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March 2013 - Signing Day Edition

The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports

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football recruiting issue ���I heard rumors. I heard it was going to be like the death penalty, but that was just talk, and I didn���t really believe that because the coaches weren���t telling me that. ���They told me everything was going to be all right, and then I look cessful, but I didn���t feel like it was the place where I could realize my goals.��� Avon High School coach Mike Elder had given O���Brien his word that Douglas would stick with the Nittany Lions, but he didn���t foresee the punishment levied by the NCAA, at the ticker on ESPN, and they���re talking about a four-year bowl ban, the loss of scholarships, and a $60 million penalty, and I said: ���I didn���t sign up for this.��� ���I just felt misinformed, like they weren���t being truthful with me, and that was a lack of communication that really concerned me about a future there. It���s still a great program, and I respect Penn State, I like Coach [Bill] O���Brien and I want them to be suc- and once the judgment was rendered, Elder gave Douglas his blessing to look elsewhere. ���I���m a loyal guy, and I told Coach O���Brien that we were 100 percent all in, but no one could have imagined what would happen actually happened,��� he said. ���We���re talking about a young man���s future, and this wasn���t his mess and Ross didn���t have to inherit it. He had options and Michigan was always a great fit.

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