It Might've Been the Exact Same Day, If Memory Holds

...Niele and Coach CO were so ecstatic they neglected to tell Shepard, who did an exhausting workout in the afternoon thinking she'd be watching from the crowd. Surprise.

I remember doing an exhaustive amount of research -- as did a few colleagues from The Boneyard -- on the transfers surrounding the Connie Yow "resignation" and they were all given immediate eligibility and/or allowed to transfer after committing without penalty. As pointed out, Nebraska played a huge role in that.

BTW, as per ND's undue influence, that didn't hold a few weeks earlier when the NCAA rejected a safety's request for immediate eligibility for the football team. He sat a year.