...Neither team was in great shape when Garrett became athletic director 14 years ago. The football team had just lost to Fresno State in the Freedom Bowl. The basketball team was playing in front of a handful of fans in the aging Sports Arena.He rushed into the situation like he was running off tackle, knocking things over, drawing blood, collecting bruises.
He would put down the newspaper filled with critical columns, and hang up the phone ringing with angry alumni, and give his staff a speech that it still remembers today.
"It may not feel like it, but we are winning," he preached.
Nobody seems to want to say it, so I will.
Today, it feels like Mike Garrett has won...
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