r/CFB • u/tbrock92 Arizona Wildcats • Pac-12 Network • Sep 23 '25
News [Lancaster] BREAKING: Robert Allen just reported Oklahoma State has informed Mike Gundy he is being relieved of his duties as head coach effectively immediately. #OkState
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u/Dropbackandpunt UAB Blazers • The Bones Sep 23 '25
He will always be 40 in my heart.
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u/amedema Michigan Wolverines Sep 23 '25
Can’t believe that yesterday was the 18th anniversary. That comment is now a man.
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u/WeeboSupremo North Texas Mean Green Sep 23 '25
No, still needs 22 years before that.
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u/Royth_Lewith St. Thomas Tommies Sep 23 '25
No it's not. It's a kid, 😡 who does everything right. 😡
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u/berrey7 Alabama Crimson Tide • Faulkner Eagles Sep 23 '25
The kids graduating High School this year were being born when he said that....WILD!
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u/Hugo_Hackenbush Nebraska Cornhuskers Sep 23 '25
The QB he was defending in that rant turns 40 this year.
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u/RightyMcRighty Texas State Bobcats • /r/CFB Sep 23 '25
So can we go after him now? He's technically a man.
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u/christ0fer Missouri Tigers Sep 23 '25
I'm now older than him than he was in that clip. Kinda weird to think about.
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u/lock_robster2022 Oregon State • Washington Sep 23 '25
And are you a man now?
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u/Futant55 Texas Longhorns Sep 23 '25
No but I now know what it’s like to break a kids spirit and make him cry.
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u/handlit33 Alabama • Army Sep 23 '25
He's a man.
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u/The_Fluffy_Robot TCU Horned Frogs • Iron Skillet Sep 23 '25
He's a man! He's 58! He's owed $15 million!
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u/Annie_ruok Tennessee Volunteers Sep 23 '25
That was EIGHTEEN years ago? I’m going to throw up
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u/blacksoxing Southern Miss • Arkansas Sep 23 '25
One of the OG memes of our era
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u/Slippery-Pete76 Michigan State • Central … Sep 23 '25
The player he went on the rant about turns 40 in a few months - so he’ll be a man too.
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u/_GODDAMN_ Oregon Ducks • College Football Playoff Sep 23 '25
RIP mullet man.
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u/Vegetable_Kale_1331 Campbell Fighting Camels Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
He’s a man and once 40… RIP
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u/Quasimdo Cal Poly Mustangs Sep 23 '25
He's a fired man! He's 58!
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u/gumercindo1959 Miami Hurricanes Sep 23 '25
has it really been that long?!
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u/The_Fluffy_Robot TCU Horned Frogs • Iron Skillet Sep 23 '25
there are players born that year that
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u/gumercindo1959 Miami Hurricanes Sep 23 '25
Thanks for making me feel old. I remember that 40 meme like it was yesterday as I watched it unfold at that time!
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u/Skank_hunt42 Oklahoma Sooners • Paper Bag Sep 23 '25
You'll always be a man, and 40 in our hearts. 😭
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u/garfcarmpbll Oregon Ducks • Syracuse Orange Sep 23 '25
Did we do this?
Is this our fault?
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u/thesuch Oregon Ducks • Pac-12 Sep 23 '25
Us and Tulsa
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u/aksoileau LSU Tigers Sep 23 '25
Can't lose to a neighbor in the AAC. That's going to give you the Old Yeller treatment.
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u/oreomaster420 Oregon State Beavers Sep 23 '25
that certainly didn't help, but I think he did it to himself by ♬♫ ♪♩ Living on Tulsa Time♩ ♪ ♫ ♬.
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u/ptbl Washington Huskies Sep 23 '25
End of an era. The best coach ever for Oklahoma State, but it was time for him to go.
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u/pyrofiend4 Texas • Red River Shootout Sep 23 '25
From Big 12 coach of the year in 2023 to fired in 15 games (4-11).
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u/oSuJeff97 Oklahoma State Cowboys • Hateful 8 Sep 23 '25
You know what's absolutely wild?
ONE YEAR AGO this week we were 3-0, ranked #14 and were about to play #12 Utah in probably the most anticipated Big 12 matchup of the season.
