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So everyone defended Bobby Reid, the Oklahoma State quarterback who got “unfairly” ripped in an article a few weeks back, including his own coach, Mike Gundy.  But now Bobby Reid is - shhhh - not showing up to practice.  And he’s - shhhhh - in Gundy’s doghouse and might even be cut from the team.  Oh, and the journalist who wrote the article, Jenni Carlson is - shhhh - probably 100% correct in her evaluation of why Bobby Reid lost the starting job. 

Do I find it acceptable that Carlson ripped into a collegiate athlete in a mediocre football program? No.  But what I also find unacceptable is Gundy making a scene out of it and saying “Three-fourths of this is inaccurate.  It’s fiction.”  All the article says is that the kid is not putting his heart into the position and not handling it well.  There’s some stuff about Bobby Reid getting fed chicken by his momma, but let’s get past that. Now I know nothing about the situation going on and don’t have any inside knowledge whatsoever, but seems to me Jenni Carlson spoke the truth mixed in with a little bit of her own opinion.  Isn’t that what a columnist is supposed to do? 

Chill out Gundy.  Oh, and please don’t come after me….

Sidenote: The title of this blog would make a great Bob Dylan song title.