I actually enjoyed listening to Neuheisel on College Sports Radio. He represented a welcome relief from the host, Chris Childers, who is a "shoot your mouth-off" type. But today's statement by Neuheisel thrust him back, in my mind, to "Slick-Rick." He readily admitted giving a scholarship to little Diddy Combs because of daddy.
"When you're weighing the assets of what a youngster can do for your program, there's no question (being Diddy's son) had something to do with it for me. Justin is a great kid. His problem was his size. He's not big enough (Combs is 5-foot-7 and has played almost exclusively on special teams) to be a dominant player. Could he be productive? Yes. The fact his father was an influential guy played into my decision to go ahead and offer him."