Mike Leach allegedly wanted to throw a Little Person over the line of scrimmage in what can only be described as a missed opportunity to evolve the Eagles’ Tush Push

There are tall tales, and then there’s this absolute masterpiece floating around the internet — the rumor that Mike Leach, college football’s resident pirate-philosopher, once had to be talked out of putting a little person in the backfield and literally throwing them over the line of scrimmage in short-yardage situations.

Mike Leach allegedly wanted to throw a little person over the line of scrimmage in short yardage situations

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Side Note: Do we have to call them little persons or can we just say midget? I honestly don’t know and feel like things like this change on a minute-by-minute basis. Regardless, talk about a missed opportunity for midgets little people. It would have officially given them the opportunity to play sports at every level.

Anyways, I don’t care if it came from a Reddit comment section or a grainy voicemail passed down through generations of walk-ons — this is exactly the kind of unhinged brilliance I want to believe in. Because if anyone was going to draw up a 4th-and-1 play that starts with a human launch sequence, it was Mike Leach.

AI Rendering of the Mike Leach: Little Person Being Tossed Over Line of Scrimmage

Image Note: Robots don’t know shit. It’s not perfect but you get the point.

Missed Opportunity to Evolve the Eagles’ Tush Push

The Eagles’ Tush Push is already so dominant it has half the league in therapy. But while everyone else is whining about banning it, Leach had already visualized the next step in the evolution: not just pushing forward, but going over the pile.

Could you imagine Jordan Mailata lined up at full back and picking up a midget little person and literally tossing him over the line of scrimmage?

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Line up in a modified Tush Push formation. The defense tightens up. Everyone assumes it’s the standard scrum. But then out of nowhere, your Mailata grabs the player with the ball and launches him over the defensive line.

Legal? Definitely not. Inhumane and degrading to midgets? Absolutely.

And before anyone gets mad — yeah, I’m pretty sure we’re not supposed to call them “midgets” anymore, and yeah, this probably violates some NCAA/NFL bylaws and most state insurance policies. But Mike Leach was never interested in coloring inside the lines. He was interested in winning football games and doing it with style which anyone should be able to respect.

Not to mention, football is evolving and if we don’t have new ideas, then we’re going to be stuck with dorks like Sean McDermott and the Packers crying while Jalen Hurts and the Eagles’ O-Line shoves them into oblivion.

That’s the tragedy here. Not that Leach had the idea — but that some soulless assistant coach or someone in the Rules Department had the audacity to shut it down. Shame.

All I’m saying is, if the Eagles ever want to level up, this is the way. The Tush Push is fine. But the Tush Toss? That’s history.

RIP Mike Leach. We never deserved your genius.

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