Another one of those situations where the first impulse is to try to appear innocent
and later to pass off the blame or, finally, to get the best deal you can.
Despite years of diverting their gaze, officials of the OM administration, the athletic department.
and even some in state government had to know what was going on. The recruiting success
at OM was so flamboyant that everyone was asking why.
The reactions of all those folks will make for much entertainment for quite a while to come.
And they won't get much sympathy from the SEC teams that gave up top players to OM.
and later to pass off the blame or, finally, to get the best deal you can.
Despite years of diverting their gaze, officials of the OM administration, the athletic department.
and even some in state government had to know what was going on. The recruiting success
at OM was so flamboyant that everyone was asking why.
The reactions of all those folks will make for much entertainment for quite a while to come.
And they won't get much sympathy from the SEC teams that gave up top players to OM.