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Message: [QUOTE="B1GALUM, post: 594358, member: 3636"] I read statements such as the one above and then an article such as the one below and can't help but think 14 Big Ten teams is likely for the time being but not forever. It is just difficult for me to understand why the B1G moved into the East and plans an office in the East yet stopped at only 3 (PSU, Maryland, Rutgers) from the region at this time. UCONN ... I think you would be a worthwhile addition to the B1G ... I hope the offer comes your way sooner rather than later. '[B]More jousting in store?[/B] On Friday, as Swofford waited for his flight home to North Carolina, he said that his moves are never made in response to another conference’s actions, indicating that the grant of rights agreement was made with only the ACC’s well-being in mind. Delany said his counterpart’s move was smart. “John’s tactic was a good one,” he said. But others, including those who know both men, spent the following days speculating that, if the Big Ten hadn’t gotten involved with Maryland,Swofford never would have gone to such lengths to protect the ACC. “People are competing hard, and people are doing the best for their team, and those guys – they don’t take that lightly,” said Charles Waddell, a former North Carolina football player who has worked for both men and now is the deputy athletic director at South Carolina. “They both play at a high level, and they’re both very, very smart. So you’re going to see some of the things, some of the innovative things coming out of both of those guys. “People kind of expect it with Jim, because a lot of times he’s out in front of the parade. But John is, most of the time, where he wants to be.” After so many years, their routes taking such twists and turns, Waddell said he doesn’t expect last week’s news to truly end realignment. It wouldn’t be in Delany’s nature to accept a loss without having something up his sleeve — especially when it was his former classmate who delivered it. “He’s not going to stop thinking about it and how things can go,” Waddell said. “I would be surprised if this is the way things end up. I don’t know how it’s going to be done, but for some reason I don’t think this is the last move.” [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/accs-john-swofford-big-tens-jim-delany-still-intertwined-decades-after-attending-college-together/2013/05/01/9bfd9a06-aea1-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_story.html[/url] [/QUOTE]

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