A simple de-commitment—something that happens frequently in college football—turned into national news when Pennsylvania linebacker Alex Anzalone decided that Ohio State was not what he expected it to be.
The main reason for his abrupt decision was due to a Buckeye superfan, who had uploaded a picture of he and Anzalone, along with others, onto his Twitter account.
Dr. Sal Anzalone, Alex’s father, told the Reading Eagle that “something is just not right at Ohio State. It’s not for him.” Shortly after, he retracted his comments:
There’s nothing wrong with Ohio State; it’s a great institution. When I said there was something wrong with Ohio State, I was talking about the visit—there was something wrong with the visit, not with Ohio State.
Sal also added that, despite his earlier comments, Ohio State was absolutely still in the running for his son and that Alex just “needs time to reassess the situation.”
Well, it’s been over a month since the incident…
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