WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the Howard University football team’s Sept. 1 season opener against Morehouse crept closer, sophomore quarterback Greg McGhee went through practices, position meetings and film sessions as usual.
But instead of preparing for his 12th career start, McGhee was about to watch the Bison from the sideline for the first time. “Keep your head up,” he heard more than once before his three-game, NCAA-mandated withholding began. “Those three weeks will come and go faster than you know.”
At the time, McGhee — the 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference rookie of the year — wanted to believe them. Almost two months later, the quarterback still appreciates the sentiment, but now it also draws a slight chuckle.
“It was actually the longest four weeks ever because we had the bye in there, too,” McGhee said.
After a breakout campaign last fall, McGhee figured to enter this season as one of the most important pieces in Coach Gary Harrell’s rebuilding project at his alma mater. Instead, McGhee was one of 11 Howard football players who missed time as a result of an NCAA investigation into their improper use of textbook allowances.
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