Bill Haisten

Tulsa World Sports Columnist

Mike Simons

Tulsa World Photojournalist

STILLWATER — Regarding the Oklahoma State crisis and Mike Gundy’s firing, I’ve heard and read opinions that the Cowboy football head-coaching job might not be considered an attractive Power Four job.

It’s a very good job, with the potential to become what it became for Gundy: a great job — nationally relevant and very lucrative.

There are 79,228,003 reasons why OSU’s head-coaching position is beyond just a run-of-the-mill “good job.”

Reason No. 1: Resources. Any suggestion that Oklahoma State supporters lack the collective wealth or willingness to help Cowboy football is wrong. While there no longer is a T. Boone Pickens billionaire type of singular dynamo donor, there is a lengthy roster of successfu

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