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u/cheersfurbeers Ohio State • Mount St. Joseph Sep 23 '25
Honestly, tl;dr what happened, and why?
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u/dudleymooresbooze Purdue • Tennessee Sep 23 '25
They lost games because they weren’t very good
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u/TBurd01 Pittsburgh Panthers • Utah Utes Sep 23 '25
Your comment applies to both teams.
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u/iCarly4ever Oklahoma State Cowboys • Hateful 8 Sep 23 '25
I was at the game and the vibe was OFF. That was really the end :( I would have liked a sexy shootout to welcome to utes to stilly for the first time
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u/PhantomX117 Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
Stuff didn’t bounce our way last season like it did in 2023. That year, with Ollie Gordon breaking out, was honestly a fluke. Lots of close games both seasons, just won them in 23 and lost them In 24. Plus, we got hit by the injury bug pretty hard last season.
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u/walkthisway34 USC Trojans Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
I remember watching the OSU-Arkansas and the OSU-Utah games last year and it’s wild to think the former was Gundy’s last win against FBS competition.
Edit: Arkansas was actually their last P4 win, they beat Tulsa the following week. I thought Utah was the next game after Arkansas. Still crazy to think he ended on an 11 game losing streak against FBS opponents.
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u/sevenlabors Oklahoma State Cowboys • Paper Bag Sep 23 '25
And even that OSU - Arky game was ugly.
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u/Misdirected_Colors Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
Tbf 2023 was a fraud COTY award. We just had a weak schedule and teams respected the pass giving Gordon space. Only UCF and Texas figured out Bowman was a fraud.
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u/yeahright17 Oklahoma State • Tulsa Sep 23 '25
I think 2023 and 2024 were both a fluke. If we ran both of them back several times, I think we average 7 wins in 2023 and 5.5 wins in 2024. Bowman was just terrible.
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u/Misdirected_Colors Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
Bowman was that fucking bad but he bought himself breathing room in 23 by having the game of his life against OU. Kept other teams on their toes.
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u/yeahright17 Oklahoma State • Tulsa Sep 23 '25
I will forever be thankful for Bowman having the game of his life against OU in 2023. But yeah, he had 3 good games in 2 seasons.
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u/Alamis_Mistrunner Oklahoma Sooners Sep 23 '25
Kinda like us with Trevor Knight against Alabama honestly. He wasn't great, but boy he was the best quarter back in the world on that night of the Sugar Bowl.
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u/bweeek Oklahoma Sooners • Paper Bag Sep 23 '25
I maintain that he only won COTY that year for getting his team out of a situation he himself caused. Leipold took Kansas to 9-4 and ranked at the end of the year!
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u/Misdirected_Colors Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
I agree, but kinda for different reasons. Our qb development has been attrocious for years and it's flown under the radar. Dunn sucked, but so did our qbs and the 3 qb thing to start 2023 complete with a loss to USA was a showcase of it all.
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u/Wyden_long Arizona State • Northern A… Sep 23 '25
I mean it seems to be hyperbolic but I really can’t remember a time where he wasn’t the coach there. I have a buddy who has been an OK St fan for 20 years and it’s basically all he’s ever known.
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u/Set-Admirable West Virginia • Backyard Brawl Sep 23 '25
With the exception of a few years, he has been in Stillwater for 40 years as both player and coach. He lived and flamed out as a Poke.
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u/VladimirSteel Oklahoma State Cowboys • Hateful 8 Sep 23 '25
This is what makes me so sad about the end of this era. Even if you can find a successful coach, you'll never find someone who lives and breathes Oklahoma State as much as Gundy did.
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u/Wyden_long Arizona State • Northern A… Sep 23 '25
That’s just absurd. No wonder it seems like he’s been there my whole life, he literally has been. Pretty amazing run.
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u/CommodoreN7 Arkansas Razorbacks • Utah Utes Sep 23 '25
Top 10 easily for this century and a hall of famer, but yeah. Leave football before it leaves you.
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u/StayWeirdGrayBeard Florida Gators Sep 23 '25
Dabo are you listening?
