Last Friday, while most of us were glued to a TV watching Oklahoma State slug it out with Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Mike Gundy was busy chasing deadly pit vipers in Okeene.
So it’s no surprise that herpetology was the big topic of conversation once the 12th-year head coach spoke with the media. Not, wide receiver depth or his own relationship with Mike Holder. Rattlesnakes.
Gundy even explained the three escalating defense mechanisms of the rattlesnake.
“One, is camouflage and hide,” said Gundy “that’s what they would prefer. Two, is to run away.