r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Dec 28 '23

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Oklahoma State Defeats Texas A&M 31-23

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Texas A&M 3 3 14 3 23
Oklahoma State 10 14 7 0 31

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u/ratattack97 Oklahoma State • Missouri Dec 28 '23

Gundy just bought himself another 10 years at Okstate with this season lol

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u/OnlyQualityCon Miami Hurricanes Dec 28 '23

I’m out of the loop on this one lol

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u/tisofold Minnesota Golden Gophers • Texas Longhorns Dec 28 '23

It's a reference to this iconic rant from 2007

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u/Redeem123 Team Chaos • Texas Longhorns Dec 28 '23

It's crazy to me that not only are there CFB fans who are not familiar with The Rant, but there will soon be CFB PLAYERS who weren't alive when it happened.

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u/nomptonite Oklahoma Sooners Dec 28 '23

I turned 40 back in August and that was the pseudo theme of my party… On a banner, and on the cake… And I’m an OU alumn. That’s how epic that rant was 15 years ago. Seemed like the only choice. So yes it’s CRAZY to me there are a lot of cfb fans so young they don’t even know about it.

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u/screwhead1 LSU Tigers • Arkansas Razorbacks Dec 28 '23

Last year when he turned 40, I texted my manager Happy Birthday and a clip of Gundy's rant. I think he enjoyed it lol.

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u/nomptonite Oklahoma Sooners Dec 28 '23

It’s a timeless crowd favorite indeed haha

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u/Povol Dec 28 '23

Ranks right up there with “ PLAYOFFS”

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u/nomptonite Oklahoma Sooners Dec 28 '23

Yup, and ‘Practice?!? You talkin ‘bout practice?!?’

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u/p8ntslinger Ole Miss Rebels • Tennessee Volunteers Dec 28 '23

there are people alive today that don't know about "Man I hate Tennessee" so your faith in humanity is optimistic

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u/nomptonite Oklahoma Sooners Dec 28 '23

Even I know about that one too! Classic

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u/meyou2222 Dec 28 '23

My top 3 coaches rants of all time:

  • “Playoffs?!?”
  • “I’m a man. I’m 40!”
  • “They are who we thought they were!”

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u/nizzynate48 NC State Wolfpack • Team Chaos Dec 28 '23

"Fat little girlfriends" has to be included.

RIP to the Pirate

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u/Redeem123 Team Chaos • Texas Longhorns Dec 28 '23

Honestly including the Pirate in that list just isn’t fair. My dude ranted about fucking Halloween candy and still made it one of the all-time great CFB speeches.

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u/weighted_walleye Billable Hours Dec 28 '23

Shame that nobody even knows who Denny Green was anymore. That was one of the most epic rants ever. WE LET EM OFF THE HOOK!

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u/admiralwaffles Boston College • Cornell Dec 28 '23

All three of 'em were right, too.

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u/screwhead1 LSU Tigers • Arkansas Razorbacks Dec 28 '23

This comment is making my back and knees hurt.

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u/boston_2004 West Texas A&M Buffs • Texas A&M Aggies Dec 28 '23

but there will soon be CFB PLAYERS who weren't alive when it happened.

I was like no way, that's not right.

Does math in head

oh noes.

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u/Fells Alabama Crimson Tide Dec 28 '23

Wild how young r/cfb users have become. Outside of it being a controversial situation, it seems that so many people here are too young to remember the 2011 BCS selection or '93 FSU advancing to the NC with one loss over an undefeated WVU.

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u/Redeem123 Team Chaos • Texas Longhorns Dec 28 '23

While it’s true that people don’t know about those, those situations are exactly what the CFP was allegedly meant to prevent. So they’re not really good precedents to cite.

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u/Fells Alabama Crimson Tide Dec 28 '23

I mean, we ended up in the same situation, no one disputes the '11 title and FSU is complaining about the same thing they benefited from before so I think it's all pretty relevant.

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u/Redeem123 Team Chaos • Texas Longhorns Dec 28 '23

FSU is complaining about the same thing they benefited from before

Which happened a decade before anyone on the current team was even born.

