JIM LEAVITT, FAST AS THE WIND

by Orson on Apr 9, 2009 6:44 PM EDT

USF head coach Jim Leavitt's 40 time: 5.72 seconds, making him faster than both ourselves and Clay Travis. This is not footage of Jim Leavitt running the 40, though if you'd like to view it as a metaphor about what he as a the sturdy 52 year old did to men half his age who couldn't run that fast, you go right ahead and do that.

He is truly all that is man, and according to him, we should really figure out what we want to do with our lives:

"If there are any students that can't be that, they really need to decide what they want to do in life," Leavitt said. "That's not hard to beat, five whatever it was."

We know what we can do with our blazing 6.09, Coach. We can blog. Oh, yes we can. We can blog...like...the wind....WHOOOOSH. If you wonder what that sound is, it's the pitter-splash of our tears hitting the ground as we weep into a bowl of beer and ice cream soup.

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is she dead??

by alanon on Apr 9, 2009 9:36 PM EDT reply actions

At the risk of piling on, he can probably easily do a full set (12) at 225, too.

by Coop on Apr 9, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions

you cant really run a 6.09….

Ive been timed between 5.0-5.3 and I was considered “SLOWER’N POND WATER! YOULL NEVER PLAY LINEBACKER ON THIS DEFENSE AGAIN YOU PANSY!”

the harsh, harsh words still hurt to this day.

by cyclonestate on Apr 9, 2009 11:09 PM EDT reply actions

I never got to run the 40. My coach said “Why the hell do you want to do that? I don’t care how fast my benchwarmers are.” Looking back it wasn’t the words that were harsh so much as it was those damn short shorts he always wore. Magnum PI had nothing on him. They haunt me to this day.

by JIMatUA on Apr 10, 2009 7:10 AM EDT reply actions

beer and ice cream soup

garnished with a quarter pound of shredded cheddar I assume?

by CincySooner on Apr 10, 2009 8:28 AM EDT reply actions

So may great Leavitt quotes in the video. For some reason the part that kills me is the conversation with some of the students at the end.

“Where you from? What high school? Did you play? And you’re not out here now? What’s wrong with you?”

“I’m doing engineering.”

“That’s ok: do both.”

by TJ on Apr 10, 2009 8:36 AM EDT reply actions

CincySooner – that’s starting to sound like a nice variation on the 3-way.

by ohiodawg on Apr 10, 2009 9:41 AM EDT reply actions

We now want a do-over.

by Orson Swindle on Apr 10, 2009 10:07 AM EDT reply actions

You’ve defamed me. I demand redress.

I would totally toast Jim Leavitt and his awkwardly spelled last name. Note how he shifted, cat-like, from the laser to the hand-timed forty. Laser adds up to .2 to forty times. He ran a handheld 5.72.

Cheater.

by Clay Travis on Apr 10, 2009 11:58 AM EDT reply actions

Well I would hope any twentysomething in reasonable shape could beat the time of a 52-year-old man who admitted he wasn’t running at top speed. (He says the adrenaline takes over on game day and he’s much faster then.)

I mean he couldn’t come out and run a 4.9 and smoke everyone. Unless you want a whole bunch of suicidal USF students.

by JD on Apr 10, 2009 12:13 PM EDT reply actions