Oklahoma football: Former Sooner Eric Mensik weighs in on HBO special on academics, his experience at OU

— Eric Mensik says he doesn’t have anything against the University of Oklahoma, its academic offerings or the advisers who helped him change his major to multidisciplinary studies.

“I’m not upset with anything that they’ve done for me,” Mensik, a former Sooner offensive lineman who graduated from OU in 2010, told The Oklahoman. “They did a wonderful job. If anything, at the end of the day it was my decision to major in multidisciplinary studies.”

Mensik is one of four athletes featured in next week’s episode of “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel,” which debuts at 9 p.m. Tuesday on HBO.

The segment, reported by Bernard Goldberg, investigates how decreased admission standards with higher graduation requirements led to many schools pushing players through with diplomas that did nothing to help them after their playing days were over.