For a brief moment yesterday, right before OU announced John Mateer would miss a few games due to hand surgery, Oklahoma State stole the attention of the local sporting world after news came out that Mike Gundy was fired at age 58.
Mike Gundy spent more than half his life (35 of 58 years at OSU as a player, assistant or head coach). Before Gundy, OSU had 4 winning seasons in 16 years. Gundy had 18 straight winning seasons, 9th longest in NCAA history for a coach at 1 school. Good ride Cowboy, good ride https://t.co/kDIUMnpjGQ
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) September 23, 2025
Like most people, I have mixed feelings about Mike’s departure.
At one point, he was a good – if not great – football coach for OSU. Outside of Jimmy Johnson, he’s probably the best one they’ve ever had.
But in recent years, Mike’s shine has faded like an OSU orange construction cone. He, like many Americans, became indoctrinated by right-wing media, and went from being a colorful head coach with an ironic mullet to a bitter, angry caricature who hates everything, including the school’s own fans.
Sure, Mike always had a bit of charm and blunt, outspoken energy, but instead of adapting to the seismic changes in college football and society, he hopped in the conservative foxhole, grew out of touch, and before you could say “Where are we at in society today?,” was getting beat at home by Tulsa.
Basically, it was time for Mike Gundy to go, and most OSU fans agree with me.
One of those is Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt.
He’s an OSU donor, wants to be the university’s next president, and probably tried to sway the OSU Board of Regents to take this action. As a result, KOCO caught up with Stitt and his newly formed Stittbrow to get their thoughts:
"I think it was probably time": Gov. Kevin Stitt reacted to OSU parting ways with head coach Mike Gundy. MORE: https://t.co/BdJdqbLmI0 pic.twitter.com/5odm4lCvit
— koconews (@koconews) September 23, 2025
Listen. I know it’s frowned upon to make fun of people’s appearances, but what is that thing?! The dude is mega-wealthy and has more money than he'll ever know what to do with it, but he can't keep those brows in check? At the very least, he can bum some of Mike Gundy’s 2008 hair gel to get them all to grow in the same direction.
Then again, maybe that's not an eyebrow but a living organism? If so, did it slither in when Stitt shaved his beard? I wonder if it’s like owning a mogwai and there are three rules to follow to take care of it – no light, no water, and no shampoo after midnight.
To be clear, this isn’t the first time Stitt’s grown a mysterious third eyebrow. As opposed to the current one, the last variety grew out of his scalp in February before being amputated at Duncan Brothers.
Anyway, we’d like to wish Mike Gundy and Stitt’s eyebrow the best of luck in their future endeavors. It will be interesting to see if Gundy returns to coaching, enters politics, or gets his own patriotic fishing show on OANN. He’d be a good fit.
Stay with The Lost Ogle. We’ll keep you advised.
