The turning point in the relationship between Donovan Edwards and Tony Alford came more than a year ago.
Edwards put Alford in the proverbial hot seat and had a question he wanted an honest answer to. Instead of side-stepping the question or giving a non-answer answer, Alford looked Edwards literally right in the eyes and told him the truth.
“I asked him, ‘Are you ever gonna leave Ohio State?’” Edwards told Eleven Warriors. “He said, ‘If I ever got the opportunity to go to Colorado State, I'm going to take it.’ He said that straight up.