That was a great read, and unusually detailed. Assuming it's true, I saw nothing "shady" at all, just what nearly every football coach in the country goes through with kids being recruited. And if you think Butch Wade didn't push Michigan a bit, you're nuts. Interesting that his mom didn't even know.
Couldn't help noticing that some of this just doesn't fit the narrative here on Iowa recruiting: "Iowa entered the picture and did everything right. Coach Chris White and Kirk Ferentz were first rate the whole way through. In fact Chris, stayed through the heat of a pair of our practices and watched Karan. That is not usual practice as most coaches don't hang around August and September practices in our 90+ degree weather. Karan would take an official to Iowa and fell in love with the blue collar style and the people. Everything with Iowa was genuine. Karan virtually shut down his recruitment at that juncture. He had interest from many bigger schools but offers from Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, USF, Arizona, Duke, South Carolina and of course Iowa."
Obviously, we didn't close the sale. But some people forget the recruits we've flipped to Iowa last-minute.