Momentary panic attack

I was watching a bit of the High School State football championships, in which Eden Prairie played St. Paul high school Cretin-Derham Hall. I was reflecting on the history Cretin has, putting several players in professional sports, including Paul Molitor and Chris Weinke. This reminded me of one of their most famous athletes, a guy named Joe Mauer.
Back when he was in high school, Mauer was a three sport star, playing basketball as well as football and baseball. He was a great quarterback, and many got their first glimpse of him in consecutive state championship games for Cretin. In fact, he was named the national quarterback of the year, and had a scholarship to play at Florida State.
The kid who apparently loves Minnesota, was ready to jet off to Tallahassee for 4 years to play football and eventually start an NFL career. If he loved Minnesota so much, why didn't he want to resurrect the Gophers? He was ready to leave Minnesota for NO money (well, not as much).
And this is why I had a momentary panic attack.