For having been buried in Oregon’s deep running back depth chart, Lache Seastrunk made a lot of headlines within the past six months.
He’s been tied to Complete Scout Services owner Willie Lyles. In what capacity, though, is a currently a subjective debate. But while the NCAA was inquiring about Lyles’ business relationship with the Ducks, Seastrunk moved on. Over the weekend, it was announced that the sophomore would be transferring; yesterday it became official that Baylor was the final destination.
In an interview with 1660 ESPN Central Texas (heads up: the link is only a portion of the interview), Seastrunk confirmed what many had already written in that he was moving back to central Texas to be closer to his grandparents, who are suffering from poor health. But another quote from Seastrunk about his decision to leave Oregon has undoubtedly raised a few eyebrows.
“When I first went there [UO], I felt like God wanted me to be there,” Seastrunk said. “But God also pulls you out of the storm before it happens. So I felt like something was about to go down and God wanted me to get out of there.”
Um, say what now?
Could it be that Seastrunk actually played the part of the Mayans to Oregon’s Doomsday calendar?
Maybe. Maybe not. In fairness to Seastrunk, it just happened to be an ambiguous comment during a rather convenient time period for Oregon. Besides, lots of kids transfer to schools closer to home to be with family members, or to have a better chance at seeing the field.
Those areas check out for Seastrunk; there just also happens to be a $25,000 elephant in the Pacific Northwest that hasn’t quite been cleared up yet.
To clear it up, the NCAA might employ a tactic that could give Seastrunk and the Association what it wants all at the same time. As CBS’ Bryan Fischer points out via Twitter, the NCAA could always give Seastrunk limited immunity and grant him a hardship waiver for immediate eligibility if he answers questions about Oregon and Lyles.
Seastrunk was already working with the NCAA on getting that waiver.
That would be the same limited immunity that could be used on the 14 Miami football players who allegedly received benefits from former booster Nevin Shapiro. Basically, as Dennis Dodds points 0ut, it allows players to become informants.
Yes. Exactly like Matt Damon.