We'll never forget Mike Gundy's famous rant in which he informed the world that "he's a man and 40." Now, the player he was defending is suggesting that Gundy is actually just a man and a phony. That's right, former Oklahoma State quarterback Bobby Reid and his mother recently accused Gundy of putting on an act on that fateful day. "Reid was caught off guard. Here was a coach who'd been burying him and now he was going to war for him? It didn't add up. "At first, everything [Gundy] was saying sounded real and true," Rajika says. "But I'm a believer where there is smoke, there's fire."This is certainly an interesting twist to the Gundy-Reid-Carlson saga. Most in the public seemed to side with Gundy for having the guts to defend his player from media attacks. But if Reid is questioning Gundy's sentiment and quite frankly, Gundy's integrity, how do we reconcile this new variable?
In other words, Bobby and Rajika Reid felt info in Carlson's column came indirectly from Gundy or his staff. ("I'd have a hard time agreeing with that," Gundy says.)
In other words, they felt Gundy's rant was fake.
"Honestly, the way I took it, I felt like it was all a front," Reid says. "That it was all a big show. It didn't feel genuine."
Gundy, by the way, steadfastly denies the Reid's allegations:
"The last thing I would ever do would be to draw up some production to say in front of the camera. The first reason is because I don't have any interest in doing that. The second reason is I don't have time to do it. ... I didn't direct it toward football, I directed it toward he had done everything right. If they thought it wasn't genuine then obviously they have a right to their opinion. I'm not concerned with changing their mind."Overall, this seems to be the story that keeps growing and giving commentators on all sides a chance to revisit a strange day in Oklahoma State history. To be honest, I don't know what to believe or what to really think about the whole situation anymore. However, all parties seem to have a flair for the dramatic, especially when Reid discloses his sense that Gundy's tirade in someway "ended his life".
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-12-2008 @ 3:33PM
jhamilton55 said...
Personally I thought Mike made an ass of himself at the time. Maybe now he will learn that it does not pay to defend little people against the truth about themselves. The truth does hurt at times.
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4-12-2008 @ 7:36PM
robert said...
he got benched cause taylor was better. plain and simple, just look at the numbers. reid is bitter over being benched. he talked about being ignored on the sidelines by gundy when he kept asking to get put back in. they run a very fast paced no huddle offense and i'm pretty sure the last thing the guy calling the plays wants to hear is "Please put me in coach, Please." i'd have ignored him too. i hope he grows up and realizes this isn't a game anymore and it's not about giving everyone equal playing time, it's a buisness and it's about winning games.
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4-12-2008 @ 9:58PM
Joe Willie said...
Who cares,your division isn't going anywhere chumps !
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4-13-2008 @ 11:12AM
inlandvalleywild said...
Well Bobby Reid, your football career is over. You won't be playing on Sundays next season. Maybe you might find some Arena team that plays in an old barn that might give you a shot, but thats it. Would that be the Arena8 League. Most likely so.
Now you can stay home and be coddled by Mommy and eat her fried chicken. You likely won't graduate and probably will end up working at Wal Mart.
Your a loser and a liar. You never realized when you had it so well. You will still be living with Mom when you are 50.
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4-14-2008 @ 12:26AM
petejayhawk said...
Hey genius - Bobby Reid already graduated. Read the article.
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