At this point, how can you NOT believe it’s family interference for money?
1) A player that is truly committed to a school would have already publicly denounced the rumor mill that is floating around. They wouldn’t let their reputation be drug through the mud for no reason, especially if it all isn’t true. Just a few sentences is all it would take.
2) Day and Heupel aren’t even in the same class of coaching, and neither are the programs. One is actively winning champions, the other is trying to resurrect itself from the 1990s. Why wouldn’t you want your son to go to the best school if offered? Especially considering the string of recent RB success over the last 10 years: Zeke, Dobbins, Sermon, Henderson, Judkins - all drafted into the NFL and still starting or contributing meaningfully.
3) It can’t be about location. The flight from Dallas to Columbus is just as easy as a flight to Knoxville.
If this is a mess his parents have made, I feel bad for the kid. It could reach a point where the Buckeyes wash their hands of the drama and the kid is unhappily stuck until he can transfer to another school and likely unhappy with his own family.
Hopefully we read some positive things about the kid soon. I truly wish him the best, he’s just a high school senior.
