Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy has a mullet. You must know these 7 things about it
Look at that rascal perched atop his head, just raring to party.
Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy has long had very tall hair. But now it is tall hair, short hair, long hair, and all other kinds of hair. He's spent much of 2016 building the greatest mullet in all of non-hockey coaching, and now he's stashing the prestige that comes with it, laying up swag in heaven, and intimidating all who oppose him.
This beautiful picture from early July shows the most recent condition of Gundy's mullet, and it is just spectacular, folks.
Mike Gundy hair update: Full-blown American Glory. #okstate pic.twitter.com/9fxZSrItFU
— Carson Cunningham (@KOCOCarson) July 5, 2017
This was the mane at halftime of the Alamo Bowl, where Gundy's team leads Colorado 17-0 at half.
1. It currently looks like this in full plumage, just before Oklahoma State's Alamo Bowl.
Mike Gundy during the press conference. The mullet lives on. #okstate pic.twitter.com/YTYO2RBYIX
— Kurt Steiss (@kurtsteiss) December 28, 2016
2. He's been working on this dandy for a long time, since the summer ...
UPDATE: This is glorious. #okstate pic.twitter.com/w2y4Lwchqb
— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) July 18, 2016
3. ... a really long time, since the spring ...
Is Gundy, um, going with the mullet here? pic.twitter.com/UJ1H7bzQyO
— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguy) April 16, 2016
4. ... a really, really long time, for his entire life.
To be fair, this has nothing on Gundy’s college mullet. pic.twitter.com/co7F2ZeJJt
— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguy) July 18, 2016
5. It's partly a family thing.
He started it to teach one of his sons a lesson:
And then kept it going.
Mike Gundy said if his son got a 91 or above on a recent test, he would think about cutting the mullet. His son got an 88.
— David Ubben (@davidubben) November 14, 2016
Though another of his sons sees through this scheme:
He obviously wants to keep the mullet... https://t.co/uodSRKNgHl
— Gavin Gundy (@GundyChild) November 14, 2016
6. It's also partly a badass thing. Partly? I'm sorry. Completely.
Billy Ray Cyrus, father of Miley and owner of the most famous mullet in American history, to ESPN:
"Coach Gundy rockin' the mullet? Yeah, shows class -- and brass!" said Cyrus, who once wrote homage to mullets. "More importantly, he's a great coach. He has inspired me. The team inspires me. I hope they run the table."
Also in that story, the finest piece of journalism produced this season, is Oklahoma State archrival QB Baker Mayfield:
"It's ferocious," Mayfield said. "It's very dirty. You've got to respect that he's rocking it."
"I heard from our Coach Gundy [Oklahoma offensive assistant, Mike's brother Cale] that he stuck with it because one of his kids said it was awful," Mayfield said. "You've got to respect that he's just doing it out of spite."
Everyone else likes it, too.
Mullet game too strong pic.twitter.com/3qzxqCeDUO
— Gavin Gundy (@GundyChild) July 18, 2016
James Washington to #GundyMullet: "Do what you want. You got it ... He's kinda rocking it." cc @SBNationCFB
— CRFF (@CowboysRFF) July 18, 2016
7. Have people had fun online and elsewhere with the mullet? Oh, absolutely.
We have developed a handy guide to Mike Gundy's haircut at #Big12MediaDays. This should explain a lot. pic.twitter.com/wljGEh1qGS
— Big 12 Refs (@Big12Refs) July 18, 2016
#Sources sent this along and confirmed my suspicion about how Mike Gundy and his new mullet spent the summer. pic.twitter.com/z3hPVHdAj9
— Wescott Eberts (@SBN_Wescott) July 18, 2016
Online retailer Fanatics is now selling an Oklahoma State licensed Mike Gundy mullet shirt pic.twitter.com/M8fAqEDNdO
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 7, 2016
We will update as more details are available.