Mike Gundy
Mike Gundy
Mike Gundyis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. Gundy played college football at Oklahoma State, where he played quarterback from 1986 to 1989. He became Oklahoma State's coach on January 3, 2005. In 2007, he received national media attention for his heated criticism of a newspaper article on one of his players...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth12 August 1967
CityMidwest City, OK
bobby gotten last majority opportunity practice
Donovan has had more practice reps, but in the last 10-12 days, Bobby has gotten considerably better. We thought if he could take the majority of practice reps, it would give him the opportunity to excel.
ahead messing name offensive staff tired until
They were so close. I wasn't even going to do it until the game. The offensive staff was tired of messing with it. They wanted to go ahead and name a starter, so that's fine.
both clear
The one thing that we didn't want and we made it very clear to both quarterbacks is that we didn't want them to play scared,
both clear
The one thing that we didn't want -- and we made it very clear to both quarterbacks -- is that we didn't want them to play scared,
adversity ball dealt drive fourth handled leave quarter score time
We were dealt some adversity in the fourth quarter and we handled it very effectively in this game. We were able to drive the ball at the end. I wanted to go down there and score and not leave them any time on the clock.
coaches decisions full lots speed
We have to find out what he can do if we give him lots of reps, ... That's where we as coaches have to make decisions and we go with them and go full speed ahead.
knew mistakes wrong
We knew they were going to make mistakes. We knew they were going to make big plays. We didn't want them to think if they did something wrong they weren't going to get back in forever.
aggressive attitude developing fly force season
We are developing an attitude on defense. We want to be aggressive and we want to fly around. We want to force turnovers. We want to take it to the other team. As the season progresses, we will find out where we are. I like the attitude.
sure
We're not sure who will play quarterback for us. But we will probably know a little more on Tuesday.
discussed handled integrity mature
We discussed it in a mature manner, and he handled it with integrity,
bobby couple decision earned gotten last point position potential reason
The decision we had to come down to is who has more potential at that position from this point on? We think that it's Bobby, ... The reason we didn't make the decision in two-a-days is because Bobby hadn't earned it. In the last couple weeks, he's really gotten a lot better a lot better.
asked ends figure gonna knew move soon split tight
As soon as Fedora was hired, it didn't take (Johnson) long to figure out that we'd split the tight ends out more. He knew that wasn't gonna be him so he asked if he could move down.
college fight football freshmen gather information learn player positions rely takes
At some of the positions we have on our team, some of these freshmen are going to have to play, and we rely on them to learn and gather information and come out here and fight through being a college football player and be able to play in the first game. It takes a lot.
cash substitute
This is cash . There's no substitute for cash in anything you do.