It is now Wednesday afternoon. Rutgers kicks off its 2015 season against Norfolk State in (checks nonexistent watch) 68 hours. Its head coach is still under investigation, and no one from the university is speaking.
The latest: NJ.com reported Wednesday, through two university officials, Flood allegedly went around the instructions of his academic advisors and reached out from a personal email account to contact a faculty member regarding the status of defensive back Nadir Barnwell. The site alleges Barnwell was ruled ineligible in May, there was a level of correspondence between Barnwell, Rutgers' support staff and the faculty member in question, with Flood kept in the loop the entire time. Then, after the matter was settled, Flood reportedly circumvented protocol and reached out to the faculty member himself.
The university, in conjunction with outside counsel, has been investigating this seemingly simple case for a fortnight now. And, still, Flood is the only person on the Rutgers payroll trotted in front of cameras. He spoke yesterday, proclaiming he'd said all there is to say, and then spoke again today, this time airing his displeasure that he's the only one talking:
"Let me ask this question before I respond to it: So what you're saying to me is, that a process that I've been told from the university not to comment on was commented on by people from the university? I'm going to continue to respect the process and I won't have any further comment until the end of the process.''
Just when will that process end? It's anyone's guess. But here's one thing that's certain: Rutgers kicks off in (checks nonexistent watch) 67 and a half hours. And counting.