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
aggression coach field kicked smart
I let my aggressiveness take me over there. A smart coach would have kicked a field goal.
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We think that we've got it simple enough to where they're comfortable that they can go out there and perform. They have to be mature enough to block out the gameday atmosphere and not worry about where they're at and go out there and do what they've been coached to do.
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One pass doesn't mean anything. One good option run doesn't mean anything. These coaches have to evaluate all the film.
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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.
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.
chance good trying
I know what I'm saying, but I'm not trying to play the thing up. I still say when you have a quarterback who's a good player, you've got a chance in every game.
along easy paying
I'm actually pretty soft. I'm easy to get along with as long as they're paying the price.
It's really very simple, ... We got out-coached, out-schemed and out-played.
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.
except game hold push tempo
We had the same scheme, everything the same except we didn't hold or push in the back. It set the game up, set the tempo for us.
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We don't accept losing, but the way our team fought tonight against what I think is the best team in college football, I was very proud of it. I thought we had excellent game plans on both sides of the ball. They worked for us in the first half, and early in the fourth quarter we got worn down a little bit.
bobby growing pains sure
Bobby has got to play better. (He) went through some growing pains . . . and I'm sure he would tell you that. He made some mistakes.
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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.
game momentum turn
I've never been in a game with as big of a momentum turn as that. I've never been in a game like that.