Mike Gundy is a passionate, determined and winning coach for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and currently are ranked No. 2 in the BCS Championship Series awaiting a potential berth to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. It was only four years ago that Gundy’s famous “I’m a man…I’m 40!” rant became an instant classic with fans and radio hosts all over but one of the aspects we may have overlooked is just how important this rant was to bringing in and signing recruits that have now propelled the Cowboy’s to that No. 2 ranking. Before the rant in September of 2007, Gundy’s overall record was 13-15 since…40-14. “The rant, in kind of perverse way, I think actually helped the program,” Oklahoma State president Burns Hargis said according to CBS Sports. “In the sense I think a lot of players and parents appreciated the way he stood up like that for one of his players. They say the only bad publicity is an obituary, but I do thi...
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