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Message: [QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 5100138, member: 5058"] But Clemson [I]is[/I] the "small private". University of South Carolina is the flagship state school. Clemson is Syracuse with more recent football success, (28,500 enrollment for Clemson and 22,500 for Syracuse). No reason to think we can't be them. Clemson "stole" Federal funding and Morrill Land-Grant status from University of South Carolina due to it's stated focus on agricultural science (20 years after the establishment of SU). In that same vain, Cornell is the state land grant institution in NY. Syracuse did not apply although SUNY ESF would qualify as a basis. Seems that and the med school, who's building was cornerstone dedicated for SU by President FDR in 1936 also SUNY have hurt our status and access to state and federal funding. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-dedication-the-medical-college-syracuse-university-syracuse-ny[/URL] You're right that we don't have the feverish following for our athletic programs and I think that additional state and federal funding would help make the school more accessible (and thereby more of a draw for NY enrollment and fandom) but we're not as different from Clemson as it may seem other than their recent success and ensuing fandom. I think we need to "re-acquire" those two schools to bring us into the academic big boy league. Heck, Archbold Stadium was once the largest concrete structure in the country. [I]Upon its completion in 1907, Archbold Stadium was touted as the "Greatest Athletic Arena in America". The stadium displaced [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Stadium']Harvard Stadium[/URL] as the largest concrete stadium in the nation.[/I] That doesn't happen without fans. [/QUOTE]

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