OK, fair enough.
It's still a falsehood. I know that no Gaytor will ever admit it, but Mario doesn't make those kinds of promises.
We can always revisit this at the beginning of the Bethune-Cookman game. But there is no way in **** that Mario promised Citizen that he would be the guaranteed starter over Rooster and Don. Unless, of course, Mario has already given those guys one-game suspensions.
Now, if he told the kid he has the edge over Thad and Cody, that would be a different story. That would likely be true.