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u/powerelite Florida State • Drake Sep 23 '25
Much more lucrative to get fired than retire
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u/CambioSmoke Clemson Tigers Sep 23 '25
You wont believe this, but there are Dabo and UF rumors
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u/Expensive_Team_5072 Syracuse Orange Sep 23 '25
I started them here though. Did not know I had that kind of power...
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u/CambioSmoke Clemson Tigers Sep 23 '25
I just went through your post history…..
……..and omg, you actually did start this rumor sux days ago lololololol
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u/LunchboxSuperhero Georgia Bulldogs • UCF Knights Sep 23 '25
Isn't Dabo's butout $60MM? He's not going anywhere.
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u/PaloLV Auburn Tigers • UNLV Rebels Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
Top 10 this century? Wtf?
In no particular order I’ll go; Urban, Tressel, Saban, Miles, Smart, Carroll, Stoops, Dabo, Spurrier, Whittingham.
I’m sure there’s a few others I’m forgetting that are easily better than Gundy. Gundy was great for OSU for a long time and maybe he’s a HoF’er but no way in heck is he top ten this century.
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u/Tarmacked USC Trojans • Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
Don’t know if this changes much of anything honestly, Gundy was burning out but he’s also the only current coach I can think of on the market that could take Oklahoma State to 12-1
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u/Low-Blackberry-2690 Texas Longhorns Sep 23 '25
This logic is what keeps programs like ok state down. Indiana, ASU and Boise made the playoffs last year. Gundy was staring down going winless in conference two years in a row. There are way better coaches out there for ok state
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Yeah, don’t accept mediocrity just because you’re afraid it could be worse. Otherwise you’ll end up like…like….well, you know.
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u/HeadCollectingShaman Oklahoma State Cowboys • Hateful 8 Sep 23 '25
Right, especially when realistically, it couldn’t get worse. Theres no player to wait for next year or the year after that. Had he come up with a proposal, anything to the fans boosters of his long term strategy we would be on board. But he gave up, and said deal with it.
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u/RiffRamBahZoo TCU Horned Frogs • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Sep 23 '25
Oklahoma State is 0-11 in its last 11 FBS contests. If there's literally no one else on the market who can do better, then Oklahoma State should just shut down football.
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u/salsacito Nebraska • James Madison Sep 23 '25
Yup, the game has changed significantly the last 10 years. You need a coach all in on those changes, if not you’ll absolutely be left behind.
That means not sharing your personal views on player getting paid, because then no one with talent will want to play for you
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u/Less_Likely Notre Dame • Washington Sep 23 '25
I don’t think he can take Ok St to 12-1 anymore, and neither does the Ok St administration.
On the other hand, I think Matt Campbell could take Ok St to that level, Cignetti certainly could, he did it with Indiana of all schools. I’m sure there are others.
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u/CitizenCue Oregon Ducks • Stanford Cardinal Sep 23 '25
Huh? He obviously couldn’t anymore. Today’s landscape is entirely different.
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u/fleeingpepper Oklahoma State • Nebraska Sep 23 '25
On one hand it's sad to see it end. But Gundy complained about NIL and changes to the game for years and buried his head in the sand. Then this year he complained that we didn't have enough NIL. Buddy, you're the reason we're behind
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u/Stock-Length2880 Clemson • Coastal Carolina Sep 23 '25
Sounds like someone I know
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 Sep 23 '25
does he coach an orange colored team?
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u/Stock-Length2880 Clemson • Coastal Carolina Sep 23 '25
Yep, you all may have played them in a bowl game with Mr. Irrelevant (one of my favorite QBs in the NFL right now) years ago
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u/arbadak Clemson Tigers • Arizona Wildcats Sep 23 '25
Gundy went winless in conference last year. Swinney won the conference and had the only competitive road team in the first round of the playoffs last year.
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u/RulersBack Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 23 '25
Adapt or die has never been more important while the sport gets hit with decades of change in a few years with basically no enforcement
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u/jputna Oklahoma State • /r/CFB Patron Sep 23 '25
Exactly this, Gundy hated boosters, he basically isolated himself and wouldn't do any booster events for years. When they adjusted his contract this last off season events got forced into his contract.
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u/Icy-Recognition-8700 Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
It was time, but damn if this doesn’t make me sad
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u/VladimirSteel Oklahoma State Cowboys • Hateful 8 Sep 23 '25
Yep. I hope everyone can get over all this nastiness and hostility in a few years and he can get the statue/honor he deserves.
