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[QUOTE="billybud, post: 3195962, member: 3850"]
Miami sued Connecticut for defamation...it got personal.

And Miami had new friends in the ACC as well as their in state compadre FSU.  Florida's Governor ordered the state's AG to get involved.  Charlie Christ, governor at the time, felt it was a something that the state of Florida had an interest in.

Blumenthal ended up being the locus for all of the ill feelings...it did not take a BC black ball...

[I]The suit was filed in part because Miami grew tired of "just a continuous sea of defamatory comments," Isicoff said. Specifically named as making some of those comments was Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who, according to the suit, stated that Miami damaged Connecticut through an "illegal conspiracy," plus "secretly negotiate(ed) with the ACC" and made "false promises" to Big East members.

All of those comments were false, according to Miami's lawsuit, which further claims the comments were made on UConn's behalf and defamed Miami in a way that "injured ... its good name and reputation among the public."[/I]
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