PIRATES NEED PIRATES

by Orson on Jan 14, 2010 1:42 PM EST

With USF taking Skip Holtz, the Bulls fill their coaching vacancy with a guy who surely didn't want to skip out on a great opportunity like USF! /shoots self in face. We may now look forward to even more USF on ESPN, and not just because they love Holtz-on-Holtz commentary during the game. USF should actually be a Big East contender late into the season since Holtz will bring innovations the Bulls have lacked on offense like outlet receivers and pass protection. Innovations: he has 'em.

Holtz will also get to savor the joys of the Tampa Bay life, also known as getting in a boat at the end of the day and drinking a 24 pack in a boat before woozily returning to its blighted shores for sleep. Oh, and Ted Peter's Smoked Fish, the official smoked fish of EDSBS and the Universe That Gives A Shit About Quality Mullet Dip As We Know It. Other than that, Skip, workaholics miss nothing in Tampa.

ECU's coaching vacancy has only one logical solution. Pirates: meet your captain.

Let's get it poppin', agents.

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Definitely, been saying that all along. Skippy would skip to another job somewhere bigger, and Leach deserves to be the Pirate Captain.

by Drb on Jan 14, 2010 1:51 PM EST reply actions

If he was ringing up 50+ on the B12, imagine what he’d do to tackle-optional CUSA teams…

by Der Schatten on Jan 14, 2010 2:01 PM EST reply actions

Skip must have been approached by Kenny Power’s agent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GdB30O0zt4&feature=related

/Mons Venus!

by DoctorB00Mstick on Jan 14, 2010 2:10 PM EST reply actions

once agin, sheer genius.

by joe harvell on Jan 14, 2010 2:11 PM EST reply actions

Skip Holtz to USF (done)
Mike Leach to ECU (plausible and karmically demanded)

I do not see any of this ending well for the Wf’nVU Mountaineers.

by SC_Eer on Jan 14, 2010 2:20 PM EST reply actions

This offseason f—king rocks! Please, please let this happen.

by tzubear on Jan 14, 2010 2:27 PM EST reply actions

I assume you mean dip eaten by people sporting the Kentucky Waterfall, yes? Because otherwise “Mullet Dip” sounds just awful, akin to “Chum Pâté.”

by Grib on Jan 14, 2010 2:31 PM EST reply actions

And I actually like eating fish.

by Grib on Jan 14, 2010 2:32 PM EST reply actions

“tackle-optional CUSA teams”

HAHAHA! Made my day!

by Touchdown74 on Jan 14, 2010 2:36 PM EST reply actions

Re #7: That phrase confused me too. When I first saw “Mullet Dip,” I thought it was a hair care product. (Then again, I did grow up in Subcommandante Wayne country.)

by DevilGrad on Jan 14, 2010 2:53 PM EST reply actions

So nobody wants the Tennessee job? HA HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA!

by bitterhorn on Jan 14, 2010 2:58 PM EST reply actions

Florida even has the Mullet Festival. Celebrating the fish not the hair.

by Roadkill on Jan 14, 2010 3:07 PM EST reply actions

12 – Fuck that, Florida has a possum festival. Possum. The festival crowns a “Possum Queen.” I do not lie.

http://www.wausaupossumfestival.com/

by cantcatchuf on Jan 14, 2010 3:13 PM EST reply actions

- Don’t forget the legendary Florabama Interstate Mullet Toss. The only place in the world to see a mullet tossed from one state to another. Where would civilization be without the contributions of the Redneck Riviera.

by RanchyBalls on Jan 14, 2010 3:30 PM EST reply actions

Wait, Tampa does have EEEEE-BORE City. Right, brah?

by Brian O'Blivion on Jan 14, 2010 3:35 PM EST reply actions

ted peters is the place to be… for a cheeseburger in paradise.

that fish is crap.

by biff tannon on Jan 14, 2010 5:18 PM EST reply actions

biff tannon:

YES.

I go to the St. Pete about once or twice a decade and always, always make it a point to get a cheeseburger from Ted Peters. That shit is delicious.

by Rob on Jan 14, 2010 7:53 PM EST reply actions

The only reason I visit St. Pete is family and delicious Ted Peter’s fish spread (aka mullet dip) and the greatest cheeseburger I’ve ever had without bacon.

by rob on Jan 14, 2010 8:18 PM EST reply actions

Smoked mullet dip is fucking delicious. Born and raised in Tampa Bay area, I can assure you that Orson’s comment about the boat ride and 24 beers is close, except for it usually involves a congregation of boats on a sandbar, and many young ladies in bikinis. Oh, we also get to look at t his every evening……

http://www.sightfishtarpon.com/DaveDantImages/TampaBaySunset-020.jpg

by HogTown on Jan 14, 2010 9:31 PM EST reply actions

Except for some nights during the summer where you get to look at this:

http://blogs.tampabay.com/.a/6a00d83451b05569e20120a5596d1a970c-600wi

by JD on Jan 15, 2010 12:34 AM EST reply actions

Nice Hogtown and JD, represent!

by TampaGatorGal on Jan 15, 2010 2:15 AM EST reply actions

I hope that Coach Leach is offered this job and takes it. He is a GREAT coach and was WIDELY loved by all of Lubbock…. You will be lucky to get a coach of this magnitude…..

TeamLeach supports ya East Carolina… and if Leach lands the job… yall will have alot of Tech fans rooting you on next season.

by TxTechFan on Jan 15, 2010 3:57 PM EST reply actions

As an USF alum I am OK with Skip. There I times I like ATL.
Then I remember Ted Peters, dip and cheeseburgers – the beach and I wonder why I moved here.

by Duane on Jan 17, 2010 7:53 PM EST reply actions