Washington State coach Mike Leach expressed anger and distrust in the Pac-12's commitment to player safety in a series of text messages he exchanged with conference officials last month, according to documents obtained by Yahoo Sports via a public-records request.
Leach's text messages to the Pac-12 came in the wake of a controversial non-call for targeting by USC's Porter Gustin on Cougars quarterback Gardner Minshew in the Trojans' 39-36 win Sept. 21.
Several of the texts were aimed at Pac-12 general counsel and senior vice president of business affairs Woodie Dixon, who was at the center of a Yahoo Sports report last week that the conference's leadership has influenced decision-making during the replay process of football games.