But yes, we're in the same situation, which is exactly why people are upset. We'd been told that the 4-team playoff would fix things... we'll see if 12 works a little better.

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u/gmr548 Texas Longhorns • Washington Huskies Dec 28 '23

This makes me feel 40

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u/hlsp Alderson Broaddus • Grays Harb… Dec 28 '23

The kid that Gundy was defending in that speech is now a man, and is almost 40.

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u/CTeam19 Iowa State Cyclones • Hateful 8 Dec 28 '23

You shut your mouth right now!

goes back to remembering the days we would have announcements that this sub's membership would fill different stadiums

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u/losbullitt Oklahoma State • Bedlam Bell Dec 28 '23

The rant that put Gundy on the map.

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u/MrMegiddo Texas Longhorns • TCU Horned Frogs Dec 28 '23

I'd play for Gundy after hearing that and now I'm almost 40. 😭

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u/Cadet_Broomstick Texas Longhorns • Missouri Tigers Dec 28 '23

you still have 4 years of eligibility brother

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u/Defiant_Gain3510 Dec 28 '23

stop kidding.

his hair put him on the map.

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u/losbullitt Oklahoma State • Bedlam Bell Dec 28 '23

Gundy hair all the rage\ Never really tells his true age\ The mullet is classic\ Like a trex in jurassic\ King king mother f**##ker

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u/chaseair11 UCLA Bruins • Sacramento State Hornets Dec 28 '23

Every time I hear that I could run thru a brick wall for coach gundy, honestly so great

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u/personthatiam2 Dec 28 '23

Now that players aren’t amateurs anymore I wonder if Gundy still has a problem with the media criticizing players.

This might the GOAT rant. He was fired up.

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u/oxfordcircumstances Sugar Bowl • Ole Miss Rebels Dec 28 '23

I've never watched that before and holy shit that was amazing.

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u/FrenchFreedom888 Oklahoma State Cowboys Dec 29 '23

I had heard the quote a good many times, but never seen the full speech he gave. Very good job on Gundy's part. Big kudos to him for sticking up for his players like that. Thank you for posting the video!

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u/ItsKrakenmeuptoo Oregon Ducks Dec 28 '23

I’m 50

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u/Denali_Dad Dec 29 '23

What school are the jags? I only know of the NFL Jaguars.

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u/olozsram Oklahoma State • Central Okl… Dec 28 '23

After what he's done in 20 years here, this is his job until he doesn't want it anymore.

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u/multiple4 South Carolina • 九州産業大学 (Kyushu … Dec 28 '23

It's hilarious that anyone thinks otherwise and acts like he's on a hot seat every chance they get

In this age of "fire now, ask questions later" a lot of programs need to learn to ask themselves what they hope to gain by firing their current coaches

Sometimes it makes sense to fire your coach. But too many mid-tier P5 programs these days fire coaches who reliably produce winning records, fan support, and occasionally put together very special seasons

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u/MC_chrome Texas Tech • Miami (OH) Dec 28 '23

Joey McGuire has had winning seasons in his first two at Tech and his first two as a HC, yet idiots were calling for him to be fired because we lost a series of close games.

Joey also recruited one of the best classes in school history, so I really don’t understand this position beyond certain fans wanting to yell at the clouds

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u/PedanticBoutBaseball Boise State • New Paltz Dec 28 '23

sometimes i think people forget there are levels to this, and just because Texas is a recruiting hotbed doesn't mean its easy to still get talent to go to Lubbock.

Also i think the halcyon days of Mike Leach, michael crabtree, etc. have people thinking that should be the standard at TTU and not a "nice to have every decade or so" kind of success.

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u/74kygone Kentucky Wildcats • Team Chaos Dec 28 '23

I think it’s only going to get worse for coaches of Big12 teams. Since there is no big team in the Big12 next year, every fanbase is going to expect to compete for the title and when those expectations are met with a 6-6 season; fans are gonna crow and coaches are gonna get fired.

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u/cardmanimgur Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 28 '23

fan support

That one is the problem. Every fan base believes that a coach producing 9 wins isn't getting the job done, and the answer is to fire him and get a coach who produces 11 wins. It's the Nebraska corollary.

