Mark Richt is the food commentator of the people
Miami’s coach has a thing now: sharing wisdom on intake of comfort foods.
Miami head coach Mark Richt has always had an accessible personality, down to his hobbies of amateur meteorology and nature photography. But lately, he’s been asked more and more frequently for dietary advice. It all started at 2017’s ACC media days:
The 10-bite sandwich
Mark Richt's sandwich philosophy is just amazing: pic.twitter.com/Gk3Ou8thhA
— A special place in Hale (@DavidHaleESPN) July 14, 2017
Miami's @MarkRicht just diagramed us out "The 10 Bite Sandwich" after someone asked him if a hotdog is a sandwich at #ACCKickoff: pic.twitter.com/oT8QKaW0vK
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) July 14, 2017
The best part: calling Bite 3 the “filet of the sandwich.” This man has put a lot of thought into sandwiches, as have all honest Americans. While we’re on the subject of American sandwiches ...
“Hot Dog Delight”
Last year, he gave you the 10-bite sandwich. This year, Mark Richt delivers the recipe for Hot Dog Delight. pic.twitter.com/wj14uQ5SaW
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) July 18, 2018
2018’s ACC media days saw more fun, including this horrifying recipe that ... I will try. Slices of bread, hot dogs, American cheese, and piles of beans, all “hammered” together and then “hammered” with a fork.
See, that angry comment you were about to leave about hot dogs and sandwiches? Coach has transcended all that by literally describing a sandwich by any definition, which includes hot dogs in it. Truly a uniter.
The first reply to this video:
I have driven the UGA coaches to alumni meetings and had Coach Richt want to go eat before flying out. We went to Wendy’s and he got a pile if ketchup as big as a grapefruit on his tray from the dispenser and dipped fries and every bite of his cheeseburger in it...#greatguy
— OUHERSCHELWALKER (@1dawg4life) July 18, 2018
Thanksgiving plan of attack
Mark Richt explains how to properly eat Thanksgiving dinner. His potato philosophy is legit. pic.twitter.com/VstXO6k6cv
— A special place in Hale (@DavidHaleESPN) July 18, 2018
Now we’re getting into Les Miles territory. Both coaches have now laid out the order of Thanksgiving consumption operations, with Richt dropping a BLAM of mom’s spinach souffle first, massive turkey, “more massiver amount of mashed potatoes,” a corpse of butter buried deep within the potatoes, corn atop the taters, “a large amount of stuffing,” “gravy over everything — except for my mom’s spinach souffle,” an itis nap, and a turkey sandwich.
Again, Richt uses the word “hammering.” This is a physical eater.
And for dessert:
Mark Richt on candy, candy corn, his granddaughter's Minnie Mouse costume: pic.twitter.com/lwbdzND6IA
— Matt Porter (@mattyports) November 1, 2017
While selecting candy (York and Butterfinger) from a passerby, Richt expressed a detailed love of the candy corn process (spend your time with the white tip, and then just hammer the rest on in).
“Fruitcake is bad,” Richt added.
Also, his favorite movie has food in its title
Richt loves Nacho Libre at least as much as you like your favorite movie. This has long been canon.

