It's officially a two-team race for Tampa (Fla.) Plant High School quarterback
Robert Marve.
Marve returned from a weekend visit to Hawaii and says the long plane ride home made him realize the school simply wasn't going to be right for him.
"I really had fun on the trip," he said. "My mom had a fun time. I liked it, but it's just so far away. I don't think it works."
Marve will have an Alabama and Miami hat on the table in his school's fieldhouse at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
The hat he picks will be the school he goes to.
"I'm excited for it," he said. "I'm happy to get it over with. I'm done after that."
He spoke about both of his finalists.
Of Alabama, he said he likes "just the fan club they have there and how much they care about the football program, the system."
Of Miami he says, "I love the coaching staff, I love the location and I really love the school."
Marve said after his visit to Miami two weeks ago that he was no longer committed to Alabama.
It's expected he will announce for UM on Wednesday, but he says he is not ready to say if either has a slight lead right now.
"I have to sit down with my family," he said. "I know what school I want to go to, but I want to sit down and talk it over with them. I don't think they'll disagree (with the choice)," he said.
Marve says he has spoken with Cane coaches since he returned from the Hawaii visit at 2 p.m. today.
He hasn't spoken with Alabama coaches yet.
"I talked to coach Joe (Pannunzio) after I got back," Marve said. "We just talked about family stuff. We talked about half an hour."
