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Message: [QUOTE="Ldandy, post: 4353842, member: 4584"] I can tell you with near absolute certainty that PSU 20+ years into being a member of the B1G had no interest in leaving the conference for The ACC. I know this from conversations had with persons in state government who had access to this type of information through direct dealings with the university administration. The additions of Rutgers and UMD were done to monetize cable subscribers in two huge population centers and plant a conference flag in NYC and The DMV. Penn State's supposed wandering eye was a talking point drummed up by conference brass as an additional justification for adding what were two divisive selections at the time. "Iowa, Wisconsin, MN etc., I know you're less than thrilled about adding these schools, however we needed to do this in order to keep Penn State happy and making us all money." Whatever their "worry" was about Penn State, it was always imagined by The B1G and never implied by PSU. [/QUOTE]