Utah, Mike Gundy Deserved Better

Shower Thought - September 24, 2025

In the movie Steve Jobs, the good one with Michael Fassbender not the bad one with Ashton Kutcher, they do a great job with the scene where Jobs gets fired from Apple. It is very dramatic. He is betrayed by his mentor and by all of his closest allies and gets fired from the company he started.

This has happened a few times in sports. Bill Belichick, who invented the Patriots dynasty, got run out. Terry Francona, who should still be coaching the Red Sox, got fired in 2011 after breaking the curse of the Bambino. Now you can add Mike Gundy to that list. Not only did Mike Gundy in a way invent modern Oklahoma State football, he stayed over and over again when he could have left. Les Miles left in about ten seconds when he got better offers. He went to LSU. Jimmy Johnson left in ten seconds when he got an offer to leave Stillwater and take his talents to South Beach. Mike Gundy stayed. He won eleven games in 2010 and could have left, he won twelve games in 2011 and could have left. But he never did. He played there and was a Cowboy all the way. He had seven seasons with ten or more wins. He imbued the whole program with personality and spirit. He railed against Oklahoma when they left the conference. He even won ten games two years ago. Gundy deserved better. Oklahoma State can go to hell.