The Cale Gundy Era Began 32 Years Ago With a Bang... and the 'Cale Mary'

Gundy, the veteran OU assistant who suddenly cease Sunday night, was a quicker QB for 4 seasons, together with a Bedlam second that launched his profession.

32 years, 27 university football seasons, 353 games, and numerous top recruits made up the Cale Gundy technology at Oklahoma.

One of the maximum celebrated homegrown recruits in Sooners records, Gundy, become where all of it began.

When Gundy signed with the Sooners in 1990 out of Midwest metropolis excessive faculty, he became the most sought-after excessive college participant in the state of Oklahoma and a top-five quarterback recruit nationally. Gundy is now the receivers coach for the college of Oklahoma and resigned past due Sunday night after an alleged racially charged incident throughout a group assembly last week.

Gundy, a two-recreation standout for the Sooners who additionally played baseball, skilled a dramatic coming-out celebration in Norman within the center of his actual freshman yr.

In the aftermath of Barry Switzer's retirement following the 1988 season, the school become on NCAA probation, and Gundy had the choice of going to Oklahoma country with his older brother Mike.

However, Mike had previously (and severely) pondered enrolling at Oklahoma nation. As a Cowboy, he broke more than one large eight convention statistics. When Gary Gibbs gave him a scholarship, Cale joyfully wore the pink and Cream after a quick ride down a faster road.

When his profession started out, the 6-foot-1, 193-pound Gundy wasn't pretty equipped for college football, but it failed to take him lengthy.

Gundy sat at the bench towards Kansas, the lone sport in his profession while he become healthy and did not play, after backing up sophomore Steve Collins in a clean non-conference victory in opposition to UCLA, Pitt, and Tulsa (he completed 7-of-18 passes for 66 yards and not using touchdowns and interceptions).

The legend of Cale Gundy started out the next week at the same time as older brother Mike watched from the sidelines as an OSU coach.

As halftime drew near, the Cowboys had a 14-7 advantage, so Gundy changed into known as off the bench to direct the Sooners' two-minute offensive.

Gundy launched a bomb to tight stop, Adrian Cooper, on fourth-and-6, and as time ran down, Cooper made a jumping catch and crossed the aim line.

Faster Magic? Simply the "Cale Mary," even though.

In what became out to be a 31-17 Bedlam rout, Gundy completed 6-of-10 for 119 yards and scored his first professional touchdown.

The next week against Texas, Gundy again furnished Collins with a guide. But Gundy in no way gave up the location after coming off the bench within the second area towards the Longhorns.

Gundy managed a fifty-one-backyard power in the remaining minutes that caused a game-triumphing discipline purpose try, finishing the pink River contention with simply 3-of-6 completions for 51 yards. However, Texas held on to a 14-13 victory notwithstanding R.D. Lashar's forty-six-yard subject aim going wide left.

Inside the Sooners' next recreation in opposition to Iowa country, Gundy obtained his first career begin, however another time he turned into unfortunate.

Gundy completed 10-of-thirteen passes for 119 yards, however, the Sooners fell 33-31 in an atypical disillusioned at Norman, handing the Cyclones their first loss due to the fact 1960.

Gundy had an 8-of-14 completion percent for 169 yards, one passing touchdown, and one walking score when he departed the sport because of damage with a 14-12 lead over eventual national champion Colorado. 32–23 changed into the very last rating for the Buffs.

The Sooners received their previous 3 video games (55-10 in opposition to Missouri, 34-7 at Kansas country, and 45-10 in a historic dissatisfied over Nebraska) with Gundy lower back inside the lineup, and he performed nicely: 20-of-42, 387 yards, two TDs, and no total INTs.

• The reconstruction changed into tough because Gibbs' offensive two-deep have been often designed for jogging the choice and because NCAA sanctions had robbed the team of important depth. OU completed 7-four the 12 months earlier than Gundy took over, then eight-3, nine-three, five-four-2, and nine-3 at some point of his four seasons.
• Gundy outperformed every OU quarterback who got here earlier than him in single-recreation passing, single-season passing, and career passing. His report as the starting quarterback became 24-12-2. He had 6,142 throwing yards at the quit of his career, which remained unchallenged inside the OU file books until Gundy, Bob Stoops' strolling backs teach in 1999, helped Josh Heupel smash all of his preceding marks.

Gundy had the three most productive passing seasons in OU history when he left this system. Now, Sam Bradford, Landry Jones, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Jalen Hurts, Jason White, Spencer Rattler, Paul Thompson, Nate Hybl, and, of the route, Heupel outperform him with stats from his sophomore, junior, and senior years, which location 20th, 22nd, and 26th in faculty records, respectively.

However, irrespective of what number of "passing" quarterbacks redesigned the earlier document books, Gundy will usually be remembered because the first.