The year 2021 was a watershed moment for college football as NIL finally came into existence, and it changed college football forever. But before 2021, colleges weren’t allowed to pay their athletes; it was strict, causing tighter punishments and even resulting in wider sanctions like the NCAA did with Ohio State in 2012 after the tattoo gate scandal. High school athletics were similarly governed, and schools were strictly barred from any form of compensation related to their sports participation. But did coaches flout these regulations despite the heavy scrutiny? Probably, and one former high school player of the now-Michigan associate head coach, Biff Poggi, has opened up about the whole thing.
Former Penn State offensive tackle Landon Tengwall, who played high school football for Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Olney, Maryland, opened up about Biff Poggi “taking care” of the high school players during his tenure at St. Francis. “Biff recruited me to St. Frances after my freshman year of HS. Absolutely legendary dude. But Nick didn’t lie, Biff definitely ‘took care’ of his guys at St. Frances 😂,” wrote Landon Tengwall on X. Notably, though, all of this is a part of a hilarious banter between Nick Saban and Biff Poggi.
Nick Saban, now a part of ESPN’s College GameDay crew, has traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska, for the Michigan vs Nebraska game and had a hilarious back-and-forth with Biff Poggi.
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