Mississippi State Football Coach Mike Leach Apologizes For Controversial Deleted Tweet Of A Noose
Mississippi State head football coach Mike Leach apologized Thursday for a tweet that showed a woman knitting her husband a noose while being quarantined inside their home. The post was tweeted Wednesday night, but has since been removed by Leach. The caption above the woman read, “After 2 weeks of quarantine with her husband, Gertrude decided to knit him a scarf ..”
Leach posted his apology on Twitter and said he wasn’t trying to upset anyone.
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