Yesterday while announcing his re-commitment for Nebraska an Omaha radio station, the father of three-star DE Diashon Neal said that he ‘kicked Michigan’s Greg Mattison out of the house after calling his son ‘stupid”.
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After talking to several sources, Scout.com’s Sam Webb has some info on what might have actually gone down during the in-home visit between Mattison and Neal’s family.
I was told by the aforementioned coach that the other side of this is the entire story is an utter fabrication. In the meeting yesterday afternoon was the kid, the uncle, and the dad. The part about academics was completely misrepresented. Apparently Mattison talked about how kids with 4.0s and high test scores get turned away from Michigan all the time. He did that to highlight how academically prestigious the school is and lead into what a special opportunity to he had in front of him.
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The whole “Mattison got thrown out of the house” comment is fiction too. The kid walked Mattison to his car and talked about how high he was on Michigan. Suffice it to say Michigan thought it was most likely going to get the kid afterward. That the visit was twisted the way it was came as a complete shock.
NCAA rules prohibit coaches from commenting about unsigned prospects, so this may be all we hear from Mattison’s point-of-view.
