ArdmoreRyno

Not sure where I come across "mad" about the changes. Again, the topic of this post was the portal and changes to college football and how to 'fix it'. I was commenting on the landscape and future of the game and I'm 100% right. If you don't have a T. Boone (which we don't anymore), Phil Knight, Dave Portnoy, etc. as an active booster who is willing to dish out tens of millions... your program will likely be a non-factor for any high profile recruits. Seems the world of college football agrees because we are getting a cap on these things soon (see article I posted). Anyway, go take your Xanax.

No, it hasn’t. https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2024/11/salary-caps-are-coming-to-college-sports-heres-how-uw-madison-may-be-impacted

Boy, I touched a nerve. Holy *****. Someone posted about the portal, I gave an example of NIL money and what to do with the portal... and you go off on a half-a-paragraph rant. Chill-TF-out

Everything needs to be fixed. Portal and the NIL. We need to cap the NIL. It's too much like the Wild Wild West. People like Dave Portnoy (and another booster, don't remember) are paying $10,500,000 for the #1 QB in high school. Oklahoma State's entire 2023 NIL fund? $5.3 million. Need to cap the NIL or it's going to destroy smaller programs who don't have the massive donors. If T. Boone was still alive, OSU could compete with programs like Texas and Michigan. But now, we can't. As for the portal, needs to be a one time deal or you sit out a year.

Definitely are my 2nd favorite team. I was lucky enough to get to watch the greatest RB due in NCAA history at Oklahoma State... Thurman Thomas then Barry Sanders. Thurman is the reason I'm a Bills fan all these years later, but I really enjoyed following Barry's career. Then a few years ago, the Lions drafted Malcom Rodriquez from Oklahoma State and the due was a STEAL in the draft. He's a baller, even as small as he is. So I want him to do well... hate that he torn his ACL a couple of weeks ago. The only other team I rooted/pulled for was the Steelers, when they drafted both Mason Rudolph and James Washington in the same draft. I quickly learned that the Steelers have the worst fans in the NFL. By far.

Guess you skipped over my reply to my topic at 10:40 a.m. Saturday?

Now it seems like all the sources were incorrect. Apparently Gundy has requested "more time" to consider the change in his contract. Never said he was a terrible coach. He is one of the best in college football between 2004-2021. The NIL world and portal world has changed that. He's old school. He hasn't adapted and not sure he will.

Oklahoma State BOR gave him until 5 pm. CST to accept a restructured contract and Gundy declined it. Seems he's out at Stillwater after 20 seasons. Zac Robinson is the leading candidate to take over in Stillwater.

1. Oklahoma State My grandfather graduated from OSU back when it was still Oklahoma A&M, in 1944. My dad graduated from OSU in 1974 and I graduated from OSU in 1998 (took my 5 years... I partied too much). I'm an alumni, season ticket holder to football games (used to have basketball tickets when I lived in the Tulsa area). Thurman Thomas was the reason I became a Bills fan. Followed him out of college and fell in love with the Bills. I was 12 at the time. Should have won a National Championship in football in 2011 (best team that year). OSU has the 4th most NCAA titles in the country and the most outside the state of California. Won championships in football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, golf, tennis and cross country. One of the top 2-3 softball programs in the country as well. Just an AWESOME athletic university that people don't realize how dominate they actually are. 2. Ole Miss It's funny because I love Miss State fans. They are a lot like Oklahoma State fans... ag school and most of the students are small-town kids. My youngest daughter wanted to get out of Oklahoma to go to college and she fell in love with Mississippi and Oxford. I, by default, root for the Rebels. I've been to half-a-dozen games over the years and absolutely love the tailgating at The Grove and the atmosphere of that little town. Stillwater has a population of 50,000 (75,000 when school is in session)... and Oxford feels like it's twice the size. But, Oxford's population is more than half of OSU's (27,000). Night games at the Vaught is cool AF. 3. Army The Army/Navy game IS THE BEST RIVARLY in college football. I love that game and love following the little team. I'm former Army so of course, I have to root for them. Jeff Monken is their head coach and his brother, Todd, was a big part of Oklahoma State's rise to football glory in the early 2000's then again when OSU was fighting to play for the BCS Championship in 2011. That said, I also pull for Navy when they aren't playing Army. Charlie Weatherbie coached Navy for 7 years. He's a former Oklahoma State QB.

I wish. I love Gundy but I feel the game has passed him by. He's not NIL ready and I don't think he ever will be ready. Too old-school. Oklahoma State needs a coach like Deion. A jazzy/flashy coach who can bring in the $$$$. T. Boone died 5 years too early. If he was still alive, Oklahoma State would be paying Michigan-type money for top players. Zero doubt he would buy a National Championship contending program.

That's crazy to let him go.

But seriously, thank you to all fellow vets on the page! US Army 88m/11c (1996-2001)

That's what I keep explaining to my wife when we're in bed together...

So... he's going to keep a campaign promise? Crazy! I can't believe he's not going to allow millions of people who are breaking federal law to continue to break our laws. How dare him! The ones who voted.. they should all be here legally and allowed to legally vote. He's talking about the ones who are NOT allowed to vote and are here ILLEGALLY.

I wonder what they'll (The View loons) say about how nearly HALF of the Latino vote went to Trump.

I feel sorry for them...

I'm recording "The View" today... for the first time in my life. I can't wait to see the complete meltdown. LOL THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I picked 1. BYU 2. Iowa State 3. Kansas State 4. Colorado 5. Cincy 6. Arizona State 7. WVU

I think we could get someone like Oklahoma State alum, Zac Robinson in to take over and we'd be fine.

You picked BYU? They were preseason 13 in the Big XII.

Nah. Times have changed. OSU has the facilities now, we've established the Texas pipeline of players. If schools like Indiana, Duke, SMU, etc. can do it... Oklahoma State can do it. We've been a solid program since the early 80's. One exception was when we got the 2nd worst NCAA probation after SMU's death penalty.

AJ: 11 solo tackles, 4 sacks, 2 FF (26 years old) Mack: 10 solo tackles, 3 sacks, 1 FF (33 years old) Yea... no thanks.

1996: Twister was released in theaters. OSU, OU and Tulsa went a combined 12-21, none with a winning record. 2024: Twisters was released. OSU, OU and Tulsa have a combined 10-14 with no winning record. As an Oklahoma State fan, alum and season ticket holder... I expected OSU to end up in the Playoffs. We returned practically EVERYONE. PFF (preseason) #1 OL, #1 RB, top 10 LB corp, top 15 WR group. We suck ass. We both suck this year. I didn't see OU with a winning season. My youngest goes to Ole Miss and I follow them closely (I was actually at the OU/Ole Miss game last weekend). I knew OU would struggle with all they lost on the OL and having a brutal SEC schedule. Did I expect them to have the same number of SEC wins as OSU? No. But man.

But I don't want Gundy anymore. He's too loyal to his coaches and too stubborn to change. We have (literally) the worst DC in college football. We have a clueless OC. He won't fire either.

Oklahoma State sucks. That's all. That's the post.