Rumor Mill: Dusty May tampered to get Johnson out of Illinois

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Posted by thewood on February 14, 2026 at 14:46:05

In Reply to: A little perspective posted by Dr.Bruin on February 14, 2026 at 14:08:49

Mara and even Cadeau from UNC. Toss in how they convinced Yaxel to forsake the draft and transfer to Ann Arbor and you gotta think they're throwing around a huge NIL bag and perhaps doing a little tampering.

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Come on guys Cachorro 21:00:14 02/14/26 (1)
- Agree … mikeo 07:30:33 02/15/26 (0)
Locked On UCLA discusses this. ej 15:21:51 02/14/26 (0)
Serious question KirklandBruin 14:59:14 02/14/26 (16)
- If a guy hasn't declared for the portal ej 15:23:07 02/14/26 (15)
  - Re: If a guy hasn't declared for the portal jerseybruin 16:29:22 02/14/26 (1)
    - Some of the other Big Ten coaches are ej 16:46:39 02/14/26 (0)
  - I’ve read that they all have agents, and the coaches contact TheHappyBurgermeister 15:51:54 02/14/26 (12)
    - I've read the same thing traprh 16:11:38 02/14/26 (11)
      - Re: I've read the same thing barrya 16:42:47 02/14/26 (10)
        
        I don't think ej 16:48:32 02/14/26 (9)
        
        I'd like to see some facts, rather than rumors and speculation traprh 17:00:30 02/14/26 (8)
        
        Maybe, but ej 17:13:28 02/14/26 (7)
        
        Just our of curiosity, who are the multiple coaches? traprh 20:51:55 02/14/26 (6)
        
        The original post was correct. ej 00:39:25 02/15/26 (5)
        
        PS If you're curious, just Google ej 00:48:54 02/15/26 (4)
        
        All I need is a Google image search. Enlightened 09:45:56 02/15/26 (0)
        
        FWIW, he brought in a crapton of transfers at FAU TheHappyBurgermeister 07:37:39 02/15/26 (1)
        
        Exactly. Michigan didn’t seem to have a problem w Harbaughs DoctorId 20:16:18 02/15/26 (0)
        
        I'm very skeptical of any sports rumors I see on the internet traprh 07:37:35 02/15/26 (0)

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