George Schroeder is one of the kindest folks in a sports media world rife with snark and angst. So it’s only fitting that he got this quote from defensive line coach Joe Bob Clements about Emmanuel Ogbah.
Schroeder wrote a great profile of Ogbah for USA Today this week and Clements told a hilarious story about how he was showing a recruit and his family around campus and it looked as if he staged Ogbah walking through the Student Union carrying textbooks so the recruit’s family would feel good about him going to Oklahoma State.
“Here’s an All-America candidate who’s gonna be a high draft pick walking through the student union with real books,” says Clements, laughing — and insisting:
“It appeared to be set up.