I think moving forward we'll see more coaches get longer leashes, because with a 12-team playoff you will see some of them get in and it will be a big resume boost, especially if they can get to the quarterfinals.

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u/TheUltimate721 Nebraska Cornhuskers Dec 28 '23

Firing Frank Solich was the worst move we've ever made in program history. Solich was Tom Osborne's hand-picked successor, and even though he wasn't perfect (He was a first time head coach at the college level) he was a good enough coach to win the Big 12 and NY6 Bowls on occasion.

Steve Pederson chose to fire him and get rid of everything that Osborne and Devaney had built over the last 40 years. What's even worse is that he did that without a clear successor in mind. Apparently he wanted Mike Sherman from the Packers, but didn't bother to ask if he was even interested before firing Solich and sure enough he wasn't.

Firing Bo Pelini gets a bit more complicated. He had adequate on the field success but his demeanor off the field made living with him more difficult than it needed to be. The year he got fired there were was a time where after we lost a big OOC game to UCLA, Bo ripped on the administration and the fanbase in his press conference. I can't remember the specific incident but I remember one time he refused a halftime interview and insulted the reporter trying for one. I legitimately believe that if he wasn't such an asshole we would've been ranked higher in the AP and coaches polls consistently. He also just didn't make adjustments a lot which leads to embarrassing performances like Wiscy having three different 100 yard rushers against us when he is supposed to be a defensive minded coach.

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u/do_you_know_doug Iowa • Appalachian State Dec 28 '23

Whew, I'm glad I'm not a fan of a program like that. Sounds awful.

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u/positivevibr8ion UCLA Bruins • Big Ten Dec 28 '23

This is pretty much every football fan in the state of California. My god, is it embarrassing at times.

Also, big up to Kyushu (Kyudai alum here)!

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u/losbullitt Oklahoma State • Bedlam Bell Dec 28 '23

Remember when people call for his head every year? Pepperidge farms does.

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u/Majormlgnoob Oklahoma State Cowboys Dec 28 '23

I am people

I will do it again

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u/Skank_hunt42 Oklahoma • Red River Shootout Dec 28 '23

Yea, there's a portion of your fanbase even this year who were like....wanting him to fail over the whole 3 QB usage thing. Hell I remember when there was rumors that the entire team was going to quit after the ISU game this year and that would finally get rid of him.

Remarkable that he turned you guys into a 10 win team. I bet it pisses a lot of you guys off.

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u/Majormlgnoob Oklahoma State Cowboys Dec 28 '23

Nah

I like Gundy when he wins, and think the game passed him when he loses

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u/Skank_hunt42 Oklahoma • Red River Shootout Dec 28 '23

I don't understand your losses tho, aside from ISU other than just not being prepared? looking ahead? The losses to USA and UCF are just mindblowing

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u/Majormlgnoob Oklahoma State Cowboys Dec 28 '23

OSU Football is an enigma, impossible to understand

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u/olozsram Oklahoma State • Central Okl… Dec 29 '23

USA was an across the board failure. Bad play, horrendous coaching, complete lack of motivation. The way we played in the first two games of the season made that loss not too surprising to me. It was an extension of the horrible fall-off we had in the 2022 season that culminated in a mass portal exodus.

UCF was pretty simple. We put all of our eggs into the Bedlam basket. We had an amazing streak going into it, and we won to cap it off. We were burned out, hungover, and didn't have anything left to play with. We peaked and fell off badly in Orlando, and it followd us to the Big 12 title game. The monsoon didn't help, but that wasn't the main issue.

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u/aeronutical Oklahoma State • Kansas State Dec 28 '23

What, you mean earlier this season?

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u/CliffDraws Oklahoma State Cowboys Dec 28 '23

I wasn’t calling for his head, but I really thought this might be the year he got pushed out with the way it started. Was looking like NIL would be the end of Gundy.

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u/Darth_Ra Oklahoma Sooners • Big 12 Dec 28 '23

At least they're doing it for your coach. OU fans go after the players, and we are definitely losing recruits and transfers over that shit.

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u/CliffDraws Oklahoma State Cowboys Dec 30 '23

You mean review bombing a business because their son transfers out of OU is a bad look?

