Mike Gundy’s comments concerning Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon’s arrest on suspicion of DUI had to be some of the dumbest ever issued by a major college football coach. And this is a competitive category.
That doesn’t mean he wasn’t trying to raise an interesting argument about the responsibility of college head coaches these days, it’s just when you imply on ESPN that you yourself have driven under the influence “1,000 times,” whatever point you were trying to make is justifiably lost.
We’ll get to all that, but simply as a strategic matter, Gundy, who is entering his 20th season as the Cowboys head coach and is 16 years removed from his epic “I’m a man, I’m 40” rant, arrived at Big 12 media days completely unprepared for a predictable inquiry.