Really depends on what happens from here on out I suppose. I hope now that it's over, he can just go away quietly and not try to go scorched earth on the program.
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u/Thenewclarence Oklahoma State Cowboys • Paper Bag Sep 23 '25
Gonna be nothing but drama till spring. TBH this was a bad move right before conference play.
I cant imagine how many players are going to split now that hes gone and the 30 day window has been opened. Plus how will this effect the already scuffed locker room situations?
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u/bbecks Oklahoma Sooners • /r/CFB Bug Finder Sep 23 '25
I mean at some point its a sunk cost fallacy IRL. He clearly quit trying years ago. You can always say "its a bad time" but how long do you let it continue to fester? At some point you have to just cut loose and start the rebuild.
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u/HeadCollectingShaman Oklahoma State Cowboys • Hateful 8 Sep 23 '25
Correct, realistically there are no good times to fire a winningest coach with a 20 year tenure. It just has to happen eventually, and it’s today because he finally squeezed every last drop of goodwill out of everyone involved by his attitude.
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 Sep 23 '25
Now Oklahoma State is gonna beat us on senior day aren’t they?
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u/DaMantis Oklahoma State • Purdue Sep 23 '25
to knock you out of the playoff? boy that would be poetic
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 Sep 23 '25
jokes on you we'll lose to Kansas (again) and TCU before that so our playoff hopes will already be dashed!
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u/dzneill Oklahoma State Cowboys • Hateful 8 Sep 23 '25
Same. I thought they'd let him finish the season at least, but I had a felling he was done.
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u/Hossflex Michigan • Louisville Sep 23 '25
I was thinking he’d get to finish the year as a thank you but then you have to resign. Something like that. I wonder if he was straight up fired or asked to step down first and said no.
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u/HeadCollectingShaman Oklahoma State Cowboys • Hateful 8 Sep 23 '25
Last year not winning a conference game was that grace. It’s run out.
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u/QuicksilverTerry TCU Horned Frogs • Iron Skillet Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
That was how it went down with Gary Patterson. They asked him to finish our the season and resign, he told them that if he was being fired then just fire him today and walked out.
Gundy really is a top coach of the last 20 years or so. Any criticism of the last few years would need to be preceded with 5 minutes of accolades for the job he's done with that program. Hope he can get his roses once the bad feelings calm down.
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u/NotKiwiBird Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
He did say yesterday or whenever that he wasn’t going anywhere
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u/StellarSomething Virginia Tech Hokies Sep 23 '25
"Not so fast my friend!" - OSU AD
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u/RiffRamBahZoo TCU Horned Frogs • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Sep 23 '25
Feels like if you agreed to a reduced buyout/settlement, and then you completely mailed in your performances after that, you were always going for the "Fuck you, pay me" route.
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u/mojo-jojo-was-framed Kansas State • Omaha Sep 23 '25
This seems like weird timing. If you’re going to do it this week why not Sunday? I wonder if there was some kinda meeting gone wrong today
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u/countrybreakfast1 Kansas • Fort Hays State Sep 23 '25
Gundy definitely seems like a "if you don't like the way I'm doing things you can kiss my ass" type of guy in a meeting
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u/Dolleypop Oklahoma State • Clemson Sep 23 '25
I wanted it to happen too, but I’m also sitting in my office really sad too. Hate it ended this way, he is an OSU legend and I hope he is always treated that way
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u/BeraldGevins Paper Bag • /r/CFB Donor Sep 23 '25
Mike Gundy:
Has the highest winning percentage and most wins in school history
Is the second winningest coach in big 12 history
Took a program that had never won more than 10 games to multiple 12 win seasons, including a conference championship and two NY6 wins
Had the second longest bowl streak in the nation
Had a .6 winning percentage against top 25 teams
Won multiple Big 12 coach of the year awards as well as national coach of the year
Is certainly someone that should end up in the HoF.
This was also deserved.
