For years, Oklahoma State football has done more with less.
Whether it be beating Texas with a team primarily built of three-star recruits or not necessarily having a national brand, the Cowboys kept winning under Mike Gundy. On Friday, Oklahoma State got its elbows out and crammed its way into the big boy table of college athletics when it gave Mike Gundy a raise, paying him $7.5 million is 2022.
For some perspective, here is a list of coaches who made less last year than what Gundy will make in 2022, according to USA Today:
Kirby Smart — Georgia
Ryan Day — Ohio State
Chip Kelly — UCLA
Steve Sarkisian — Texas
Scott Frost — Nebraska
Those are the types of schools OSU got in the conversation with.