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BATON ROUGE, La. — Brandon Beane is scrambling.
Alabama has just gone up 22-0 on LSU at the end of the third quarter. The Buffalo Bills general manager has seen all he needs to see. He and assistant general manager Joe Schoen pack their bags and head for the exits at Tiger Stadium. Leaving before the fourth quarter typically allows them to beat traffic.
But a good chunk of the 102,000 LSU fans in attendance have the same idea. Traffic is already backed up on Nicholson Drive and the area around the stadium is flooded with fans, as those still in their seats belt out “Callin’ Baton Rouge.” Beane is crossing the street when a car whips around the corner and slams on its brakes feet before nearly hitting Beane. Schoen turns and laughs.
“I almost became a GM!” he jokes.
This type of ribbing between Beane and Schoen happens throughout the day, one that started at 9 a.m. in Oxford, Miss., and won’t end until Schoen drops Beane off at his house in Orchard Park around 2 a.m. During football season, the two men in charge of Buffalo’s front office spend more time with one another than with their wives.