Oklahoma DL Trace Ford criticizes former coach Mike Gundy before Bedlam meeting: ‘He doesn’t care that I left’

No love might be misplaced Saturday when No. 9 Oklahoma visits No. 22 Oklahoma State for the closing scheduled assembly within the long-running “Bedlam” collection before the Sooners leave for the SEC in 2024. The flames have been fanned Thursday when Oklahoma defensive lineman Trace Ford, who transferred from the Cowboys to the Sooners within the offseason, criticized how Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy’s dealing with of his switch procedure. 

“Not once [have Gundy and I spoke since I transferred], and he doesn’t care that I left,” Ford said during an appearance on WWLS Radio in Oklahoma City. “He didn’t care that I was leaving when I was about to leave. I tried to inform them, he didn’t care. I don’t think the staff and I have the best of relationship. Some of the coaches still text me to this day, but not all of them. That’s for sure. … When I was informing the coaching staff of thinking about leaving, they were like, ‘OK, get on outta here.’ They’re pretty much like, ‘we don’t want to talk to you.’ So that’s just the life we live. It is what it is.”

Gundy, all over an interview with WWLS Radio previous within the week, used to be requested in regards to the prospect of training towards Ford because the Cowboys and Sooners get ready to conflict for the 118th time.

“I’ve watched a lot of tape and honestly have not paid attention or noticed,” Gundy said. “I look at concepts, schemes, numbers, what I think ability is … What to attack, what I want to stay away from, things like that more so necessarily than who it would be. I don’t really notice [those] things.” 

Gundy’s remark used to be replayed for Ford all over Thursday’s phase, to which Ford answered “I can’t wait to see his face.”

Ford made 32 overall appearances for the Cowboys. He battled a slew of accidents, together with ACL tears in each 2020 and 2021, all over his 4 years at Oklahoma State. He maximum not too long ago fractured his patella all over the 2022 season, forcing him to pass over Oklahoma State’s ultimate 4 video games of the yr before moving to the Sooners. Ford has registered 10 overall tackles and an interception with Oklahoma this season as he continues to bop again from that ailment. 

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are set to kick at 2:30 p.m. CT Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma, as the 2 foes in finding themselves in a five-way tie atop the Big 12 standings. A rematch may just doubtlessly come Dec. 2 within the Big 12 Championship Game.