Gross also said that the Orange will play no fewer than six homes at the Carrier Dome in the years it has agreed to play USC and Notre Dame at the new Meadowlands facility. He said the addition of a 12th annual game to the schedule allows Syracuse to look at other opportunities he believes "will enhance our program.
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Dr Gross broke his promise to Syracuse fans before SU even played one game there.
Will he move SU home basketball games to MSG as well? He promised he would not.
What will happen with the return game with Oklahoma?
Based on past history with this SU AD, I am thinking...
50% probability the return game will be played at the New Meadowlands facility.
50% probability this was just a one game contract (something Syracuse never does)
0% probability the return game will be played at the Carrier Dome
Please Dr Gross, prove me wrong.
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I have no idea about the OK issue:
focusing strictly on Meadowlands scheduling:
Dr Gross comments in article:
1) "Obviously, we're very excited
financially with the terms. It has the makings to be a terrific relationship for the future of our program."
2) On top of the money, Gross said playing in the new Meadowlands against USC and Notre Dame will provide
enormous exposure for his football team in an area that he deems critical
in terms of donors, marketing, recruiting and cachet.
3) Recruiting is really important. To play those games in the New York area, now you hit Northern New Jersey, now you hit Long Island, now you hit New York City, now you hit Pennsylvania, you have exposure that's unrivaled.
4)"
It's huge for us. We liken this to the (Syracuse) basketball team playing at Madison Square Garden in the Big East. "
Additionally:
This was in the context of SU being in the Big East, with minimum conference media income, no real nationally recognized programs (recent years have seen a lack of even top 15 teams), need to differentiate SU from a BCS conference which was rightly seen as number 6 of the top 6, and most importantly to hopefully keep SU visible for future conference expansion, which is about markets.
Now that SU is in the ACC, thanks to Dr. G and SU administration and perhaps coach DM with the Pinstripe bowl win, SU is in an ideal conference situation from a university perspective, will be making a minimum of 10 million plus dollars more in the ACC, will be drastically upgrading the interest level of the teams that visit SU.
With RU and UConn left in a Big East conference that is now officially an academic and geographical embarrassment, a conference only ND and the new CUSA schools apparently love, SU recruiting is almost guaranteed to make a major step forward.
What some apparently find hard to understand is that SU, while located in CNY, has a huge number of students, potential students, donors and yes potential recruits in the NY metro region. This is where SU should play at least once a year, and certainly at least once every 2 years, and to schedule a top tier team in a high profile game, with an attractive payout just makes it all the better. And yes, SU should also play at least one MSG BB game in NYC every year as well.
The Meadowlands game is SU's mid-season bowl in a great location from a university perspective, against a great opponent, that pays well and is given TV coverage and is convenient for CNY fans to attend if they are able and are interested.
Finally, the new conference environment is a 9 game schedule: this applies to the Big 10 with their PAC 12 deal, the PAC 12 has 9 games plus one against the Big 10, the Big 12 and the ACC. Offering the incentive of a Meadowlands game allows SU to select who it wants to play and offers at least the possibility that future scheduling will be home, away, Meadowlands now that SU is in a position of scheduling strength.
