Cale Gundy was the coach at Oklahoma for 32 years, which included 27 college football seasons, 353 games, and a huge number of high-quality recruits.
It started with Gundy, who was one of the Sooners' most praised home-grown recruits ever.
Gundy, the OU receivers coach who quit suddenly late Sunday night after what seemed to be a racist incident at a team meeting last week, was the most sought-after high school player in Oklahoma when he signed with the Sooners in 1990 out of Midwest City High School. He was also one of the top five quarterback recruits in the country.
Gundy was a two-sport star for the Sooners. He played football and baseball for the team. Halfway through his true freshman year, Gundy's coming out party in Norman was a big deal.
After Barry Switzer quit after the 1988 season, the program was in trouble with the NCAA. Gundy could have gone to Oklahoma State with his older brother Mike.
But Mike, who was a Cowboy and set many Big Eight Conference records, had strongly thought about being a Sooner before. Cale was happy to put on the Crimson and Cream when Gary Gibbs offered him a scholarship. All it took was a quick drive down Sooner Road.
Gundy, who is 6 feet tall and weighs 193 pounds, wasn't quite ready for college football when he started playing, but it didn't take him long to get there.
After backing up sophomore quarterback Steve Collins in easy non-conference wins over UCLA, Pitt, and Tulsa (he completed 7 of 18 passes for 66 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions), Gundy sat on the bench against Kansas. It was the only time in his career that he was healthy and didn't play.
The next week, Cale Gundy became a legend, with his older brother Mike watching from the sidelines as an OSU coach.
As halftime neared and the Cowboys were ahead 14-7, Gundy came off the bench to run the Sooners' two-minute offense.
On fourth-and-6, Gundy threw a bomb to tight end Adrian Cooper. Cooper caught it with a leap and ran over the goal line as time ran out.
Already Magic? No, I only had a "Cale Mary."
