Here’s the difference betwen OU and O State…OU is an urban school and O State is a rural school. Blue and red. A micrososm of the divide in our country. I would say the blue at OU is a very light shade of blue.
O State is hard red to the core. I would be surprised if they have a regent who’s ever voted for a non-Republican in their life. I will say I do like Burns Hargis and I’ve never thought of him as a wingnut. In fact…I think he went to law school at OU.
But here’s the difference in the two schools. Stoops, Boren, and AD Joe Castiglione immediately closed down this fraternity and stood with their black players.
In Stillwater…Mike Gundy proudly wore the T-shirt of the Breitbart of the cable news business and he still has his job.
Don’t think black players and black parents will forget this. They won’t and they shouldn’t. Quality white players and parents…ditto.
I’m certainly not saying Bob Stoops was perfect over the years, but he stood with his players when they needed this from him.
Ask Cale Gundy who handled it right.