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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeZone, post: 177141, member: 532"] [SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]I can see a time when football can reach a level of quality where we are in position to play for a National Championship in football (now before many here go ballistic) let me share some thoughts on SU's unique advantages:[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]Newhouse; the #1 Communications school in the country. Both, with undergraduate majors and influential alums in the sports-broadcast industry.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]Administration very supportive of football. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]Fundraising, since the arrival of Dr. Gross; facilities upgrades have occurred and more on the horizon.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]a number of SU's colleges are on the rise; Whitman, I-School, The Falk School (offers both Sport Management and other programs that will appeal to student-athletes.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]A solid academic support program for student-athletes[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]ACC (Additional Cash for our Coffers); money infusion helps in the facility-wars era.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]We have and are growing an alumni base in ACC territory (we've already seen how Georgia is becoming a very fertile recruiting ground for us; with Coach Atkins contacts in the state.)[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]Sugar Bowl vs. Auburn, 1988 (we've been there before and I am not forgetting 1959 but that era was so different from today's environment as to make it a mute point) .[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]Cuse Hoops and Lax keep us on the sports radar in huge ways; many great HS athletes play multiple sports. (We have a highly rated football player from Texas who is here for LAX) I like how our coaching staffs of differing sports help out (i.e. Mike Hopkins and WR from Buffalo, Mike Williams)[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]Our hoops fans travel well; if we can improve to the point where we are bowling every season, they will show up for football as well)[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]Syracuse athletics remains in the sports-consciousness; with all reporting on a multiple of it's sports [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]in a successful light; field hockey, soft-ball, men's and women's lax, hoops, tennis, Cross-Country and on and on. (siblings, relatives, high schools who our presence in from other sport recruiting of top athletes increases our potential for penetration into recruiting markets we need to develop)[/COLOR][/FONT] [*][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]James Arthur Boeheim, a great spokesperson for Cuse football.[/COLOR][/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]These are the types of fundamental's I see that will provide the potential for our return to national prominence in football; stay tuned to see where we go.[/COLOR][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080][ATTACH=full]429[/ATTACH] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080]Besides all that, we have a mascot that sends chills of terror into the hearts of all our opponents.[/COLOR][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=arial black][COLOR=#000080] :rolling:[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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