Oklahoma State football is having its worst season in 30 years. The Pokes fell to 3-8 overall and 0-8 in Big 12 play after losing to Texas Tech 56-48 on Saturday afternoon in Stillwater.
Head coach Mike Gundy was asked about potential retirement on Saturday after the loss, to which he quipped, “There ain’t no way the old lady is letting me retire.”
The head coach then went on to say, “I have as much energy now as when I took this job. And most of you guys think I’m crazy, which I am, when I get up in the morning about 5:30, I start thinking about football. And even though we’re in a really tough situation here, which we haven’t been in in 18 years, I’m excited to come to work tomorrow and try to find a way to beat Colorado. I just like that stuff. The outside noise, which I don’t know about because I don’t read social media, doesn’t bother me.”
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Oklahoma State plays Colorado on Black Friday and if the Pokes lose, they will finish 0-9 in Big 12 play, the first time they will have gone winless in conference play since 1994, which was Pat Jones’ final season in Stillwater.
Gundy went on to say he worries about his players because they live on social media. He added his players have, “fought and competed all the way through. That’s all I ask them to do. I’m not worried about myself. I’m really not. I wish we’d won more games, for everybody who may be unhappy. But it’s OK.”
Whether or not it’s OK is debatable, but we’ll save that conversation for another day.
Here are Mike Gundy’s full comments.
Oklahoma State kicks off in Boulder at 11:00 a.m. CT/10:00 a.m. MT on Friday.
