MIKE GUNDY FLIPS THE HELL OUT
Mike Gundy, the coach of the Oklahoma State Cowboys and noted hair gel afficionado, got a crucial win on Saturday over the Texas Tech Red Raiders (yarr) after getting off to a disastrous 0-30-2 start–a start including a hapless defeat to Troy that bordered on organizational anarchy on the field. (Like, Louisville secondary bad.)
To celebrate, Gundy walked in with a copy of the Daily Oklahoman, pointed at a column about OSU qb Bobby Reid, and zeroed on Jenni Carlson. He then placed his hands on either side of buttocks, applied pressure, and ripped her several new assholes in a three minute tirade you may watch hyah:
In car crashes and other moments of extreme significance to survival, time becomes very plastic, slowing down to a geological crawl, like when your wife is attempting to pick out the proper desk lamp at IKEA or during any baseball game. We can only assume that the hummingbird of time slowed to a millipede’s creep during the rant, since we think the focus of Gundy’s overcaffeineated stare is Carlson herself, sitting in the room and taking her thrashing in person.
As for how sensible this is? We cut the man ample slack. He works for T. Boone Pickens. We’re sure he gets paid by the week in barrels of oil and piles of cash with no contract. He has his primary booster leveraging life insurance policies to make death work for the benefit of the program. He coaches in a conference with Mack Brown and Bob Stoops in his division. We’re surprised his head doesn’t explode like Krest’s in Licence to Kill with the slight pressure change from walking indoors to outdoors.
(Massive HT: Peter.)









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UgasTexan says:
Hey, she’s the biggest Bobby Reid fan. Maybe she’s just disappointed?
http://www.newsok.com/video/brightcove/?bctid=1184496151&bclid=1112157274
September 24th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
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stapler says:
Gundy received two letters when he took over at OSU.
Letter One: “Blame everything on Jenni Carlson.”
Letter Two: “Go write two letters.”
September 24th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
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Papa Lou BSU says:
All I know is if *my* coach had just defended one of my teammates — whom he just *benched* — in a press conference like that, I’d be ready to head-butt every brick wall in the zip code with my bare forehead for the guy…
September 24th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
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nonplussed says:
Division 1-A football players on full scholarship are not kids and neither are they amateurs. Yeah, the article sucked but two wrongs don’t make a right. If I were an OSU alumni I would want that coach fired. He is an embarrassment to the university and to college football.
September 24th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
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semper says:
pretty hard to do, but he’s actually succeeded at being an embarassment to a university who itself is an embarassment
September 24th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
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syc brown says:
I’m a man who discovered the wheel, and built the Eiffel Tower
out of metal and brawn!
September 24th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
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ARGH says:
“Division 1-A football players on full scholarship are not kids and neither are they amateurs.”
sorry, that is not correct. many div 1 players are still teens, and if you are paid, hire an agent, etc, you will be precluded from playing, see the skier from who was playing (see Jeremy Bloom –>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft06/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=2428041
September 25th, 2007 at 1:31 am
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Raider Red says:
They’re getting a free education for playing football. If they can’t handle a little criticism, turn in your jersey and head to the library.
September 25th, 2007 at 10:40 am
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aggie_dad says:
She ain’t that bad looking! Besides, beauty is only a light switch away.
Or a few more beers.
Scotch if you got it. Scotch is good.
We’ll trade you, though. Dennis for Mike. Straight up. At least Gundy isn’t a pretty good high school coach.
September 25th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
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Matt says:
Good job, Mike. What exactly does playing quarterback have to do with eating chicken anyway? I live in Columbia, SC. If people want to zero in on an immature college athlete, how about Blake Mitchell? For those of you who don’t know about Blake Mitchell, here it goes. He is the backup quartetback for the Gamecocks. Steve Spurrier just benched him a few days ago, for the second time. I haven’t seen Bobby Reid play yet, but I’ll bet he’s a damn sight better than Mitchell. Off the field, Mitchell has repeatedly been in trouble, whether it be in the classroom(poor attendence) or a bar(barfight with a bouncer in 2006, for which he was arrested). If Ms. Carlson is going to bash a football player over a so-called attitude problem, she should at least find a more glaring example. In the meantime, she should lay off the twinkies and focus more on herself. After all, she has enough problems there.
September 27th, 2007 at 7:34 am
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Mike says:
Did everyone see this site http://www.mikegundyismadatyou.com it is too funny.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:04 am
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mary g says:
Too bad Gundy can’t be a class act like Bobby Stoops! Boooooooooomer Sooooooooner!
September 27th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
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Beth says:
Everyone who is interested in this situation needs to read the column that Whitlock wrote in the Kansas City newspaper for whom Jenni previously worked. It is eloquently written and really puts the situation in perspective. I am a college basketball coach’s wife and if you choose to have a close relationship with your players (some do and some don’t) you really cannot imagine what he was feeling. I was so sickened by the article on Saturday morning that I didn’t finish reading it at that time. As for the people who criticized Gundy for not congratulating his team, all I have to say is that sometimes other things are more important. I will assure you that his team understood and supports him and Bobby Reid. That article was based on “rumors and rumblings” and as Gundy said was “garbage”.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
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Shirley says:
As a current Oklahoma State University student and OSU fan, I will tell you that neither are we ashamed or embarrased to have Mike Gundy heading up our football program. Our feelings for him, you might say, have grown strong since last weekends incident. Maybe he could have reacted more tastefully, but he didn’t. The fact remains that he publically repremanded Carlson, just has she publically chasticized the character of Bobby Reid. The article she wrote was in poor taste, it’s one thing to criticize a player’s performance and another to go after his character. Especially when you haven’t taken the time to actually gather your quotes and look for facts aside from “rumors and grumbling.” Gundy has gained a lot of respect from his players and the students here for his impassioned defense of Reid.
As for criticisim against Oklahoma State’s football program, what does bashing that have anything to do with what transpired last weekend? Gundy has brought some great wins to his cowboys against Nebraska last year, and lets not forget the Independence bowl win against Alabama.
If Jenni Carlson had just stuck to reporting about the nerves of Reid or how his performance had not been up to par the past few weeks then there wouldn’t have been a problem. She crossed the line on this one. Calling anyone a momma’s boy is fighting words, and Gundy fought back.
Yes, Gundy’s “tirade” did take a bit from the win against Tech. That’s dissapointing. But gaining the respect and admiration of his players and thousands of fans? Well worth the trade.
September 29th, 2007 at 10:22 am