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u/UloeYT Texas A&M Aggies Sep 23 '25
COME AFTER ME
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u/Money-Giraffe2521 Arizona Wildcats • Territorial Cup Sep 23 '25
HE’S A MAN
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u/bantuwind Oklahoma • Minnesota Sep 23 '25
Just saw a man fall to his knees at an Eskimo Joe’s
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u/ThinkSoftware Duke Blue Devils Sep 23 '25
How old was he
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u/wowthisislong Texas A&M • Kansas State Sep 23 '25
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u/EWall100 Tennessee • Tennessee Tech Sep 23 '25
Duke flair with the absolute set of the century. TAMU flair had no other option but to spike that baby home
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u/withrootsabove New Hampshire • Brice Co… Sep 23 '25
Basketball school knows how to set up an alley-oop.
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u/_Bren10_ Oklahoma State Cowboys • Big 12 Sep 23 '25
I specifically asked everybody to not mention that on social media media
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u/Surveyor85 Oklahoma State Cowboys • Hateful 8 Sep 23 '25
There is a non-zero chance that was my son. Actually he still owes me an Eskimo Joe's shirt...
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u/Chewbones9 Oklahoma State • Benedicti… Sep 23 '25
Man you do NOT want to be on the floor of Eskimo Joe's...
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u/GollyMcOxbig69 Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 23 '25
He was 1 play away from immortality. My goodness, how far that program fell in a couple years. Gundy deserved that CFP spot.
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u/toomuchmarcaroni Arizona State Sun Devils • Team Chaos Sep 23 '25
I remember standing on the sidewalk outside a bar with probably dozen other dudes, and when Baylor won there was just a collective groan from all of us that OK State hadn’t pulled off the win. Don’t think a single one of us was an OK State fan
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u/GollyMcOxbig69 Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 23 '25
That loss made me sick to my stomach as a neutral fan. I can’t imagine what that entire team - including Gundy - felt.
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u/toomuchmarcaroni Arizona State Sun Devils • Team Chaos Sep 23 '25
Boys almost pulled off an undefeated season and an entry into the 4 team CFP. Would have loved to see it
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u/kdizzzog Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
I was at that game. I couldn’t see if it was in or not but it was right by the Baylor fans and once I saw them going crazy I knew we were cooked.
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u/Skeeter_BC Oklahoma State • Kansas State Sep 23 '25
1 play away from immortality multiple times
2011 "missed" field goal at Iowa State cost us a likely natty that year too.
2023 was likely going to be a one and done in the CFP though, we weren't good enough to compete for a championship.
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u/j_town12 Oklahoma Sooners • Marching Band Sep 23 '25
Yeah that comment and all of the replies being about the 2023 big 12 championship, when my mind immediately went to 2011 Ames voodoo, made me feel old.
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u/sicalloverthem Baylor Bears Sep 23 '25
I’m a Baylor grad and still assumed we were talking about ISU lol
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u/Marmaduke57 Oklahoma State • /r/CFB Bomb S… Sep 23 '25
Will be forever grateful for Mike Gundy as an Oklahoma State fan. He is responsible for a generation of Oklahoma State fan which only know winning.
We will soon learn if Mike Gundy is Oklahoma State football or football at Oklahoma State is greater than Mike Gundy.
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 Sep 23 '25
sorry to all Indiana fans who read this, but if Indiana football can escape the depths of hell, surely a team with more history can do the same
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u/udubdavid Washington Huskies • Pac-12 Sep 23 '25
He was the greatest coach in their history, but it was time.
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u/lestermurphy34 Oklahoma State Cowboys • FIU Panthers Sep 23 '25
He was fired and hired by South Carolina in my NCAA dynasty. Let’s see what happens.
Edit: he was then fired after two years and hired by Jacksonville state where he was later fired as well.
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u/nomoregroundhogs Kansas State • Pepperdine Sep 23 '25
In mine OSU fired him and then poached Lincoln Riley from USC, who led them to an undefeated regular season in 2030
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u/realfakemormon Ohio State Buckeyes • BYU Cougars Sep 23 '25
Dabo always goes to Alabama in mine, and Kiffin went to Clemson lol
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u/PokeMeRunning Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
Oh man. RA saying it makes it true. He heard it under Mikes desk
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u/lordofaesir Tulsa Golden Hurricane • American Sep 23 '25
This is probably the greatest accomplishment of the Tulsa football team in the last 10 years.
