Ralph could seek a spot at Akron or Toledo or OU or Cleveland State- all good engineering schools and pretty decent to very good DI programs. Miami now has engineering, as do Youngstown State and Central and Western Michigan and U Detroit-Mercy. Where we're located, he has a number of choices within 5-6 hours drivetime.
But.... think back to the end of your sophomore year at UD...all the friends you had made by then... the
ghetto...the campus... UD was your "home"...
Now imagine being told that if you wanted to stay in your major, you'd have to transfer to another school for junior year. How appealing would that have been? Probably, not very.
We all understand the necessity of this occurrence. It's the emotional, human part of the equation that is sad to see for the young man.