re: Michael Mauti

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Michael Mauti

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This situation has been discussed at least 10 or 15 times since last NSD... but here goes.

Mauti wanted to commit early in the game last year. At the time he was ready to name a school, PSU had already offered but the LSU coaching staff didn't feel they had enough to go off of to offer him and they still had some huge names at linebacker on the board (Lynn Katoa, Etienne Sabino, Arthur Brown, Brendan Beal, etc.). Once Mauti committed, he was a firm commitment to PSU and the LSU coaches honored his commitment. It wasn't a lack of respect or anything (on either side of the coin).