Replacing Jim Knowles Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Gundy talks short and long term
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Dame by committee. Cornerbacks coach Tim Duffie, defensive line coach Joe Bob Clements and safeties coach Dan Hammerschmidt will all be called on. “I took his responsibilities and said, ‘OK, Duffie you got this, Joe Sam Hutchens Bob you got this, Hammer you got Staff Reporter this’ to cover what Jim did in practice.” Tyler Lacy was lying down It is a group he has confidence when he found out. in. The Oklahoma State junior “Quite honestly, I don’t expect defensive end had come down with to skip a beat,” Gundy said.” the flu and could not be at the team Even if the beat of game day meeting that invigorated a group chat preparation doesn’t skip, it will sound of OSU football players. a little different. “It was a shock,” Lacy said. “I “It’s different for sure,” senior rolled over and looked at my phone. I corner Jarrick Bernard-Converse was like, ‘They talking about Coach said. “I mean, that’s expected but Knowles leaving? That’s not true. still the same structure, same game That’s not true.’” plan. Everything’s still in place. It’s That meeting, held about a just him not being there. So we’re just week ago, was the one that Jim going to keep going. Keep the same Knowles, OSU’s defensive coordina- routine.” tor, used to tell the team he would The defensive play caller for be the next defensive coordinator at the bowl game, a role Knowles was Ohio State. repeatedly complemented on by his “I wish the best for him,” Lacy players and fellow coaches at OSU, said. “He was a good defensive coor- has not been decided yet. dinator for us and I learned so much “I’ll make that decision probafrom him.” bly the day we get there,” Gundy said. Coach Mike Gundy’s first step “I’m watching everything take place after getting the news was to find out in practice. I’m watching everybody exactly what OSU was losing. He do their job.” could see what Knowles did every As for the long-term successor day in practice, but Gundy was not to Knowles, Gundy said hiring from around when his defensive coordina- within is a possibility, but he is more tor hunkered down in his office and focused on what someone brings to put together the scheme to stop opthe program, not which program they posing offenses. come from. “I got all the guys together and “There are guys here that I have did a little investigative work,” Gundy thoughts about, but my job is to find said. “Compared my notes on what I the very best person whether it’s here thought was the process we have used or somewhere else, to be in charge here with Jim.” of the defense and keep the tools we OSU will play in the Fiesta have in the toolbox and keep moving Bowl in a few weeks — it’s most forward,” Gundy said. high-profile bowl game appearance in a decade. Gundy will fill Knowles’ position for the game against Notre sports.ed@ocolly.com
OSU Police attain warrant for UT football player Anna Pope News Editor A warrant has been issued with a $2,500 bond for Ishmael Ibraheem, Texas football defensive back, for violating Oklahoma’s law against the nonconsensual spreading of private sexual images. The victim, an Oklahoma State student, contacted OSU’s Police Department on Sept. 1, according to the probable cause affidavit. The victim told Leslie Grotheer, an OSU police officer, she was sent a screenshot from Ibraheem of an Instagram direct message showing a TikTok video of them having consensual sex. The victim said she could not play the video, but from the screenshot she could identify herself. Although the victim was not aware she was being recorded, he later showed her the video. The victim said in the affidavit she was OK with him having recorded them, but told Ibraheem to not share it and was intended to be kept private. In the affidavit, the victim said Ibraheem told her the video was unsent in the message and the person who received the video never viewed it. Grotheer identified the receiver of the messages as an OSU student and football player, and reached out to him. When asked, the student pulled up the messages, including the video, showing they were sent from Ibraheem’s Instagram, according to the affidavit. In the affidavit the video had a TikTok logo on it, which is the same as Ibraheem’s Instagram username. The player said in the affidavit he knew the victim and Ibraheem as the victim’s ex-boyfriend. Ibraheem has been reportedly suspended from UT’s football prgram. sports.ed@ocolly.com
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