Evidently that's exactly what that kid did---the one who Jacob Bernstein told in '88 that Mark Felt was Deep Throat when the kids were 8 & 9.
I saw the boy (now a man but looking boyish) on MSNBC the other day. He wrote a term paper when he was a senior in high school asserting Felt's identity and presenting analysis exactly as you propose, down to the original nickname W&B had given him of "My Friend" having Mark Felt's initials. I wish we could see the term paper. The kid received a "B". LOL
LOL! I wonder what he had to do to get an A?--must've been a tough class! :-)