I still see folks driving around town in their car by themselves wearing a mask. All I can figure is they've got a Covid pocket trapped in their car. Maybe open the windows and let it escape. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If thats the case then why not take the Cardinale approch and injury DF first match then MFF out of tourney and take your chance as the 15 to 25 seed? He knows he can beat everyone and this way he will hit the #1 or #3 etc seed earlier when the knees are fresh.
Hodge was an upstanding character, nothing wrong with that being part of the criteria. The fact that a couple guys may have snuck in under the wire doesn't mean we should downgrade the award from there on.
His college career is over, an explanation is not going to hurt him, may not help any either but what is wrong with being honest with the fans and the sport? Or maybe we should just operate like basketball, no backside on the brackets.