Michigan Football’s highly rated quarterback commit actually grew up as a fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes. In fact, it looked like McCarthy was on his way to play college football in Columbus until the relationship soured. According to McCarthy, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day had lied to him about the Buckeyes plans for recruiting a quarterback. In an interview with the Athletic, McCarthy indicated that he felt intentionally misled by Day – causing the highly-rated quarterback to have a drastic change of heart when it came to the scarlet and gray. “I used to love them, now I want to kill them”, said McCarthy. “Coach Day told me he wasn’t going to take a 2021 quarterback until the end of summer or anything like that because he wanted to make sure everything was all good, so I didn’t really worry about all that during my visit. But I…
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