The compliance office moved faster than Cole expected, and slower than he could stand, both at once — a call from the athletic director's assistant on Monday morning summoning them for a review meeting on Wednesday afternoon, forty-eight hours that felt like standing on a blue line waiting for a puck that refused to drop.
He spent most of Monday responding to messages from teammates who had seen the blog post or someone else's screenshot of it. The team group chat seemed to divide neatly into two groups: Marchetti and most of the guys sending variations of, "I hope you two are doing well! Please don’t let this get to you before the next game," while a smaller, quieter faction, with Devon Marsh at the forefront, chose to remain silent, which somehow felt even more pronounced.
On Tuesday,
