What's the story behind that gif?
Nothing like a video of Washington State coach Mike Leach staring into the abyss to get your week started on the right note.
Props to the assistant for his enthusiasm on the sidelines when Leach clearly was paying him no attention. But let's be serious, Leach doesn't have time for assistants when he is having a revelatory experience on the sidelines.
More realistically, Leach was probably just looking up toward the video screen above the East end zone where Washington State had just scored, checking out the time and replay of the touchdown pass to decide on his own whether or not to go for the win or the tie.
After the game, Leach said there wasn't a lot of consideration to go for the two-point conversion instead of the extra point. Some Cougar fans probably cringed when Erik Powell took the field for the extra point attempt as they remembered a failed 19-yard field goal attempt in the loss to Cal last season.
But Leach felt confident in his team's chances in overtime.
"I think consideration is about as far as I went," Leach said of the idea of going for two (which translates to: No, we wanted overtime).
But, it's fun to imagine that Leach saw Geronimo in the distance or a pirate warship in the eastward sky. And, if you're trying to make this video any better, feel free to set it to an epic music track -- writer suggestions: the Star Wars theme song, any song from Pirates of the Caribbean, "Let It Go" from Frozen, or a '90s boy band love song (his confused look can speak to the masses).
Watch: Mike Leach stares into the abyss - Pac-12 Blog- ESPN