COMMENTARY
Almost a week later, Lincoln Riley’s explanation rings hollow.
I posed him a question that needed to be asked at Big 12 media days. Why the battle over quarterback Austin Kendall’s graduate transfer to West Virginia? And since you ultimately relented anyway, would you change anything about how you handled that situation?
But the Oklahoma coach didn’t care to use that life preserver, insisting that the way he handled the situation was the right one.
“I was always going to let him (go) to West Virginia,” Riley said. “My contention was being able to have him immediately eligible the next year.