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Message: [QUOTE="TruDomGopher, post: 1299978, member: 4159"] Uh, I heard and bought it--why do think I'm here? In retrospect, it was probably bs to sooth ruffled feathers at the extraordinary brand coup of Rutgers/Maryland but at the time I bought in completely. You know, Delany, white whale, etc. BTW, it's a what? three year old rumor and probably only made the rounds on the B1G side. As for the other thing: Yes, I'm sure Mark Lazarus was thrilled to wake up to his soft-boiled egg and oj to find Swarbrick stabbing him in the back. He probably lit up like the 4th of July: "Gordon Gee's right about these guys! My entire college football programming is now saying, 'Oh, yeah, and we don't care if our games count in the playoffs. We're special' The ratings are already softening in the ACC and now this?! Get Jack on the phone now!" Or: Mark Lazarus talked with Jack Swarbrick ahead of time and it went like this: Mark: Jack, the Big Ten deal's coming up and we need to make a move on it. It would help if you'd be...flexible. Jack: How? Mark: Join a conference--we all know where this going and there's no room for independents anymore. If you want to join the Big Ten... Jack: I don't. Mark: But if you did, the money's there to jailbreak the ACC and buy in. We're talking a lot of money. You bring NBC and your football games and the rest takes care of itself. Jack: How much money? Mark: You'll never have to pray again. Jack: (Conscious-stricken) I'll think about it. Or: Jack calls Gordan Gee: Jack: Gordon! Gordon: Jack! What's up? Jack: Nothing--haven't trolled the press for awhile so I was going to string them along and, of course, I thought of you. There might be other possibilities. That's just off the top of my head but Swarbrick's pushing the panic button in the press says a lot more than most people have caught onto yet. I'm sure NBC's happy with any sports right deal. For now. [/QUOTE]

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