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
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,
class coaching early help needs pleased signing staff
Our coaching staff is very pleased with the signing class for today. We've addressed some needs that will really help us early in the season.
al coverage fire good job paid thrown
I thought Al did a good job for just being thrown into the fire. He understands structure. He understands blitzes. He understands coverage and it has paid off for him.
along far feet good mentally
He's got good feet and may be mentally far enough along to play at this level.
potential
He's got some potential to make some big plays.
beat game last matters none points problems score
We look at the problems from the last game and try to get them fixed, but ... none of that really matters any more. What can we do to score enough points to beat Colorado? That's all that matters.
chance good hard next pounds
He'll get a chance to play at the next level. He's got good feet, he's very smart, he's a hard worker, he does everything right, he's 300 pounds - he'll get a chance.
figure smart sure
There is no deadline. He's a smart guy. I'm sure he'll figure it out.
hard perfect recruiting science staff worked
Recruiting is not a perfect science but our staff worked hard because we know how important it is.
average offense
Our offense has been very average and by rotating quarterbacks, we couldn't ever get into synch.
amount character guy integrity potential pull
We had to pull a guy in that has an unbelievable amount of integrity and character and say that we think that this guy has the potential to be better than you are at this position,
against came couple gave holding lazy offensive studied tapes
(Johnson) gave up a couple of sacks against (Florida Atlantic) and got lazy and had a holding penalty, but when we came back in and studied all the tapes he was the MVP of the offensive line,
deserves game guy start
We feel like he deserves to start the game with what he's done up to this point, and the other guy deserves to play in the game.