Headlining a star-studded 2021 class, Mike Gundy on Monday was one of six inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in a ceremony held at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
Gundy fielded questions at the event on — what else? — realignment and his program’s standing in the madness that is college athletics right now.
“I’m a traditionalist,” he said in part. “I was not fired up about losing the Big Eight. I was not fired up about losing Nebraska and Colorado. … That’s just my history. Whether we like it or not, there’s a business that’s taking over college athletics.