Given ESPN’s conflicted role in Mike Leach’s tumultuous exit from Texas Tech last December, there was no chance of the ousted pirate captain ever landing a job on the same network that continues to employ his ongoing legal nemesis, Craig James. Fortunately, there is one network that appreciates the staggering philosophic and comedic possibilities of allowing Leach to speak on live television without a script over college football this fall, even if almost no one will hear it:

Former Texas Tech University football coach Mike Leach joins CBS College Sports Network’s announcer line-up as a game analyst for the 2010 college football season.