Saturday’s Bahamas Bowl game between UAB and Miami Ohio didn’t feature an Air Raid offense. The post-game press conference didn’t contain any pirate references. And there certainly weren’t any swords to be swung inside Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.
But the Miami Ohio football program found a way to honor former Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach in the first bowl game of the season, just four days after the 61-year-old football coach passed away from a massive heart attack. The Redhawks adorned the back of their helmets with stickers bearing his name and the “Fly The Flag” Mid-American Conference football motto.