Scoggins on Mike Gundy...

If you don't already read Chip Scoggins' blog on StarTribune.com, you should. I think Chip covers Gopher football with an incredibly level head, and he isn't afraid to call it like it is. He writes great in-depth columns about the Gophers, and saves most of his opinions for the blog.

Scoggins commented yesterday on Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy's tirade last weekend. You can read the article that Gundy was referring to in his angry comments here.

Scoggins said that "It was an absolute bush-league move by Gundy and if OSU officials had any guts they would discipline him. The column by the Daily Oklahoman’s Jenni Carlson focused on possible reasons behind a quarterback switch and hardly warranted Gundy’s attack."

I have to disagree with Chip on this one. Jenni Carlson wrote an entire article focusing on the negative aspects of one player, questioning his character and competitive drive, and the majority of the article is based on rumor and hearsay. To quote her article, "If you believe the rumors and the rumblings, Reid has been pushing coaches that way for quite some time... Reid is the most talented quarterback in Payne County, but he hasn't proven that he's the toughest. If you listen to the rumblings and the rumors, Cowboy coaches simply grew weary of it."

Chip Scoggins does not write articles like this. He writes factual stories focusing on the team, rarely on a single player, and never negatively on a single player. If he says anything negative about an individual player, he says it very quickly and factually.

While Gundy's tirade is a bit animated and over-the-top, you have to respect his desire to protect his players. I would hope that Coach Brewster would be similarly protective if one of his players was called out in this way.

This is the video of Gundy's reaction...


This video is a report from Good Morning America, where Jenni Carlson briefly responds...