The leadership of Oklahoma State football is officially under construction.
Twenty-one years of Mike Gundy at the helm of the orange and black has come to an end, lasting longer than the cashier at Cowboy Corner convenience store has been alive.
"We've always been good when I was a fan going to Tulsa, but once I got up here (as a student) it's just been- the football's been kind of sad," OSU freshman Jaxson Grimes told 2 News.
"Even at halftime when you got the student section chanting, 'Fire Gundy,' I mean it's kind of clear that it's probably eventually going to happen," OSU student and fellow native Tulsan Grant Pinkstaff said. "But it's still shocking, you know, for how much he's done for this school."
The abrupt conclusion after such a storied tenure is not a shock to OSU student