Remember he also OV’d to OSU before committing so if anyone shot their load early it was Old Zackie Boy at OSU. He’s a 30 minute drive from campus and 15 minutes from stadium. He was going to be visiting before regardless, now even more so.
Don’t think it started off as personal but once Liar attacked him and impugned his journalistic credibility at media day it became personal. Especially since McMurphy is still a little salty over his ESPN firing and needs to defend his rep.