.Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterOct 14, 2024, 07:33 PM ETCloseEli Lederman covers university football and also recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the Educational institution of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd as well as the Tulsa World.On the heels of 3 straight losses, Oklahoma State instructor Mike Gundy took another reached during the course of the Cowboys' bye full week, enduring an uncommon eye accident that pushed him to relocate his once a week, in-person press conference to Zoom on Monday early morning." Well, I possessed a little confrontation with my livestock over the weekend," Gundy told reporters. "I suspect they have actually been actually enjoying us play as well as I received headbutted. So I've got a bad eye that I failed to believe would be actually particularly satisfying for people when they were checking out my lovely face in a live interview.Editor's Picks1 Connected" Extra importantly, it has lots of blood, as well as I acquire unsteady. So it is actually challenging to become upright and be in an ordinary function. However besides that, I'm performing great." Gundy, in his 20th season accountable of Oklahoma Condition, is anticipated to coach the Cowboys when they check out No. 13 BYU on Friday. Nonetheless, additional information on the injury as well as exactly how they may influence Gundy in his tasks for the 9:15 p.m. ET kickoff in Provo, Utah, are not yet clear." It must get better daily," Gundy stated. "With any luck it'll obtain a little bit of much better. Yet I am actually great. I am actually working the very same hrs. I suggest, it's no big deal. I only didn't presume it was extremely appealing." Gundy as well as the Cowboys head to unbeaten BYU in Week 8 reeling coming from three straight losses that have actually taken the fumigate of the Significant 12 as well as University Regulation football Playoff aspirations Oklahoma Condition carried in to the routine season.After a 3-0 begin this fall, the Cowboys now sit at 3-3 adhering to consecutive defeats to Utah, Kansas State and also West Virginia and also 0-3 busy bet the first time given that 2005. Oklahoma State opened up as a nine-point road underdog at BYU.