Boone Pickens: ‘I don’t have any conversations with Gundy’

Boone Pickens loves to stir the pot. And one masterful way to do that is to mention Mike Gundy.

He did just that on Monday, telling the Austin American-Statesman’s Kirk Bohls that he doesn’t “have any conversations with Gundy.” And when given the opportunity to downplay their relationship status and whether there was tension between the two, Boone calmly blew into the smoldering ashes. “I don’t know, but Mike doesn’t handle people relationships very well. And he gets mad about things. I’ve heard he’s written some notes about me that weren’t very complimentary.”

Relationship advice from Boone Pickens? Somewhat difficult to consider him a field expert in relationships…

did he become a relationship expert before or after his 4th divorce? Clearly, he's not getting enough attention at home.

— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) September 28, 2016

Just recently, Boone also brought up Mike Gundy’s 2-9 Bedlam record, calling him out for his lack of success against the Sooners.

“You remember what I said? I didn’t say we had to win. I said we had to be competitive,” Pickens told the Tulsa World. “We’ve sure been competitive with some of them, but we’re still struggling with OU. Les Miles beat OU, didn’t he? Two out of four? Yeah. That’s competitive.”

Pickens also talked about Big 12 expansion and David Boren in the interview with Bohls, adding that he thinks that “maybe it’s time for David [the University of Oklahoma President] to retire.”

Maybe Pickens isn’t taking the 2-2 record so well, or maybe he’s just a grumpy old man who has no filter. Either way, the comments aren’t exactly great timing for a team looking to take down a ranked Texas team coming to his own stadium on Saturday.