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As we hinted to last night, this was certainly not a case of Jimbo Fisher simply wanting to stay at Florida State. He was signed, sealed, and essentially delivered to WVU by those negotiating on our behalf. It was not until Ed Pastilong and Mike Parsons entered that things went awry.
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Mmmmm...Leftovers.
Published 12/26/2007 by SMQ <info@sundaymorningqb.com> at Sunday Morning Quarterback: Front Page Posts
... get broadsides against AD Ed Pastilong into the press since Rich Rodriguez accepted the Michigan job. Pastilong is taking fire from all sides for stonewalling Rodriguez over relatively minor cost-of-living increases like raises for assistants, facility makeovers and letting high school coaches into WVU for free - most or all of which may have been promised to keep Rod from signing with Alabama last December but not delivered - and now from the fan base for letting Fisher slip through his fingers: ...
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