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Rejected MSU transfer Cassius Peat: 'It's a business'

Defensive tackle Cassius Peat was all set to go to East Lansing on Wednesday.

Until Michigan State told him to stay home.

“I don’t know what the case was,” Peat, a 6-foot-3, 265-pound junior college transfer from Pima Community College in Tuscon, Arizona said in a phone interview on Saturday. “They didn’t really give me an explanation. What I do know is I have the utmost respect for Coach (Mark) Dantonio and his program.

"It’s unfortunate they let me know four days before I was supposed to report. I know Coach D is under an immense amount of pressure with their current situation.