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Mike Gundy Disagrees With NCAA's Spring Practice Decision

Originally posted on The Spun | By Hunter Hodies | Last updated Apr 2, 2025 12:19 PM ET

Spring Practice is underway for college football programs across the country but it looks a little bit different this year.

The NCAA isn't allowing teams to have spring joint practices and Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy isn't thrilled about it.

"I’ll be honest with you, I’m not going to waste my time on who’s going to determine what the rules are anymore because essentially there’s not really enough of them to follow. And I’m not sure how they have grounds to say you can’t do it," Gundy said, via On3. "Like if somebody just goes and does it, what are they going to do to them?”

The NCAA could look to discipline the program that disobeys the rule with a big fine or potentially something else.

Gundy would love to practice against Oklahoma since the two schools are still bitter rivals but can't until the NCAA changes the rule. It would be awesome to see the schools do a joint practice despite not playing in the same conference anymore.

There would definitely be some fireworks considering the history of the two teams.

Oklahoma State had a down year in 2024, winning only three games. It's the fewest wins in a season in the Gundy era.

It came one year after the Cowboys won 10 games and got to the Big 12 Championship Game against the Texas Longhorns. Despite losing to the Longhorns, they still won the Texas Bowl over the Aggies of Texas A&M.

Gundy has been the head coach of the Cowboys for 20 seasons and has compiled a 169-88 record. He has also led them to 10+ wins eight times.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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