When this first broke, I thought it was common knowledge that these were for recruits and not himself. He just took the fall for it and was probably paid to do so.
Is Bjork or Freeze on record saying he was in Tampa that day?
“I’ve got no idea, to be honest,” Freeze said. “I was in an 813 area code and that was a 313 number, I think that might have been a misdial. I don’t think there was even a conversation. There’s nothing to it.”
Let's not overlook one positively stupefying fact here:
A crew of bored freaking Northwestern fans who are just driving by rubbernecking at the steaming pile-up that is Ole Miss athletics currently are SOMEHOW better investigative journalists than any "working" reporter within 300 miles of Oxford?
Two of the West Lot Pirates are grads of the NU Medill School of Journalism. Says so in the first line of the linked article.
So let's take this to the next question... If he was in Oxford, calling an escort agency in Detroit to line up a soiled angel in Tampa, then WHO WOULD SAID ANGEL BE MEETING.
The crown jewel of that 2016 class from FL was a 5-star QB from Bradenton, FL (just south of Tampa) who signed a letter of intent and enrolled at OM on 1/21. Of course, there is also Jacob Mathis right there in Tampa as well. Mathis would take his OV on 1/29 and sign with OM on 2/3.
http://olemiss.247sports.com/Season/2016-Football/Commits?RecruitState=FL
What about the university planes? Aren't they required to keep logs? Of course if the planes aren't owned by the university, but a corporation or booster, that may be harder to find. Are these flight plans public domain on any FAA related website?