Let's be clear, Perroni is a proven liar. Go back and review the things he's written over time that have then been almost immediately contradicted by a recruit committing or decommitting, etc. He's almost a bizarro world weather vane wherein once he confirms something, the opposite occurs.
Taking things one step further, I've told a Casey Hampton story on the Internet since the early days of my posting, which was on GoBig12 and then Hornfans. I won't repeat the story here in totality, but the gist is that Hampton took the center on our team and threw him at the QB on one snap in the middle of the game, causing a sack and fumble. GBall routed us that season 69-14. I have been asked about it every now and then over the years, and I'll write the story. I did so on 247 at one point when Perroni was covering the UT boards for them. Fast forward a few years, this fuckface has appropriated the story and transposed it as it happening against Clear Lake while Perroni was there or viewing it. So I call him on it on Twitter. Rather than simply say "oh, perhaps, I might be misrembering", he doubled down on his plagiarism with the take that it must have happened in multiple games. Uh, no, shitbag, you stole the story and used it to entertain on your own boards, and you thought you could get away with it. It's Internet content theft 101.
There are no small corruptions. Only corruption. Brian Perroni doesn't deserve anyone's benefit of the doubt. He's a liar with zero integrity and he actively recruits for ATM when he's talking to players. You guys give him the benefit of the doubt because he's not funny or obnoxious the way some of the other aggie writers are. He's nonetheless a piece of human shit.