On Monday at an appearance, Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt delivered a winding monologue that compared his team to a sinking ocean liner. It’s one of those quotes that makes even less sense the second time you read it—which is by no means unheard in Pruitt’s profession, whether on radio shows and in press conferences, at booster gatherings and sometimes just to a lucky and unsuspecting reporter.
In honor of Pruitt and the lost mice of the Titanic, here’s a look at the 10 most confusing and bombastic statements by college football coaches this century:
10. Herm Edwards, explaining his decision to run the clock down from 2:05 to 0:03 and kick a field goal rather than attempt a touchdown to beat Michigan State, 16–13, in 2018: “Most college coaches want to score.