LEACH INTENDS TO RECRUIT JAMAICA?

In a recent appearance on FOX Sports Radio’s GameTime Live with Andrew Siciliano and Krystal Fernandez, Texas Tech coach Mike Leach mused about the possibility of recruiting for athletes in Jamaica, given the performance of sprinter Usain Bolt in the Olympics."I got to be honest, I’ve been thinking about recruiting Jamaica since I saw that stuff,” Leach said. “I’ve been to Jamaica and let me tell you something . . . here’s the extent that I’ve thought about that subject, there’s approximately 2.8 million people in Jamaica, which is approximately the size of the state of Iowa or Kansas, or the city of Houston."It’s almost like the country of Jamaica is sitting there saying, ‘If you would have just told us that this was important we could have won a lot of this stuff a long time ago.’"Though some think Leach was kidding, we think it’s no joke. If Leach isn’t serious about staking out Jamaica for football prospects, other college coaches definitely will be. NCAA football a big-money endeavor, and the key to success at the college level is the ability to attract superior athletes. If Jamaica kicks out a couple of them every year, someone should be trying to sign them to a letter of intent.