Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy remembers hearing something from former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops.
Gundy began his 40th year in college football with the start of fall camp this past week. Four of those years were as a quarterback at OSU, and the rest have been various coaching positions, with this being his 21st as the Cowboys’ head coach.
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