"Can get the guy from Michigan down here": Oklahoma State HC Mike Gundy takes a shot at Connor Stalions at postgame conference

Oklahoma State Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy didn't hold back after his team's 44-20 win over South Dakota State in Week 1 at Stillwater, Okla. During the postgame conference, Gundy was asked about the new rule allowing one player on each team to communicate with the coaching staff via helmet communication.

However, Gundy claimed he wasn't given access and used the moment to take a playful jab at Michigan's Connor Stalions, who was involved in a recent sign-stealing scandal.

The coach joked and referenced the controversy with a grin, suggesting that if anyone could help him out, it might be Stalions:

“I can't,” Gundy said. “They won't let me hear it. If anybody's a good IT guy and we can get the guy from Michigan (Connor Stalions) down here and let him hook me up even though he didn't do it.”

Gundy didn’t stop there. He lightened the mood further by referencing the song:

“What was that song? What was that song?,” he asked reporter. “I didn't do it. It wasn't me. What was it? That's right? It wasn't me. I know that was you, it wouldn't me.”

On the flip side, Gundy expressed his frustration with the NCAA's decision to ban Oklahoma State's use of QR codes on helmets. Determined to fight the ruling, Mike Gundy hinted that he's willing to take legal action to overturn it.

Mike Gundy’s plan to use QR codes on players' helmets has been blocked by the NCAA

The Cowboys’ athletic department had planned to use the codes to promote their NIL fund. However, the NCAA stepped in, saying the QR codes are considered "advertising," which isn't allowed on uniforms.

Oklahoma State was the first team to try this, but an hour before their game on Saturday, they announced the QR codes wouldn't appear on helmets. Instead, the codes were displayed around Boone Pickens Stadium and at local businesses.

Mike Gundy isn't happy with the decision and plans to challenge it. He said:

“If you read the rule like I did, it’s judgmental,” Gundy said [H/t The Oklahoman]. “Anything judgmental doesn’t hold up in the court of law. But I don’t want to put something on their helmet and then punish (the players).

“Then I look bad and I feel bad. If it was me, I don’t care. But I don’t want to do that to players.”

Despite the ban on uniforms, the QR codes can still be shown in the stadium and on the video board. These codes allow fans to use their phones to link to specific websites.