On September 23, the Oklahoma State Cowboys finally decided to drop the curtain on Mike Gundy’s 21-year run in Stillwater. It wasn’t the ending anyone wanted. Gundy had been the face of the program since the mid-2000s. The decision came after a brutal two-year stretch where the Cowboys went 3-9 in 2024 and a 1-3 start in 2025 capped by a 69-3 thrashing from Oregon and an embarrassing first loss at home to Tulsa since 1951.

For a coach who once had the Cowboys chasing the playoff and winning double-digit games often, the decline was sudden. The university paid the $15 million buyout, calling it one of the toughest decisions it’s ever made. The writing had been on the wall for weeks. Despite his recent losses, it didn’t take long for former players to rally around their coach.

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