Day 3 of the “Oh No She Didn’t, Oh Yes She Did & He is Pissed” Carlson and Gundy saga and both are still whining about it. On Tuesday Jenni Carlson got a front page whiny diatribe story about her ass chewing she received from Gundy last Saturday. Click here to see the ass chewing in Technicolor and Dolby like sound. Does she have some vulcan ears or what?

“A columnist for the largest newspaper in Oklahoma wrote Tuesday that Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy “attacked my credibility” during a post-game tirade three days earlier.

Jenni Carlson, in a column that appeared on the front page of The Oklahoman, maintained the accuracy of an earlier column critical of the Cowboys’ former starting quarterback.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma State officials seemed hopeful the controversy — fueled by tens of thousands of views of Gundy’s rant on Internet sites such as YouTube — soon would dissipate.

Oklahoma State athletic department spokesman Kevin Klintworth said Gundy did not intend to comment any more about the matter. Another university spokesman, Gary Shutt, said “we’re looking to move past this and looking at Saturday’s football game” against Sam Houston State.”

I think that’s the right choice just let it die down, or just die…sheesh. Then again, Sam Houston State? Yeah they’re a real powerhouse. Was the school started by former professional wrestler Sam Houston, if so it might be a cool school. OK, fine I lied just look at the picture to the left. I wanted to keep the memory of Sam Houston Wrestling God alive for another day.

“Whether or not the public would allow that to happen remains to be seen, as the story continued to lead newscasts in the football-crazed state and remained the focus of sports-talk radio shows — including one hosted by Carlson, who has worked as a columnist at The Oklahoman for eight years.

Following Oklahoma State’s 49-45 win over Texas Tech on Saturday, Gundy used his postgame news conference to berate Carlson for 3 1/2 minutes and left the room without taking questions. In an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America that aired Tuesday, Carlson described what she thought as Gundy screamed at her.

“It was unbelievable that this was happening,” she said. “I just was really not expecting that there was going to be this sort of outrage.”

It was a surprise attack much like your article. Granted the boys’ mommy called the coach instead of your boss, but still, I disagree with a lot of the innuendos you placed in your article. I can’t believe getting told off by someone gets you on the Good Morning America show, they must be desperate guests.

“On Saturday, Gundy called three-fourths of the column “fiction” and said he doesn’t read the newspaper “because it’s garbage.” During Gundy’s news conference Monday, Carlson asked the coach to point out what he thought were factual errors.

“I don’t have to,” Gundy said.

Carlson asked again, and Gundy said, “I don’t have to. I’d rather just let it go.”

Carlson said in her Tuesday column that she would like to do the same, had Gundy not questioned her credibility.

“I feel as adamant about the facts in that column as Gundy did in his belief that his player shouldn’t have been so scrutinized,” she said.

“I will not stand on the sidelines and allow someone to attack my credibility.”

Actually he was pretty clear Saturday about what he thought was rather fictional, such as the reports of Reid threatening to transfer. Maybe if Carlson was paying attention she would have caught that. If you’re so adamant show proof of what you stated in your article that should clear everything up and then you and Gundy can become secret lovers and STFU already.

Bob Stoops, the coach of No. 3 Oklahoma, defended Gundy’s right to confront Carlson, but declined to delve too far into the debate.“Everybody has a remark on everything we do, and that’s OK,” Stoops told reporters Tuesday. “As soon as a coach has an opinion on what any of you do, then you can’t do that. I don’t know why that would be. We’re entitled to our opinions as well. So that’s it. I’ve got nothing else to say about it.”

You go Stoops that’s what I’m talking about. By the way you might get an offer to coach Tennessee, please of the love of God, take it.

“A clause in Gundy’s contract notes that the coach “shall conduct himself with due regard to public convention and morals, shall not do any act that will tend to degrade him in society or bring him into public hatred, contempt, scorn or ridicule, or that will tend to shock, or insult the community or offend public morals or decency.”

Asked about that clause, Shutt said “the administration supports coach Gundy and the job he’s doing.” He said the university’s interim president, Marlene Strathe, is not planning to comment on the incident.”

I personally find that’s great news. I thought the article was tasteless. I agree that Gundy could have handled it better but I have no problem with him handling it publicly.

“Big 12 Conference spokesman Bob Burda said the league “does not have jurisdiction when it comes to matters of treatment of media members by coaches, student-athletes or administrators” because “our membership has not empowered us with jurisdiction in that matter.”

Media groups, including the Football Writers Association of America and the Association for Women in Sports Media, have issued statements critical of Gundy.”

Oh wah wah wah. Why is it that journalist think they can write anything they like and when someone calls them out on something it’s never their fault, and every other journalist comes to “comfort” the journalist in question? I understand the right to express an opinion and free speech. Just because we all granted those rights doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be held accountable for the things we say or write. I could never work for a newspaper, because if a coach was to yell at me like that, I would yell back. I refuse to on Good Morning America to whine.

So I profess on this day 9/26/07.

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