In response to the post that suggested Matthew quit because he projected being placed behind the remaining QB's, you obviously do not know Matthew well enough. Ask is teammates if they think Matthew is a quitter. One has to wonder, if what occurred two weeks before the start of football camp was not accidental.

The only thing keeping Matthew's family from filing a full blown inquiry and grievance into the events and the manner it was delivered, is Matthew's respect and admiration to his coaches and his fellow teammates who remain on the team.

Matthew was told that he had 4 years of eligibilty when he arrived at Mount Union. He structured his academic schedule based on that information and was on schedule to end this fall semester (2012) with two major degrees. He stayed in Alliance all summer preparing for his senior football year and it wasn't until last week that coach (J.W.) called Matthew into his office to break the devastating news to him (2 weeks before camp starts). Matthew's parents asked Mount to appeal because they felt that Matthew was being penalized and stripped of his senior year for a rule that no one told him or his parents about.  The rule is : an athlete must complete his football eligibilty within 10 full time semeters. Had Matthew known that rule was in place, he would have structured his academic curriculum based on the 10 full time semester rule and would have scheduled a part time semester in between that time frame which would have made him eligible to play his senior year. As far as Matthew parents are aware, no appeal was made on behalf of Matthew.

Matthew was red shirted his freshman year (Fall 2007) at USF as a walk on. He sat out 2008 as a sophomore but attended classes as a full time student at USF. Then he transferred to Mount Union in 2009. So now, you all know the whole truth.

Piloto came to Mount Union to play football. I hope he get's the chance to play more and fine tune his skills. It would be a shame to waste the 2 years of eligility that he has left or loose him to another program. Piloto was 3rd string most of the year and only moved up to 2nd string the last few games which gave him more practice reps. Would have been nice to see what Shorts and Piloto could produce if they had been on the same rotation all year long. You have a WR that can break loose and a QB that can reach him.