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Message: [QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 471561, member: 229"] I remember talking to Chris White at the time and he and Rippon (I think it was Rippon) tried to stay connected with Rice but the Rice’s started ignoring the Syracuse phone calls. At the time I was also talking to the LoHud beat writer and he was covering a New Rochelle basketball game one evening in January. He said the Rutgers coaches were there and the Syracuse coaches were there. He told me the Rutgers coaches were sitting with the Rice family while the Syracuse coaches were not. At the end of the game the Rutgers coaches were “all smiles” and the Syracuse coaches walked out of the gym with their tails between their legs. It was over. When P got canned, Schiano went on the offensive and there was absolutely nothing Syracuse could do. People forget it wasn’t just Rice either it was also Courtney Green who was at a prep school and committed to Syracuse. Greene would’ve been a 4 year starting safety for us. [/QUOTE]