"Too late for that."
"Why'd you sign with Tech?"
"I liked their quarterback Coach."
"No one liked their quarterback Coach. What was the real reason?"
"You really want to know?"
"Yes, after fifteen years, I really want to know."
"Fifty thousand bucks in cash."
"No."
"Yep.State offered forty, A&M offered thirty-five,a few others were willing to pay twenty."
"You never told me that."
"I never told anyone until now. It's such a sleazy business."
"You took fifty thousand dollars in cash from Tech?" Paul asked slowly.
"Five hundred one-hundred-dollarbills, stuffed in an unmarked red canvas bag and placed in the trunk of my car one night while I was at the movies with Screamer. Next morning, I committed to Tech."
"Did your parents know?"
"Are you crazy? My father would've called the NCAA."
"Why'd you take it?"