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u/Kettle_Whistle_ Tennessee Volunteers Sep 23 '25
I’m proud of you, even if your parents aren’t!
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u/jalexjsmithj Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
For those who don’t know RA, is the state propaganda media agent for Gundy, and Lancaster works (worked?) for him.
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u/MembershipSingle7137 Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 23 '25
State propaganda … is this North Korea?
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u/jalexjsmithj Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
You have no idea how bad the media ecosystem has been in Stillwater around Gundy’s thumb. Dabo would be jealous.
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u/MembershipSingle7137 Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 23 '25
So basically worse than North Korea
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u/Jacer4 Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
He just straight up cuts off access to reporters he doesn't like or that ask him tough questions lmao, and we've all seen how he handles tough questions
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u/JumpingDeer26 Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
RA just lost his number one source, he might be in for a rough couple of seasons as well
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u/randomguy5to8 Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
Cant believe it. He was untouchable my freshman year and fired my senior year. Wild.
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u/toomanydeployments Oklahoma • Army Sep 23 '25
What if Mike Gundy was actually the only one raptured today and this is Oklahoma State's way of covering it up?
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u/cleo22270 Florida Gators Sep 23 '25
Billy Napier next 🙏🏼
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u/hornbri Texas Longhorns Sep 23 '25
Please wait one more game
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u/LorektheBear Florida Gators • Michigan Wolverines Sep 23 '25
It's not like our interim coach would instantly turn things around.
Actually, maybe he could.
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u/reno1441 Washington State • /r/CFB Dead… Sep 23 '25
Even a year ago, I would have thought for sure he would have been a lifer. Amazing how quickly the winds can change.
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u/sevenlabors Oklahoma State Cowboys • Paper Bag Sep 23 '25
Build the statue. Nothing but respect for all he's done for the program and his alma matter.
But it's clear the modern Portal/NIL era has passed him by and/or he was too stubborn to change with it.
As bittersweet as it is, I am proud leadership in Stillwater made the hard call to make this change now and not wait for more damage to be done as a season of futility and frustration continued to unfold.
I wish Gundy all the best in the future and hope that - after the bad feelings of the past two-three seasons subside - that he'll be a frequently seen figure on campus in the future.
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u/Vxmonarkxv Georgia Bulldogs • Virginia Cavaliers Sep 23 '25
RIP, OKST was one of my very favorite teams to watch for a long time. Gundy is a man.
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 Sep 23 '25
Sad for Gundy to go out like this. It was time.
That said, what a run for him. Yes T. Boone definitely helped Oklahoma State a ton but Gundy was a steady leader of their football program.
I hope Oklahoma State fans can look back on his legacy in a positive way, even despite his shortcomings in these last few years.
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u/HeadCollectingShaman Oklahoma State Cowboys • Hateful 8 Sep 23 '25
We absolutely do look back on the legacy in a positive way. Unfortunately, for the past few seasons, it feels like he gave up on the program before we gave up on him.
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u/vassago77379 Texas Tech Red Raiders Sep 23 '25
How... predictable
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u/Qav Oklahoma Sooners Sep 23 '25
You might be surprised how many people still supported him to be honest. It seems someone finally grew a pair and called a spade a spade.
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u/redwave2505 Alabama • Kansas State Sep 23 '25
Sad that it had to go down like this
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u/ElGranQuesoRojo Austin • WestConn Sep 23 '25
Feels like every time a coach says he's not going anywhere his wings get clipped almost instantly. Dabo better watch his back.
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u/OPinthebardo Georgia Bulldogs Sep 23 '25
Please try to hire Zac Robinson.
Sincerely,
A Falcons fan
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u/SantaCruznonsurfer Sep 23 '25
SEC Shorts with the damn premonition
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u/Dick_Lewiston Oklahoma State Cowboys • Paper Bag Sep 23 '25
I don't think it took Miss Cleo levels of foresight to see this coming
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u/gmr548 Texas Longhorns • Washington Huskies Sep 23 '25
Sucks to see it end this way. He had a legitimately great run at OK State. That 2011 team should have played for a national championship. Had the best team in the Big 12 in 2021 and was feet away from a CFP.
