$5 Million Gift to Lally Athletics Complex Honors Floyd Little

[richmondcuse03]

It looks nice. Wanted to note that the date in the barber shop is 1831. Which is interesting.

SU was founded when a group of businessmen in Syracuse raised enough money to convince Genesee College to move from Lima to Syracuse.

What normally happens in situations like this is that the new institution takes the date the original institution was started as their start date. That did not happen in this case. Which I have a problem with.

Anyway, Genesee College was founded in 1831. Kudos to whoever knew that and used that date as the founding date for the barber shop (instead of the 1870 date that college moved to Syracuse). That should be the true date SU was founded.

Genesee College - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

That’s so cool. Great spot and story.

 

[SUforme]

Looks very very nice!

 

[SU68]

Universities often have earlier dates from component schools. Trinity College at Duke University was founded in 1831 although the university's Duke Endowment wasn't established until 1924.

 

[FrancoPizza]

This definitely puts us back in the ring as a player. Let the factories continue to spend their millions or billions on facilities. When you reach this point there are diminishing returns on additional amenities. Kind of like the graphical improvements between the PS4 and PS5.

 

[Rufus_13th]

That’s so cool. Great spot and story.

That actually is really interesting. I always knew about the move, but didn't realize that schools took the original date. Why not SU?

Let's get a campaign going.

"Founded 1831" T shirts

 

[MadNY3]

That actually is really interesting. I always knew about the move, but didn't realize that schools took the original date. Why not SU?

Let's get a campaign going.

"Founded 1831" T shirts

Do it.

1831 is a much cooler number than 1870.

 

[orangetom]

That actually is really interesting. I always knew about the move, but didn't realize that schools took the original date. Why not SU?

Let's get a campaign going.

"Founded 1831" T shirts

I was an SU student during SU's 100th anniversary. To think I could be around for SU's 200th anniversary is uncanny.

 

[AAM62]

Did they not get a new weight room?

 

[SUforme]

Did they not get a new weight room?

I thought I heard that as well. Maybe not finished?

 

[MSOrange]

I thought I heard that as well. Maybe not finished?

Weird that it wasn't in the video, but I found this link

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NEW STRENGTH TRAINING — Ashley McGraw Architects | Syracuse, NY; Buffalo, NY; Boston, MA; and Washington, DC

This weight room is a living showcase full of life and activity. Now part of a grand entry sequence to the Football Hall of Fame, this facility defines the exterior space and heightens one’s experience when approaching the football wing.

www.ashleymcgraw.com

 

[shandeezy7]

I thought I heard that as well. Maybe not finished?

I believe it got a refresh last Summer with an updated look and all new equipment:

 

[richmondcuse03]

I believe it got a refresh last Summer with an updated look and all new equipment:

They built a new one so the old one could be used for the other sports and eliminate the need to work out in a cramped corner of Manley Field House in a makeshift weight area.

 

[shandeezy7]

They built a new one so the old one could be used for the other sports and eliminate the need to work out in a cramped corner of Manley Field House in a makeshift weight area.

So that’s not the football weight room in the link I shared?

 

[whobut03]

Did they not get a new weight room?

The football team will be getting a new weight room. They will be converting the old football offices along with other offices for Olympic sports as part of the "One Team" concept.

Once completed they will build the new weight room for football. Once that is complete, football will move to the new weight room and olympic sports will be using the current football weight room.

There's a lot of moving parts etc.. hope that made sense. In the meantime, they did a nice job tying in the current weight room with the new football ops center.

 

[JRHEETER]

So that’s not the football weight room in the link I shared?

I believe and I could be wrong, that was the old football weight room that only football could use.

Olympic sports were working out, in a weird area on the turf field inside of Manley. It actually was pretty horrible to see when I took a tour of the facilities a couple years ago.

Football now has a new weight room and the "old" football weight room is now the Olympic sports weight room.

Again I could be wrong but I believe that was the plan.

 

[shandeezy7]

I believe and I could be wrong, that was the old football weight room that only football could use.

Olympic sports were working out, in a weird area on the turf field inside of Manley. It actually was pretty horrible to see when I took a tour of the facilities a couple years ago.

Football now has a new weight room and the "old" football weight room is now the Olympic sports weight room.

Again I could be wrong but I believe that was the plan.

I assume that's in the plans, but if they had a brand new shiny weightroom already, I assume that would've been blasted all over social media like the new football ops center.

 

[JRHEETER]

I assume that's in the plans, but if they had a brand new shiny weightroom already, I assume that would've been blasted all over social media like the new football ops center.

Again, I could be wrong on this but I believe it was part of the new football ops center.

There are certainly areas within that new ops center that have not been shown yet in social media.

 

[whobut03]

Again, I could be wrong on this but I believe it was part of the new football ops center.

There are certainly areas within that new ops center that have not been shown yet in social media.

They haven't started the build out of the new football weight room. They are completing the Olympic Sports "One Team Center" first. Then football will start the buildout of their new weight room.

 

[Scooch]

This facility looks fantastic. There are too many people here who complain incessantly about the university, and they don't offer up a single word of praise when the school builds a first-rate facility such as this.

 

[shandeezy7]

This facility looks fantastic. There are too many people here who complain incessantly about the university, and they don't offer up a single word of praise when the school builds a first-rate facility such as this.

Who is saying it isn't amazing? Have I missed something? I've even gotten texts from non-Syracuse fans saying how great it looks.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

It looks nice. Wanted to note that the date in the barber shop is 1831. Which is interesting.

SU was founded when a group of businessmen in Syracuse raised enough money to convince Genesee College to move from Lima to Syracuse.

What normally happens in situations like this is that the new institution takes the date the original institution was started as their start date. That did not happen in this case. Which I have a problem with.

Anyway, Genesee College was founded in 1831. Kudos to whoever knew that and used that date as the founding date for the barber shop (instead of the 1870 date that college moved to Syracuse). That should be the true date SU was founded.

Genesee College - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Great memory Tom. I can't remember anything from my undergrad years.

 

[Scooch]

Who is saying it isn't amazing? Have I missed something? I've even gotten texts from non-Syracuse fans saying how great it looks.

I'm suggesting that I don't see any of the folks who do nothing but complain about all things SU appear in this thread to acknowledge how incredible this facility is.

But you can be sure they'll be the first to jump into another thread to air their grievances about how SU sucks at all things.

 

[FasterCuse]

I'm suggesting that I don't see any of the folks who do nothing but complain about all things SU appear in this thread to acknowledge how incredible this facility is.

But you can be sure they'll be the first to jump into another thread to air their grievances about how SU sucks at all things.

I give SU kudos, and the facility looks great, but let's not forget that this facility is about 5-10 years late. We're already behind in the arms race.

 

[OrangeAl]

I give SU kudos, and the facility looks great, but let's not forget that this facility is about 5-10 years late. We're already behind in the arms race.

Is the arms race still important, or has the NIL salary structure overtaken it as of first importance?

 

[721Comstock]

I give SU kudos, and the facility looks great, but let's not forget that this facility is about 5-10 years late. We're already behind in the arms race.

that's the spirit!!!!