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19 years ago today we got an all time epic rant

Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:07 pm
Posted by WeeWee
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Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:07 pm
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
71776 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:10 pm to
Definitely in the pantheon of great rants with "we talkin' bout practice," "playoffs?!" and "they are who we thought they were."
Posted by Tornado Alley
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:17 pm to
frickin' love Gundy.

Anyone got a link to the actual article that got him so pissed off?
Posted by Ryan3232
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Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:19 pm to
That was such prime era of college football.

I would have liked Gundy to do a sendoff in his final Ok St football game press conference saying, "I'm a man, I'm 60."
Posted by Tornado Alley
Member since Mar 2012
28818 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:21 pm to
Gundy calling them amateur athletes . . . we didn't know how good we had it.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
151499 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:25 pm to
Always wanted to read the article that caused this
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
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Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:41 pm to
quote:

Anyone got a link to the actual article that got him so pissed off?


Its behind a paywall from the paper that printed it: LINK

But this ESPN article from a few months later kind of sums the whole story up.... LINK
Posted by Ryan3232
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Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

Gundy calling them amateur athletes . . . we didn't know how good we had it.
Just rewatched the iconic press conference. Good catch on this.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
179566 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 2:47 pm to
What's honey in the corner up to these days
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
13679 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 3:36 pm to
quote:

But this ESPN article from a few months later kind of sums the whole story up.... LINK


Except there wasn't a Popeyes in Troy at the time. It was Crowe's Chicken, a local favorite. I remember driving down for that game. We left Birmingham early, got into some storms, and the game was delayed a bit at kickoff. We didn't miss much, but ended up getting to see us beat OSU. Then this story comes out later and it was just hilarious.
Posted by SparkyWilson
Member since May 2026
678 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 4:27 pm to
quote:

But this ESPN article from a few months later kind of sums the whole story up.... LINK


The Reid's made it sound like the coaching staff told all this stuff to the reporters just to set up this press conference rant.

It really sounds like Reid got beat out; you don't get to have a starting position by virtue of being the more senior guy.

It also sounds like he was used to being the best player on the field in HS and was so athletic he was nigh untouchable, then college talent brought him back to earth, literally and figuratively.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
43511 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 4:33 pm to
I vividly remember ESPN interviewing the mom after this and she took the rant as an insult to her and her son. The part that stuck out was her asking “If he’s doing everything right, why isn’t he playing?”

She just couldn’t get over the fact that her son wasn’t as good as the other qb
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
near the Apple spaceship
Member since Nov 2012
7778 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 4:35 pm to
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19 years ago today

I guess that makes him 59.
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
57668 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 4:41 pm to
There's no meltdown like Royals coach Hal McRae's 1993 meltdown. Checkout the handle of liquor in his hand as he rips into the media after another Royals loss.

Posted by New Money
UGA & OKST alum
Member since Jun 2023
5780 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:51 pm to
Here's the article that spawned the rant:

LINK

Oops. Already posted.
This post was edited on 9/22/26 at 7:53 pm
Posted by backbone
Colorado
Member since Jul 2026
821 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:10 pm to
Unreal how quick 20 years has come and gone, I was living in a shitty rent house by moon lake in Monroe finishing my last semester of school.

I know exactly where I was when he came on tv ranting he was 40 now I’m 44
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
43163 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 10:44 pm to
quote:

There's no meltdown like Royals coach Hal McRae's 1993 meltdown.

Posted by MikeD
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
8815 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 11:12 pm to
quote:

Jenni Carlson


How progressive of Gundy to rip a female woman sports writer.
Posted by Godzilla jr
Member since Sep 2025
489 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:36 am to
No kidding. 2007 was the absolute zenith of the sport.
Posted by thegambler
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
2285 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 4:09 am to
"Hello!. You play to win the game!"
This post was edited on 9/23/26 at 4:10 am
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