Leavitt revels in Sant'Yago parade fun
Lots of basketball to reflect on from Saturday, but perhaps the most amusing news was that USF football coach Jim Leavitt was an honored bead-tossing guest at the Sant'Yago Illuminated Knight parade in Ybor City on Saturday night.
The clincher is that Tampa Bay's 10 got some video of Leavitt, loaded with beads and smiling in the back of a convertible. The second shot of Leavitt from the clip is great -- in classic Ybor parade fashion, somebody convinced him to take his shirt off, so he pulls his green USF warmup off and tosses it into the crowd. And yes, he did have a white T-shirt on. Rocky the Bull even made it into the clip.
This, much like his Sun Dome basketball cameo in USF's student section last month, shows he's letting his guard down a little this offseason, something I haven't always seen him do ...
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Posted by: cg | February 17, 2008 at 06:13 PM
Yea..right? How well do you know
Leavitt? More than likely he was
just caught up in the moment
Posted by: KL | February 17, 2008 at 09:22 PM
He's letting himself be seen publicly in such situations; I think that's what's really different, and then he's playing to it some. I don't care one way or the other--as long as the team keeps doing well.
Posted by: Ken | February 18, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Sounds like he is trying to make sure that we keep selling out Ray Jay. Kudos to CJL, if the fans love him, they will love his team, if they love his team, they will love the school.
Posted by: Adam | February 18, 2008 at 01:11 PM