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11-17-2008, 03:14 PM
Gundy discusses injury to Hunter, Pettigrew
By SARAH HART World Sports Writer
11/17/2008 1:03 PM
Last Modified: 11/17/2008 1:12 PM
Two days after Oklahoma State defeated Colorado 30-17 in Boulder, head coach Mike Gundy is unsure of the severity of running back Kendall Hunter’s injury, but says tight end Brandon Pettigrew is fine after a big hit he took Saturday.
“We’re not sure exactly the extent of the injury on Kendall. He’s got some sort of contusion in his quad,” Gundy said during his Big 12 football coaches’ teleconference Monday morning. “And Brandon Pettigrew just dislocated another finger. He’s done that a couple of times a year and he taped it up and went back in the game. He’ll be fine.” Gundy put to rest any thoughts that Pettigrew had a head injury after the hit. Medical staff rushed to help Pettigrew after the tackle.
“No, he wanted to get up as soon as the medical staff got out there, but they went through all the precautionary measures that they’re supposed to keep him down and check his neck and all those things,” Gundy said. “He was ready to get up and go back in.” Some excerpts from the Monday teleconference:
On how a Bedlam win Nov. 29 would affect his team, and the game's historical significance: A win would be important for the players just because of the hard work and the effort that they’ve put in for the past nine months. …I’ve started to watch a little bit of tape on Oklahoma, and I think this will be as good a team as we’ve played overall in all three phases. But more importantly, to go out and try to win the 10th game is what our players are looking forward to.
How Gundy feels about non-BCS schools running the table and competing for big games: It’s tough to comment on because obviously as a member of this league we commit to biding by the BCS policies and the way the formula presents itself. I just know that playing in our league, especially this year in the south, it’s a very difficult division. All we can do is play the best we can on Saturdays and let everybody else weed out how it happens. There are teams across the country that don’t play in the major BCS conferences that feel like they present themselves the opportunity to compete in these BCS bowls, they should.
On improvements the Cowboys have made this season from the prior three seasons: Our goal four years ago was to get better each year and develop a program with depth and quality people. We’ve continued to get a little better each year and we played better last year. We played the second-most difficult schedule in all of college football, so the numbers didn’t look as good on paper as it may have looked across the country. We have to get better every day and get better each week.
On Texas Tech’s defensive scheme and if the Red Raiders are playing better: Their scheme hasn’t changed. I think they’re running to the football and tackling better. This year, our numbers changed dramatically, one because we never got off the field on defense and didn’t have any possessions offensively and we got behind Tech by more than two scores, which put our offense in a difficult situation.
By SARAH HART World Sports Writer
11/17/2008 1:03 PM
Last Modified: 11/17/2008 1:12 PM
Two days after Oklahoma State defeated Colorado 30-17 in Boulder, head coach Mike Gundy is unsure of the severity of running back Kendall Hunter’s injury, but says tight end Brandon Pettigrew is fine after a big hit he took Saturday.
“We’re not sure exactly the extent of the injury on Kendall. He’s got some sort of contusion in his quad,” Gundy said during his Big 12 football coaches’ teleconference Monday morning. “And Brandon Pettigrew just dislocated another finger. He’s done that a couple of times a year and he taped it up and went back in the game. He’ll be fine.” Gundy put to rest any thoughts that Pettigrew had a head injury after the hit. Medical staff rushed to help Pettigrew after the tackle.
“No, he wanted to get up as soon as the medical staff got out there, but they went through all the precautionary measures that they’re supposed to keep him down and check his neck and all those things,” Gundy said. “He was ready to get up and go back in.” Some excerpts from the Monday teleconference:
On how a Bedlam win Nov. 29 would affect his team, and the game's historical significance: A win would be important for the players just because of the hard work and the effort that they’ve put in for the past nine months. …I’ve started to watch a little bit of tape on Oklahoma, and I think this will be as good a team as we’ve played overall in all three phases. But more importantly, to go out and try to win the 10th game is what our players are looking forward to.
How Gundy feels about non-BCS schools running the table and competing for big games: It’s tough to comment on because obviously as a member of this league we commit to biding by the BCS policies and the way the formula presents itself. I just know that playing in our league, especially this year in the south, it’s a very difficult division. All we can do is play the best we can on Saturdays and let everybody else weed out how it happens. There are teams across the country that don’t play in the major BCS conferences that feel like they present themselves the opportunity to compete in these BCS bowls, they should.
On improvements the Cowboys have made this season from the prior three seasons: Our goal four years ago was to get better each year and develop a program with depth and quality people. We’ve continued to get a little better each year and we played better last year. We played the second-most difficult schedule in all of college football, so the numbers didn’t look as good on paper as it may have looked across the country. We have to get better every day and get better each week.
On Texas Tech’s defensive scheme and if the Red Raiders are playing better: Their scheme hasn’t changed. I think they’re running to the football and tackling better. This year, our numbers changed dramatically, one because we never got off the field on defense and didn’t have any possessions offensively and we got behind Tech by more than two scores, which put our offense in a difficult situation.