Oklahoma State QB will leave team

Bobby Reid’s Oklahoma State football career appears to be over after coach Mike Gundy didn’t refute a report Friday saying the junior quarterback would not return to the Cowboys.

Gundy hadn’t talked to his backup quarterback, whom he defended during a now-famous rant, but didn’t doubt a story in the Dallas Morning News that quoted Reid’s mother, Rajika Reid, as saying her son would not play for the Cowboys next year.

Reid, a junior from Houston, entered the season seemingly entrenched as the Cowboys’ starter. But he left a Sept. 8 game against Florida Atlantic with an injury, opening the door for Zac Robinson, who started Oklahoma State’s last 11 games.

Gundy’s rant came after a column about possible reasons for Reid’s demotion appeared in an Oklahoma City newspaper on Sept. 22. The coach used his entire postgame news conference after a win over Texas Tech to berate a columnist.

Around the country

Hawaii football coach June Jones said he would travel to Dallas today to discuss the opening at SMU. … Two of Rich Rodriguez‘s assistants at West Virginia, including offensive coordinator Calvin Magee and defensive backs coach Tony Gisbon, will join the former Mountaineers coach at Michigan. … Chris Mussman was hired as football coach at North Dakota. … Hawaii receiver Davone Bess is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft. … James Hardy, Indiana’s career leader in touchdown receptions and yardage, will bypass his senior season and enter the NFL draft. … Reggie Herring, Arkansas’ interim head coach in the Cotton Bowl, was hired to become the defensive coordinator at Texas A&M. … Former Montana State cornerback Andre Fuller was sentenced to nine months in federal prison for cocaine distribution.