NORMAN — Around 9 a.m. on Thursday before the Ohio State game, Brian Kendall got a text from a coworker.
Had he seen the video of his son? The one where 18-year-old Austin Kendall called Ohio State's defense “basic?”
Confused, Brian rewatched the video that he'd seen just a few days earlier. The first time he watched it, he had thoroughly analyzed Austin. What was he wearing? How was he sitting in his chair? Was he speaking clearly? Lost in the critique of his son, he missed a lot of the video's content.
But once he realized just how Austin had ended the interview, Brian knew his son's words were about to blow up in a way neither of them ever expected.