach a bad coach with those kinds of results.
Anyway, I hope Harrell eventually gets called up, he is #1 in Texas HS TDs and #1 in NCAA TDs for a reason.