The kid was 6-foot-4, 235 pounds and so quick he'd never taken a direct hit. But Reid's word was oak, and Miles considered it the biggest recruiting coup at the school since Thurman Thomas. Ohio State recruited him anyway, and Reid even let Jim Tressel into his home. Then Oklahoma State coach Les Miles, offered him his first scholarship and a mesmerized Reid accepted. Reid had it all: arm, legs, smarts, manners and an unlisted phone number. They dubbed him the next Vince Young, they charted his long passes with a tape measure, and, when he led his Houston high school to the 2003 Class 5A State title, they figured someday he'd be playing on Sundays. They built this quarterback in Southern Texas. This is the quarterback."Ĭo-ed: "Well, your coach is such a magnificent man. He was at a party last fall with a teammate, receiver Adarius Bowman, when two co-eds found out he and Bowman were football players at Oklahoma State.Ĭo-ed: "Oh! Your coach is such a great guy, the way he stood up for his quarterback!"īowman: "This is the boy you're talking about right here. The quarterback's name is Bobby Reid, and if his pulse is quick and his tongue is acid, it's because he's still stewing over the 3-minute, 20-second rant that Reid says "basically ended my life."
Seven months later, the tirade of the century still has legs, and those legs are leaning against a rusted goalpost in Houston. It's a place where a coach is a cult figure for hollering: "I'm a man! I'm 40!" And it's a place where a quarterback is a vagabond - for not hollering back. The lethal combination of testosterone, Red Bull and YouTube got us to this awkward place. Reid: Gundy's rant "basically ended my life" You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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