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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 384118, member: 204"]
Once again a complete failure to objectively assess our talent level and those of our opponents.
 
Your reaction to the reality of competition with this team is what occurs when pre-season expectations are emotional and unfounded.
 
The fact is that both USC and Rutgers were physically superior to the Orange - their size/speed/strength was better than ours and their superiority caused the turnovers and the losses.
 
Your presumption that UConn is less talented than Syracuse is probably not accurate. UConn and the Orange are probably evenly matched teams. Indeed, UConn more than likely has a superior defense and superior special teams players such as Nick Williams one of the great return men in college football.
 
So if you feel going into this game that it should be an easy SU victory, you're mistaken and you have once again set unrealistic expectations that will cause you and others who look at things the way you do a lot of angst.
 
Rutgers, USC, NW, Pitt and UConn have all come from a different place than the Orange has in the last seven years. We still have a ways to go before we can expect wins in the way you now seem to expect them.
 
You may have had "enough waiting for next year" (where were you for the Pinstripe Bowl season?) but frankly how you feel is meaningless. What matters is where the program is from a talent standpoint. And right now it's a work in progress.
 
Oh and one more thing. If the Orange loses on Friday night it was nice knowing you - good riddance.
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