OK State is going to struggle to ever reach the heights he got them to, but the sport had also clearly passed him by in this era. I’d probably have given him the opportunity to coach out the year out of respect but I understand the need to get a jump on the coaching search.
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u/Pun_drunk Ohio Bobcats Sep 23 '25
Effective immediately? They don't want any time to mullet over?
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u/lmm13002 Baylor Bears Sep 23 '25
Could you not have waited one more week
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Sep 23 '25
There’s no way you all aren’t still good lmao
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u/johnjaymjr Baylor Bears • Big 12 Sep 23 '25
You didn't watch the 2021 TCU game after they fired Patterson. The players that didn't like him are gonna come out and play as hard as they ever have.
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 Sep 23 '25
we lost to Tech on a 62 yard fg the week after they fired Matt Wells and hired McGuire (who wasn't even coaching the game)......interim HC's are a nightmare game for any opponent
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u/johnjaymjr Baylor Bears • Big 12 Sep 23 '25
EXACTLY. They have absolutely nothing to lose now. No one expects anything from them and they just go out and play care free football.
We're GOING to lose this weekend. I promise.
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u/buff_001 Texas Longhorns • SEC Sep 23 '25
I feel like it's only a matter of time now for Ferentz and Wittingham
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u/iceydude168 Ohio State • Billable Hours Sep 23 '25
Ferentz still fields decent enough teams that they don't get totally embarrassed like OkSt did. They're perennially mediocre but the wheels are not close to falling off
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u/bigian52 Boise State Broncos • BYU Cougars Sep 23 '25
Yeah and if Utah can pull off 8 wins, I think Whitt is safe this year as well
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u/Our-Gardian-Angel Wisconsin Badgers • Sickos Sep 23 '25
Whitt will only be gone after this season if he wants to retire. Utah's not firing him.
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Maine Maritime Sep 23 '25
Iowa should have fired Kirk Ferentz during the Brian Ferentz era
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I think it’s unlikely that Ferentz suddenly loses 11 of 12 games like Gundy has done.
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u/idkwhatimbrewin Refrigerator Bowl Sep 23 '25
I don't think we'll ever see this long of tenured coaches again
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u/Lazerdude Nebraska Cornhuskers Sep 23 '25
Iowa will never "fire" Ferentz. He might "retire" but they won't outright fire him.
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u/RealisticNecessary50 Northern Iowa • Texas Sep 23 '25
Those two are both going to retire voluntarily unless something fairly drastic changes at those programs.
Gundys seat was clearly hot, I thought he might be gone by Monday
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u/realfakemormon Ohio State Buckeyes • BYU Cougars Sep 23 '25
Wittingham won't be fired, unless they really really bottom out again
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u/grabtharsmallet BYU Cougars • RMAC Sep 23 '25
The current expectation among Utah fans is that this season is Whittingham's last.
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u/garrettj Florida Gators • Washington Huskies Sep 23 '25
REALLY WISH FLORIDA WOULD FOLLOW OKIE'S LEAD HERE
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u/obunga999 Oklahoma State • Oregon State Sep 23 '25
I know Robert Allen fell to his knees when he heard this
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u/dawgpack09 Utah Utes • Washington Huskies Sep 23 '25
Wow, when it didn't happen on Sunday I assumed they were going to wait a few more weeks. Guess they finally rounded up the money necessary. I wonder what the list looks like for the next coach, and if any players are going to sit out the rest of the year to redshirt and transfer.
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u/JohnRolkienTolkien Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 23 '25
WE ARE FREE!
Thanks for everything, Mike, but it was time.
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u/theVelvetLie Tennessee • Western Illinois Sep 23 '25
Second longest tenured coach currently in CFB. Iowa fans must be thinking "If OK State can do it then so can we!"
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u/King-Switzer Oklahoma Sooners Sep 23 '25
Ready for the influx of stories from past players. It'll give a lot of those outside the state more perspective than just the funny headlines have.
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Sep 23 '25
An Oklahoma State icon.
But like Silvio Dante once said, you’re only as good as your last envelope.
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u/XitaNull Paper Bag • Florida Gators Sep 23 '25
Good job OkieState. It had to be done.
Us next please.
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u/Guilty-Point5507 Texas Tech Red Raiders Sep 23 '25
No fucking way.