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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4772246, member: 27"]
From a Syracuse perspective, I agree.  BC, Pitt, UVa and Miami would be ideal.

Pitt and BC are givens.

We have a lot of alums/fans in the DC metro area and we recruit that area hard.  UVa would be great for us.  It is even a somewhat reasonable drive.

Miami is great for recruiting purposes and again, we have a strong presence with fans and alums close by.  Also great for us.

In a situation like this, we are going to get Pitt and BC.  Maybe we get one of UVa or Miami.  No way we get everything we want.  I am sure a lot of schools want Miami and UVa as rivals.

We surely are going to get someone we don't want.  That has historically been UL.  I suspect it will be SMU now.  I would be really surprised if any ACC school without direct flights to San Francisco is made a rival of Stanford or Cal.

If we have to play a school we don't have a strong alum presence or strong recruiting ties to, that is not geographically nearby, SMU makes sense.  Now I know SU is targeting students in California and wants to expand its presence there.  So maybe the chancellor's office will intervene here and lobby for Stanford for student recruiting purposes.  I know we have a lot of monied and influential alums in California too that will probably lobby hard for a California rival for Syracuse.
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