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Rutgers interim athletic director Ryan Pisarri speaks to the crowd outside Chase Field as the Scarlet Knights prepare to play Kansas State in the 2024 Rate Bowl, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Phoenix.Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Ryan Pisarri was in the middle of an important call last weekend when he boarded his flight to New Orleans, site of a Big Ten-SEC summit to map out the future of college athletics. The sickening realization didn’t hit him until long after the call had ended and the plane had reached its cruising altitude.

He left his luggage at Newark Airport.

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