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u/Macewindu89 Oklahoma Sooners Dec 28 '23

Gundy is one of the best coaches in the country - I always laugh when people call for his job. He will probably dominate the new Big 12.

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u/-Umbra- Oklahoma Sooners Dec 28 '23

Well, Gundy is one of the best coaches in the country for around 10 games every season. I think Nick Saban would've been able to keep it competitive against South Alabama and UCF, instead of the 33-7 and 45-3 scorelines.

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u/Macewindu89 Oklahoma Sooners Dec 28 '23

Come on man - after the exodus from last season, ten games is a hell of a coaching job. It’s not easy to win at OK State.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '23

I do. I have. I probably will again I admit

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '23 edited Dec 28 '23

Let’s not pretend the t boone pickens money dump hasn’t had a whole lot to do with okie state’s modern success.

It’s easier to recruit when stuff like your small shitty weight room isn’t sandwiched in a hotbox surrounded by an underground track.

Or the hundreds of other upgrades the Pickens money has brought to the program like the Sherman Smith Training Center, locker rooms, the meeting rooms and new training table(that’s where the athletes eat)

I seriously had my first I’m an old man moment the last time I was at the stadium and went to the locker rooms/facilities. the luxury they have now compared to what we had in the 00’s is ridiculous.

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u/olozsram Oklahoma State • Central Okl… Dec 28 '23

You're totally right, but that kind of facilities mean nothing if the on-field product isn't what it is. It's all complementary. Pickens' gift could have easily been squandered with bad football, but Gundy's coaching has justified that gift. Everything happened at the right time, with the right people, in the right situations. It's beautiful really.

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u/Misdirected_Colors Oklahoma State Cowboys Dec 28 '23

Why were his eyes so bloodshot?!

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u/BasedinOK Oklahoma State • Tulsa Dec 28 '23

There is a weed dispensary on nearly every corner in Oklahoma now and I’m not exaggerating

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u/pickleparty16 Kansas State Wildcats Dec 28 '23

Weed stores and taco trucks. The horror.

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u/CptnEric Oklahoma State • Tulsa Dec 28 '23

More weed shops than QuikTrips.

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u/LETX_CPKM Oklahoma Sooners • /r/CFB Patron Dec 28 '23

By an order of magnitude

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u/El_Dud3r1n0 Oklahoma State Cowboys • Big 8 Dec 28 '23

Weed shops probably outnumber churches here 4:1, and for Oklahoma that's saying something.

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u/jaxonya Oklahoma Sooners Dec 28 '23

And they all compete against one another, so prices aren't bad

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u/CantaloupeCamper Minnesota • Little Brown Jug Dec 28 '23

Well… he’s a man….

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u/hiimred2 Ohio State • Kent State Dec 28 '23

He drank a 40?

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u/Chester2707 Dec 28 '23

For real. They were redder than the devil’s dick in the first live shot of him.

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u/inplayruin Dec 28 '23

He has a high powered offense

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u/El_Dud3r1n0 Oklahoma State Cowboys • Big 8 Dec 28 '23

Those were the eyes of a man that realized eating those gummies he found on the bus was a mistake.

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u/HailState2023 Florida State • Mississippi S… Dec 28 '23

Grown-ass man tears are extra salty.

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u/Richard_AIGuy Ohio State • Georgia Tech Dec 28 '23

Whiskey and cigar smoke on the way to the game. Like a man.

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u/BearBryant Alabama Crimson Tide Dec 28 '23

He is a man, he is 4056

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u/JB92103 Cincinnati • Oklahoma State Dec 28 '23

He's staying in Stillwater until he decides to retire.

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u/Kingof40Acres Texas Longhorns Dec 28 '23

10 wins is impressive in any year especially this one.

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u/PeterPipersPan Calgary Dinos • Alabama Crimson Tide Dec 28 '23

Has any other school ever tried to poach him? He's arguably the most underrated HC in P5.

Assuming only Ferrentz has been at a single place for longer right now.

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u/ratattack97 Oklahoma State • Missouri Dec 28 '23

There were rumors a few years ago during the Mason Rudolph era when Tennessee was trying to steal our man but I’ve never heard anything besides that