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Briggs: Why did Loeffler suddenly leave BGSU for NFL? We asked him about his 'toughest decision'

Related Topics: Scot Loeffler, Harold Jay Fannin

BOWLING GREEN — By the end, it was complicated.

Scot Loeffler loved Bowling Green. Loved football. Loved his players.

He did not love the game — as in the state of it and the broader challenges that kept adding weight to the boulder he felt like he was pushing up a never-ending hill.

Exhibit A: The cyclone of what he termed year-round free agency.

I asked if bigger schools would come after Bowling Green’s players during the season.

Loeffler laughed. The answer was obvious.

“And if you weren’t looking at Harold Fannin,” he said of the Falcons’ All-American tight end, “you’re out of your mind.