While Mike Gundy is no stranger to press conference blunders, his words on Monday afternoon sent shockwaves through social media.

Gundy spoke about fans being dissatisfied with the football product on Oklahoma State and called them poor and unable to provide for themselves and their families.

“In most cases, the people who are negative and express their opinions are the same people who can’t pay their own bills,” Gundy said. They don’t take care of themselves. They don’t take care of their own families. They can’t take over their own jobs.”

Gundy linked the idea to politics, news and modern workplaces, citing that most people who complain have problems in their own lives that they should focus more on. That’s the case for many of Gundy’s rants over the years; the statement did not address the issue it was intended to address.

“But they have a duty to speak out and complain about others because it makes them feel better,” Gundy continued. But in the end, when they go to bed at night, they are the same failure they were before they said something negative about someone else.”

In the midst of one of the most disappointing seasons in program history based on copious amounts of offseason hype, Oklahoma State returns to action in Week 11, looking for their first conference win of the 2024 season.