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National Signing Day list announced
By Ryan Burnett
The Daily Evergreen livetweeted from Mike Leach's press conference Wednesday.
Published 2/1/2012
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Derek HarrisonMike Leach gave a press conference on National Letter of Intent Signing Day. Mike Leach held a press conference Wednesday about the players who signed on to WSU for the 2012 season on National Letter of Intent Signing Day.

2:04 p.m. - Daily Evergreen here at the press conference. Should start at any moment now

2:10 p.m. - Leach starts off his press conference thanking his staff

2:13 p.m. - "One of the most accurate guys I have ever seen." Leach on QB Austin Apodaca

2:16 p.m. - "Ioane Guata, but everyone calls him junior. I think you can see why." -Leach. Junior is a 300lb 6'2" D

2:17 p.m. - Gabriel Marks. "A football player in the true sense of the word." -Leach

                - Leach said what they look for in their LB core are people who have a quick first step

2:19 p.m. - Leach said Khali Pettway (LB) is a lengthy coverage type of LB but can hit hard as well

2:20 p.m. - Safety Taylor Taliulu: "one of the smoothest runners I've ever seen. He makes it look easy." Leach

2:22 p.m. - Leach is done with his statements of all the recruits. Now taking questions

2:26 p.m. - Leach on WR recruits : "I'm really excited as well... What I like about them is that they are all players, not just fast guys."

2:27 p.m. - "He has the combination of feet, accuracy, and football sense." -Leach on Apodaca

2:31 p.m. - "Greatest class I have ever had with the time constraints we had." -Leach

2:33 p.m. - "Whoever adjusts the quickest has the best shot." Leach on recruits and prospect of starting.

2:35 p.m. - "Yes I am, but recruiting doesn't really stop, it just goes in phases, this was just the heaviest phase." Leach on recruiting ending

2:38 p.m. - "We want quick linebackers. They all have pretty good speed." Leach on his LB recruits

2:40 p.m. - "We are as close as anyone. It seems like a natural place to recruit." Leach on recruiting at Hawaii and the Samoan Islands.

2:45 p.m. - You're absolutely right. We need to make that a priority -leach on recruiting within the state of washington.

2:46 p.m. - "I get that question every year and I give a crummy answer every year." Leach on funny recruit stories

2:47 p.m. - Leach's stories are mostly dealing with cancelled flights due to snow and re directs from airlines.

2:49 p.m. - Apodaca's dad and Leach are both from Wyoming. "Should be a recognized minority, we have secret handshake but can't share since you aren't.
 
2:50 p.m. - From Wyoming." Leach continuing on funny recruiting stories. Getting laughs from press.
 
2:51 p.m. - Alex Jackson: "watching him run is exciting" "Sam Jones worked two jobs while going to school" Leach on stories
 
2:52 p.m. - Leach just got a funny story, telling press now...
 
2:53 p.m. - Leach talked about a story dealing with Destiny Vaeao and his friend who was also a recruit. Back to normal questions now.
 
2:56 p.m. - Leach on DC Breske: "he has literally won at every place he has been at."
 
2:58 p.m. - Leach is going down his coaching list and talking about each one. All of them sound like great coaches and winners too.
 
3:06 p.m. - Leach spent the remainder of the press conference talking about his recruiting coaches. Few jokes here and there.
 
3: 13 p.m. - Leach press conference is over. For a complete recap through tweets, please visit our website

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