(11-03-2017 06:33 PM)Wolfman Wrote: This article says Corrigan tried to talk the ACC presidents to adding PSU.
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"“To be honest, we (the ACC) were asleep at the wheel,” Corrigan said. “With the benefit of hindsight, I know that may sound outrageous, but it’s the truth. We were absolutely stunned by the Penn State announcement." - ACCSports
"According to the man who was then commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, he
would have done everything in his considerable power to convince his league's university presidents that inviting Penn State was a no-brainer.
I first heard this story from then-Penn State athletics director Jim Tarman back in 1994. He told me that
Corrigan called him shortly after PSU's stunning invitation to the league became public on Dec. 14, 1989." - PennLive
So it looks like Corrigan was taken by surprise, called PSU to see if there was any way he could convince them to decline the Big Ten and give him a chance to talk the ACC presidents into extending an invitation of their own...
...I'd call that "a day late and a dollar* short".
* OK, way more than one dollar.