An inveterate storyteller in the Mike Leach tradition, Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy gave his Monday press conference this morning and digressed into a story about an icy, long-ago November game against Nebraska, complete with an unwelcome visual aid.
"You know the movie 'Christmas Story,' you ever watch that?" Gundy said to the media, scratching his ear to tug at his memory. "Where the kid goes out..." Gundy pantomined Ralphie stuffed in 10 layers of clothes, waddling like a penguin dreading a snowball fight.
"Well that's how I came out."
"When we broke the huddle Nebraska's defensive line had their shirts up like this.