Mike Gundy Gives Update On Fall Camp For OSU

Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy visited with the media following Thursday’s practice in Stillwater. Here are some of his comments:

On fall camp progress:

“Everything has been good. We have to get to a point, middle of next week, where we are reducing critical errors and mistakes and playing really good fundamental football.”

On defensive depth:

“We're deeper up front than we have been in that box area. We're probably a half-man deeper at safety, about the same at corner. We got probably three and a half (at safety). Depends on if we get a young guy ready to play, but that's a position that you're really not wanting to throw a young guy out there early in the year. (The linebackers are) doing good. We've got quite a few guys that are playing that spot, and they're doing well. Justin Wright is back in there, trying to feel his way through, working his way back into it. The other guys are getting good, quality reps. We have decent depth at that spot.”

On afternoon kickoffs early this season:

“There will be afternoon kickoffs across the country and that’s a part of it during this time of year … I just talked to the team yesterday; you’re going to get about six games that are going to be like this. Used to be two or three, but we play games that are extremely warm all the way up to October now, so guys have to get used to it and be prepared to play in the heat.”

On coach Sean Snyder:

“It’s been an interesting concept and a very good experience for me to watch. Most of what we’ve done will stay the course, but then there’s some things that he wanted to do that we’ve changed a little bit. It’s been a really good learning experience for me. We brought him in here because he understands the actual integral, fundamental part of punting and kicking, so he’s been invaluable to our team for that reason.”

On turning focus to the season:

“The (transfer) portal is over. All the negotiation is history, now we’re playing football … We're able to direct ourselves just at football. That part is fine, because there's been so much other stuff going on, it's been hard to really focus on football.”

On the quarterback room:

“They're all doing good. (Alan) Bowman’s further ahead just based on the game experience that he got last year. (Garret) Rangel and Zane (Flores) are all working with the ones, so they're getting good-quality reps.”

You can watch the entire media session above.