Gundy says it was by no means easy, but a tragedy like that could not break the spirit of Oklahoma State on homecoming weekend. The incident happened roughly four hours prior to kickoff. “The band’s not playing”. The over/under for this game is 59 total points. “You know, as different as it was, I think we all handled it well”.
Advertisement
“I personally could see in guys’ eyes, they wanted to get this done”, said Glidden, “and maybe give those people that had a complete shock, give them something to maybe brighten their day”.
“We’re not going to go grow another kicker or go find one”, KU coach David Beaty told reporters in Lawrence this week. It was just more of what we all expected coming into this season.
Next: at Texas Tech, October 31.
Oklahoma State has won all six of its games so far this season, although the last three against Texas, Kansas State and West Virginia were all close scores. “They focused, went in and played and that’s all we can ask them to do”. And so…our players understand that and my message to them was a decisions been made to play the game, so we need to play the game. In 2001, a private plane crashed and killed 10 members of the men’s basketball program.
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy addressed the tragic pregame accident at the school’s homecoming parade that has left four people dead. Cowboys Ride for Free takes a look.
The Cowboys and Jayhawks will still take the field at 2:30 p.m. local time, with the game aired on FS1 amid expressions of condolences and prayers.
“The dead adults were identified as Nikita Nakal, a 23-year-old MBA student from India at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, and a married couple, Bonnie Jean Stone and Marvin Lyle Stone, both 65, of Stillwater”.
Advertisement
“I just want to start by saying how sorry our staff, the Oklahoma State family and our team is about the incident earlier today”, Gundy said, according to Tulsa World’s John E. Hoover. “That’s something that’s very important to us, and to me, to make a point that it is a great time of the year”. Can not take away from the homecoming and the celebration.
