A Puzzling Mendenhall quote

Mendenhall is disappointed that, since he left school, his older brother was effectively told he wasn't wanted back at Illinois and will transfer to Illinois State as a fifth-year senior.

"Yeah, it upset me but, to tell you the truth, the way things were there, it didn't surprise me too much," Rashard Mendenhall said. "They were just never in our favor there."

I'm not really sure what to make of this statement.  Caught me as a bit of a surprise.  Does he think he has his bother weren't treated very well while at Illinois?  Did Zooker's staff bring in Walter just to get Rashard to agree to join him here?

Any thoughts fellow Illinois fans?

I've said all along that when you're not a USC or a Tosu or a Florida or Notre Dame, sometimes you have to use the buddy system.

Walter and Rashard were a package deal I believe. Who was Regus Benn's best friend on his HS team? Nate Bussey whom we signed first.

Now we are in a position where we don't have to do that anymore (our 2009 class is shaping up to be a MONSTER - we haven't heard the last of M.F.).

From what I'm reading there's A LOT then went on with the Mendenhall story. Walter never got a fair shake; the Mendenhall's Mom was ALWAYS in the coaches business; they asked Walter to play full back this season and he said no; why did Rashard have to wait so long to be the featured back - was it just his fumbling problem? Man, it's really hard to know where the truth really is on this one.

Hopefully it gets worked out. Having a high profile stud like Mendenhall come back for games and be seen by future recruits is no small deal. 

Sad to see Walter go, but hopefully he'll get his playing time.  I personally believe they recruited Walter to get at Rashard.  It's the way the game is played unfortunately...

You know what they say, don't hate the game..........

So long as RM can keep from being mugged, the Mendenhall family will be alright.