Wrapping up WSU's appearance at Pac-12 media day

Washington State's appearance at Pac-12 media day is in the books and as you probably expected, it was all over the place. Mike Leach was in midseason storytelling form, rambling on about his path to the NFL, gnats, doughnuts and a host of other topics. The contingent WSU sent was strong with Darryl Monroe and Connor Halliday also having successful runs through media day.

The Pac-12 Network's coverage of media day was a little different than previous years. Instead of showing the main media sessions, Pac-12 Network opted for a studio show that featured interviews with the various participants. Leach dropped a lot of his best gold during the main media session and thanks to Jacob Thorpe of the Spokesman Review, you can watch some of it.

Let's Twitter roundup this thing:

But also @WSUCougars @CougCenter @neilstover @BrianMFloyd @NussCoug pic.twitter.com/UGdOMmNaAE

— Sarah Kezele (@SarahKezele) July 23, 2014

#SwingYourSword pic.twitter.com/DbnMkK3OSP

— Pac-12 Networks (@Pac12Networks) July 23, 2014

Connor Halliday and Darryl Monroe were both fantastic. First time I was genuinely entertained by a media day interview involving players.

— Michael Preston (@RM_Preston) July 23, 2014

Darryl Monroe says Daquawn Brown is his sleeper pick on defense: "He's a fierce competitor and won't get beat more than once."

— Britton Ransford (@bkransford) July 23, 2014

Connor Halliday got advice from Peyton Manning this offseason. Focus on "getting back to zero" after highs and lows.

— CougCenter (@CougCenter) July 23, 2014

Nick Allioti asked about Leach's life story and a producer with a stopwatch is headed to downtown LA to find a building to jump off of.

— Jeff Collier (@JeffDCollier) July 23, 2014

Leach on DBs: "No one can come out & replace Bucannon. I'd like to think we have some guys in the making... more athletic, less experience."

— Britton Ransford (@bkransford) July 23, 2014

Leach says the offensive line will average 310 pounds, up from 270.

— CougCenter (@CougCenter) July 23, 2014

.@BruceFeldmanCFB says Leach acted in two 80s movies. One was a wrestling movie titled Grunt. Probably a must-see now.

— Britton Ransford (@bkransford) July 23, 2014

WAZZU QB Connor Halliday is hilarious and thoughtful in his responses, On Wazzu fans' reputations: "We can party. Our fans go hard."

— Lisa Horne (@LisaHorne) July 23, 2014

Leach talks about a roadrunner on a football field and then makes sure to spend a moment describing its joint articulation in its legs

— GoldenBlogs (@GoldenBlogs) July 23, 2014

Leach talks about a roadrunner on a football field and then makes sure to spend a moment describing its joint articulation in its legs

— GoldenBlogs (@GoldenBlogs) July 23, 2014

Mike Leach on how he would pick between Chris Petersen and Kyle Wittingham for a bear hunting partner. http://t.co/gl83WEjiXl

— Thuc Nhi Nguyen (@thucnhi21) July 23, 2014

How good is WSU QB Connor Halliday? Take it away, Mike Leach: "I don't really care what you think. He's better than your guy."

— Jack Wang (@thejackwang) July 23, 2014

Leach: if the 1st team D gets tired, sub them out. 2nd string gets tired, sub them out. 3rd string gets tired, fire conditioning coach

— GoldenBlogs (@GoldenBlogs) July 23, 2014

I just spent 34 minutes talking to Mike Leach, 3 of which we spent debating how to spit gnats if you live near Macon, Ga.

— Steven Godfrey (@38Godfrey) July 23, 2014

Mike Leach playing corn hole? Mike Leach playing corn hole. pic.twitter.com/mQAOdu7XBT

— JB Long (@JB_Long) July 23, 2014

Connor Halliday, among other insights, tells media that "our fans can party. Our fans go hard. Our fans go haaaard."

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) July 23, 2014

Walked into a Mike Leach scrum and found him talking Valdosta, Ga., gators, water moccasins and gnats. #normalday

— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) July 23, 2014

Mike Leach on VooDoo Donuts, "I’m not standing around the block for doughnuts. A lot of doughnut lovers. I wish you the best, but not me."

— John Canzano (@johncanzanobft) July 23, 2014

Safe to say Darryl Monroe knows where the weight room is pic.twitter.com/IMomjpYACO

— CougCenter (@CougCenter) July 23, 2014

Leach and the other Pac-12 coaches will head to Bristol for interviews with ESPN, so there will still be more to come.