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[QUOTE="TheOrangeBuddha, post: 30385, member: 157"]
Scott Vallone - “But if both teams are winning, they are probably on the same level as far as tradition and appeal.”

Gotta give Schiano some credit.  For ANYONE to say this, especially someone that allegedly grew up a Syracuse fan, is amazing to me.  If Vallone took the word "tradition" out of the above sentence, it would make sense to me.  It would be an individual's subjective opinion as to the appeal of either school.  However, when you put the word "tradition" in that sentence, you've added an objective term (for all intents and purposes).  There is no frickin' way Rutgers is even in the same stratosphere as Syracuse when it comes to football tradition.  No frickin' way.  If you want to define the word "tradition" as something that only includes the last six years - which is a complete bastardization of the word - I suppose.  But when your claim to fame is playing the first ever college football game 100+ years ago, doing absolutely NOTHING for the next 100 years, then having a modicum of success with best ever 2nd/3rd place finishes in the Big East and glorious bowl games in Toronto (I think), Houston etc. defines a football program that is not worthy of a second sentence beyond "first game ever" in the encyclopedia of college football.
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