OT: Mike Gundy is also a national treasure
Good to hear that Gundy doesn't have favorites in recruiting (and can gift us all with fun quotes now and then).
I bet he uses that line with all the kids he recruits.
“When asked how he would coach his son, Gunnar, if the situation arose: “I told him, if you come to Oklahoma State, I’ll coach you like I do everybody else… If you’re the best player, you’ll play. If not, you won’t play — even though I’m sleeping with your mom.”
Who are the others?
The Pirate - Mike Leach is one.
shaquille o'neal
“When asked how he would coach his son, Rhett, if the situation arose: “I told him, if you come to Arizona, I’ll coach you like I do everybody else… If you’re the best player, you’ll play. If not, you won’t play — even though I’m sleeping with somebody other than your mom.”
He needs a hairstyle other than a mullet.
Are you kidding me? That mullet is a national treasure - a link to the past of GenX.
Speaking of a link to the past, Gundy was the QB at OSU handing the ball off to Barry Sanders (and Thurman Thomas before him). That had to be an easy and fun job!
Is the Thomas-Sanders backfield the best in college football history? What an amazing collection of talent on one team at one position.
Has to be. Two HOF backs including the arguably best one in history.
When Oklahoma played OSU in 1987, Barry Switzer supposedly issued an order for his team to avoid injuring Thurman Thomas at all costs. He told them, “you think he is good, wait until you see the backup”. Cool story.
Gundy was a pretty good passer in his own right. The Big 8 doesn't exist anymore, of course (RIP 1995), but Gundy had 1000+ more career passing yards than anybody else in Big 8 history.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-8/leaders/pass-yds-player-career.html
Those OK State teams in the late 1980s were good. They just couldn't get past the pair of OU and Nebraska. They scored 42 on Nebraska in 1988. Problem is they gave up 63.
Nebraska and OU should still be playing annually. What a colossal clusterfuck these mega-conferences are...
(Get off my lawn!!)
I was gonna say that Gundy actually threw a lot for the time. Those Oklahoma State teams also had Hart Lee Dykes, a big wide receiver who went in the first round to the Patriots. He only played a couple of seasons, though, in large part due to an eye injury after a scuffle outside a bar (see here).
Dykes recruitment involved a bidding war between Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Illinois; all four of those schools ended up on probation after Dykes testified against them (see here). Dykes received immunity from the NCAA for testifying so he didn't actually lose his eligibility.
Good post - I remembered Dykes, I forgot his recruiting story.
Getting 4 schools in trouble while keeping your own eligibility - that has to be a record!
Counterpoint: the mullet is a winner.
Business in front, party in back.
It’s Stillwater, OK... mullet is absolutely the appropriate haircut.
You're entitled to your opinion, even if it is a bad one.
I think John McKay pioneered that response.
He was USC's HC in the 60s and 70s and recruited his son to USC. When a reporter asked him about that experience, McKay replied "I had a distinct advantage. I slept with his mother."
He has a glorious mullet too, and he's keeping it for the time being...
I don't recall Lloyd Carr ever using that line when Jason was on the team in the Tom Brady/Drew Henson years. But when someone asked him if he played favorites when it came to picking a starting QB, he said something like, "If I was going to play favorites, I'd start my son."
Lloyd probably can rest easy with his son given that Brady turned into the best QB of all time and Henson was incredible in his one upper-class year. Hard to be mad at dad for that.
Best coaching rant ever in CFB!
The best NFL (and overall) rant in history is "If you want to crown them, then crown their ass. They are what we thought they were, and we let them off the hook!" RIP Dennis Green
Playoffs? Playoffs?
Diddly-poo.
Mora was incredible. Between (1) "Playoffs?", (2) "Diddily-Poo", and (3) "You think you know ... but you don't know ... and you never will" he arguably has three of the top 5 (!) NFL coaching rants ever.
Drew & Mike (WRIF) had #3 as a drop for a lot of years back in the day.
Mora had lesser-known ones too, of course. My favorite lesser-known rant is below.
A reporter (Ron Swoboda, the former New York Met!) mentions that the Saints may be eliminated from the playoffs prior to playing their 16th Game, rendering that game "useless." Wrong choice of words!
This is honestly not that funny.
Gundy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Leach
Oh my God, of course his son is named Gunnar. That is amazing.
That why, even if he is sleeping with you, your son will not receive any preferential treatment Mrs. Gundy.
Gundy is a yokel who recently blamed the ills of college football on “liberalism.” This despite the fact that his school’s billionaire benefactor is T. Boone Pickens.
T. Boone is the epitome of conservatism. I'm not sure I get your point.
So he raw dogs porn stars and fellates autocrats?
Edit: sorry, I couldn’t resist. I’ll See myself out (Mi93)
+1 if you'd closed with "I'll see myself out."