Michigan State and Ohio State are Big Ten East rivals on the field, and they also tangle on quite a few occasions off the field on the recruiting trail. One such entanglement on the latter front has led to a rather interesting development when it comes to next year’s recruiting cycle.
Gavin Cupp is a three-star offensive tackle in the Class of 2016 who committed to Michigan State in May of this year. Cupp, the No. 31 tackle in next year’s class according to Rivals.com, decided that he was going to attend Ohio State’s Friday Night Lights camp this past weekend.
That decision -- or the decision to keep the camp visit from them -- apparently didn’t sit well with the MSU coaching staff. From 247Sports.com:
It’s at this point in the program where we inform readers that Cupp doesn’t currently hold a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes. Whoops?
As this situation proves, loyalty and transparency, especially on the recruiting trail, is a very big deal to Mark Dantonio and his football program. Cupp, regardless of whatever and wherever his future holds, learned that lesson first-hand.
Of course, he still holds offers from, among others, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Pittsburgh, Virginia and West Virginia, so it’s not like the teenager’s out of options. It’s just that, apparently, East Lansing won’t be one of them.