Money talks, even after opportunity walks.
So if there’s a surprise in Michigan State’s head-spinning search for Mark Dantonio’s replacement this past week, it’s not that it circled back to land Colorado’s Mel Tucker late Tuesday, a few days after the 48-year-old Ohio native said he wasn't on board.
No, it’s that anyone would argue that turnabout isn’t fair play. This sort of deal-making is commonplace in big business, and business doesn’t get much bigger than college athletics these days.