Originally published at: Why Did Mike Leach Nickname Eric Morris ‘The Elf’ After He Handed Sooners a Devastating Loss?
‘I have some great pictures of me in an elf costume.’
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“I have some great pictures of me in an elf costume. … Thursday, when I went to put on my uniform for practice, my uniform was entirely green,” Morris said during his introduction earlier this month. “Green tights, green pants, green jersey. He had taped elf ears to the outside of my helmet. I said, ‘Mike, I’m not practicing in this stuff.’ And Mike said, ‘Well, if you want to play this week you’re going to practice.’ So four straight weeks I practice, everybody watching me. … And everybody has red and black on, and there I am running around with green on.” — The pirate, sad to say, was an a-hole to Morris. You couldn’t get away w/ something like that these days. Heck of a coach and a really interesting guy, and CFB world took a big loss when he passed, but that’s not right…