A funny dynamic to when a big-time college football player gets the rare chance to go home for a weekend in the middle of the season is that while their community always rolls out the red carpet, their parents often roll out the to-do list.
Such was the case last weekend for sophomore Irish quarterback DeShone Kizer after he returned home to Toledo, Ohio, for fall break from classes and an off week from football.
“My parents were doing a big construction project,” Kizer said. “I was working from 8 a.