Maybe this was Jenni Carlson’s plan all along. In a decision that is as unsurprising as it is dumb, Bobby Reid has chosen to leave Oklahoma State University.
Due to the fact that Bobby injured his shoulder and was forced to redshirt his first season at OSU, Reid is limited on his options. With his senior year coming up and no redshirt available, he cannot go to another Division I (or as the NCAA wants us to call it, “Bowl Championship Division”) school and compete. He either has to go to a lower division school, such as Sam Houston State (where no former D-I quarterback should be caught dead), or give up football.
Although, it appears there might be a third option:
Rajika Reid told the Dallas newspaper that her son had not yet decided whether to transfer to another school or to apply for early entry into the NFL draft.
Seriously? In one of my earliest posts, I made fun of JamesOn Curry for making the decision to enter the NBA draft after his junior season at OSU. Compared to Reid, Curry’s choice looks brilliant. For one, at least Curry was an underachieving starter, but a starting player nonetheless. Also, JamesOn apparently had a promise from the Bulls that they would select him in the second round.
Reid has neither of those things going for him. Sure, some NFL guru is probably reading this right now and saying, “well, Matt Cassel is Tom Brady’s back up on the Patriots and he never started a game in college.” Sure, this is true, but Cassel went to USC where he apprenticed to Carson Palmer and then was passed on the depth chart by Matt Leinart. Both of those guys won Heisman Trophies, and Palmer was taken first overall in the NFL draft (Leinart would have had the same fate if he had not returned for his senior season in an attempt to win three straight mythical national championships and learn ballroom dancing). So, obviously, there was the chance that Cassel was NFL quality, just not first round quality. Does anyone really think that Zach Robinson is going to be selected in the first round?
Anyway, rather than convert to a different position where the NFL might actually consider him, Reid will likely be playing in obscurity or else putting his education degree to use in the Houston Public School system next year. Not exactly the fate expected of him when he was the biggest recruit to sign at OSU since R.W. McQuarters.
Funny how Gundy was able to use the old “look at this hand, look at this hand” while using the other hand to pull off the illusion. He stirred all of that controversy around J. Carlson’s column to rally support from the OSU fans, then did what she reported and he denied would happen. All the while looking like the victim. If only he had taken Emily Jones to his private lair in the Bahamas we could start calling him “Hair-Gel Copperfield”.
his jersey will end up here http://straightcashhomey.net/
Gan, he did not do what she reported, the chicken feeding crap was racists, and Jennie is no journalist
Under no circumstance would I even suggest Carlson was in the right. She basically called out Reid as a pansy ass mama’s boy. Along with the chicken feeding story she passed along, she also suggested he was too much of a weakling to play football because he gets nervous before games…seriously? I’m not one of those people that says that a woman can’t be a sports journalist because they’ve never suited up, but that shows a complete naivete on what it’s like to be an athlete. I heard Chris Paul, someone whose ability to play his game even Carlson wouldn’t question, in an interview on NPR today. He talked about how even now as a third year NBA vet, he has butterflies in his stomach before every game right up until the tip off. It’s too fair to use the “she hasn’t played” card to defend Carlson, even. Can she honestly say she didn’t have nerves before her interview at The Oklahoman…and would she say that makes her unqualifed?
Anyway, Gundy had every right to be upset. I’d be ticked off if I made a decision based on all the right reasons (Robinson more productive) and had petty motives assigned as my rationale…plus, it kind of helped that he needed a way to get his team to rally behind him again after completely losing them during the Troy game and lucking into a win against Texas Tech.
Sorry, I know this isn’t supposed to be a message board, but I’ve been holding that in a LONG time.
If he even considered needing a way to get his team to rally behind him as an impetus for the rant, that is beyond pathetic. When you starting having ulterior motives for your actions, the actual truth behind what you might be saying becomes less and less important.
Mike Gundy could lay into a reporter for just about anything and it would fire up his team. That most certainly doesn’t make it right.
You guys are missing my point. I’m not saying that Jenny was right, and I never said she was a journalist. I’m saying that Gundy used the controversy to take the focus off of the quarterback change that he clearly was planning to make, and about that she was correct.
A good punishment for The Oklahoman would be that Jenny and the editor would feed chicken in Bobby’s mouth…
That, still wont change the fact that Bobby sucks as a QB, he should try be a reciever.
But at least they WON their bowl game(again)
(so did Texas…and Kansas)
It’s pretty clear that the whole rant had very little consideration behind it. There is no doubt it was unscripted and completely based on emotion. Regardless, the rant did serve as a rallying cry that convinced the players to focus for a man who obviously cared enough about them to make a fool of himself. If it had been premeditated, it would not have been as effective, or interesting.
I don’t think it could have been premeditated for the reason Gan suggests, either. The change had already been made. If anything, the rant brought more attention to the change.
And even if there were ulterior motives, which I don’t really think there were, why is that such a bad thing again? Coaches have ulterior motives behind a lot of their actions, but no one is saying thats terrible…i.e. a baseball manager getting all up in an umpires face and getting kicked out to fire up his team-Bobby Knight going all crazy on a ref to start getting calls his way.
It happens in real life too…
Yes Primo, they did win their bowl game again. They’re now 7-6, just like last year, after playing in a third-tier bowl, just like last year.
Well, I do think there is an inherent difference between the actions during a game and the actions in a post-game press conference. The fact that baseball managers getting ejected are much, much less of a story than Gundy’s tirade underscores that point quite well.
In the wake of Gundy-gate, his defenders have often essentially said “Sure, call him unprofessional, but I guarantee he won the respect of his players for that.” Which is undoubtedly true. It’s also a horrible standard with which to judge the behavior of coaches. That his players admired his actions do not make them intrinsically appropriate.
And Clark, Mike Gundy did not make a fool of himself. He made a fool of Jenni Carlson, which is where my problems come in. She had done a fine job of that herself.
And with that, I’ve said my piece (peace? I have no idea. Once again: Not smart). Thank you for listening.
I guess I am going to disagree with you on this one…
I will say this however, that I’d bet you are an OU fan just as I am an OSU fan.
The bottom line is….. Chickens were harmed in the writing of this article, apparently? Stop looking at this as Jenni C Vs Gundy and start taking compassion on the chickens… Poor innocent chicken that probably has poop deposited in the Illinois River and the steroids and hormones from that chicken’s poop has advesly effected Amy’s boobies since she floats down the river! See, it all relates back to Mrs. Reid and torture of chicken….
Which one does Bobby like better Mrs Reid, KFC or POPYES? I hear KFC is finger lickin good,how about that Robert? I’m sure you just finished a large bucket of chicken.
who cares about chicken….they’re chicken!!!
You misspelled Zac Robinson’s (the quarterback) name. Funny fact though - Zack Robinson was an All-American golfer at OSU who graduated in 2005. Zac Reynolds was an OSU golfer who graduated in 2006. Lots of Zac(k)s, but none spells Zac(k) with an “h”