Mike Gundy got rid of his trademark mullet again … for now (photo)

Mike Gundy makes another bad decision by getting rid of his mullet…again.

When Mike Gundy gets rid of his mullet, the entire college football world takes notice.

He’s a man who used to be 40. Now he’s just another college football coach without a mullet. While it is highly unlikely the Oklahoma native has ever set foot on a hockey rink, he had the lettuce to make Pittsburgh Penguins legend Jaromir Jagr circa 1992 jealous. When U2 dominated Red Rocks back in the mid-1980s, Bono had a mullet that rivaled Gundy’s, and now both are gone.

The cool thing about hair is it does grow back, no matter how you wear it or whatever chemical you put into it to give you some personality. Firmly into his 50s, Gundy doesn’t not have a bad case of MPB, so he’ll be able to let that Alabama waterfall flow freely in the not so distant future. Steve Spurrier had a visor. Paul “Bear Bryant” had a houndstooth hat. Gundy had a mullet. It must return.

We need some of Mike Gundy’s lettuce to poke out of his Pokes’ collar stat.

No, this isn’t the first time Gundy let his barber whack a most bountiful harvest of lettuce off the back of his neck. He did get it cleaned up a bit back in 2018, but we weren’t impressed. When a man commits to the art of mullet-ry, he must be taken seriously. Otherwise, you’re not business in the front and party in the back. It is the perfect hairstyle to symbolize the balance of man.

As a man who’s 30, I have tried to grow a power mullet ahead of the last five college football seasons. Getting one’s haircut seasonally helps get the ball rolling, but this global pandemic has been great for my flow. Though Gundy and I may disagree on more important life issues, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t inspired by the way it parties in the back for him over in Stillwater.

There will be a time when Gundy’s flow will bounce magnificently in the fall breeze. If it’s cascading from the nape of his neck by the time Bedlam gets here, it will be a most glorious and triumphant return. Even though his Pokes will lose to Lincoln Riley’s Oklahoma Sooners because that’s how a hammer vs. nail rivalry works, we’ve never wanted to see hockey hair return more.

While Gundy let his mullet go, I will let mine grow until we never meet again for the first time.

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