College football coach's outstanding wedding advice

Washington State head coach Mike Leach. Photo / Getty Images.

Mike Leary didn't care whether or not the invites to his wedding were blue or tanned.

Nor did he care whether it was strawberry shortcake or blueberry pie that was served as the dessert at said wedding.

In fact, there wasn't much at all that the Washington State University head coach cared about when it came to assisting in the planning and organising of his own wedding.

What he does know, however, is that no matter how much he helped out with preparing for one of the biggest days of his life, there was be no answer that is entirely satisfactory with every other member involved in the lead up to the day of the wedding.

The husband of more than 30 years made sure a reporter, who is set to tie the knot next week, knows what to expect during a press conference ahead of Washington State's Pac-12 fixture against Washington this weekend.

It’s rivalry week. #WSU is one win away from the @pac12 title game.

But a reporter getting married in 9 days asked @Coach_Leach for wedding advice tonight, and Leach’s answer was incredible. I’m dying. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/alhOiWd9Tv

— Aaron Levine (@AaronQ13Fox) November 22, 2017

"The women lose their mind," the 56-year-old said. "Your fiancee's gonna lose her mind, your mother-in-law is gonna lose her mind, your mom is gonna lose her mind, several of your sisters, and female relatives are gonna lose their mind.

"And, they're gonna barrage you with constant questions — 'what should we wear?' and of course my answer was 'I don't care.' And then 'what color should the invitations be?' 'I don't care.' 'What should we have for dessert?' 'I don't care.' 'Should we sit this way, or that way?' 'I don't care.'

"But see, I don't care's not satisfactory at all, and you're going to get caught in a catch-22 — and I'm certain that you already have — and that catch-22 is, 'Well I want you to be a part of this too, so what color invitations?' 'Alright, the blue ones.' 'Well I kind of like the tan ones' — 'OK the tan ones then.' 'Oh you're jut saying that because you want this over, you're not even thinking about it' — which is, of course, true.

"'What do you want for dessert?' 'I was thinking strawberry shortcake.' 'Oh, OK, strawberry shortcake would be good. Well, what about the blueberry pie?' 'Well I like the blueberry pie, we could have the blueberry pie' — 'Well I thought you wanted to have the strawberry shortcake?!'

"And it's just gonna go back and forth, and they're just going to play keep away from you until after you're married. There's no answer that you give that's going to be satisfactory or correct. And if you successfully please a few of them, a few others will be 'Oh, well I just don't feel like he's that interested.'

"So you need to work late, go in the back room and read a lot of books, take the groomsmen out so you make sure that they march in just right, and they know exactly, you know these swell outfits that you picked out, or however you're doing it. And in the end, you'll wish you eloped.

"You need to find excuses that they'll buy to be as far out of harm's way as you possibly can."

Hopefully Leach's advice helps make the husband-to-be reporter's wedding day more bearable than his own.