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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 853850, member: 652"] Here is everything boiled down IMO. 2009 Syracuse and Notre Dame agree to a 4 games series for 2014-2017. 2 game at South Bend, and 2 SU home games at Metlife. Dr. Gross had no leverage so he wanted to play ND because we didn't know the ACC move was happening. The agreement HAD NOTHING TO DO with Metlife this was a contract with Notre Dame-Syracuse and Syracuse on its OWN had to make arrangements with Metlife Stadium. Fast forward to 2011 Syracuse moves to the ACC, and 2012 Notre Dame announces it will be moving to the ACC as well, and will play 5 ACC opponents each season. Syracuse had Notre Dame on the schedule for 2014 and 2016 INSTEAD of trying to get Syracuse home games against Notre Dame moved to the Carrier Dome as Notre Dame as part of their agreement will play their ACC brothers at home/away and not at neutral site/South Bend like Syracuse agreed in 2009 Dr. Gross kept the Syracuse home games at Metlife. Their is NO EVIDENCE the ACC asked Syracuse to keep the games in Metlife the only reasonable IMO explanation is Dr. Gross didn't want to tick off the Metlife people and hurt the SU-Metlife relationship. Syracuse will still be playing those 2 game at South Bend, but they will just be in the future, and Syracuse has taken it on the chin because Dr. Gross didn't want to fight to have those Syracuse home games at the Carrier Dome. If people can't acknowledge this then I honestly have no clue how they can complain about anything related to Syracuse football in the future. Syracuse IS GAINING NOTHING by playing Notre Dame they are ONLY LOSING. No true home games, and Notre Dame will have more fans at a so-called Syracuse home game. However, we have people spinning this crap like its get for branding, recruiting when Notre Dame will benefit more and IMO we will look small time, but who cares to speak the truth because the almighty Irish have graced us by allowing us to be on the same field as them. Give me 1 game series at Ohio State or Florida or Alabama because those games will help recruiting and be fun road trips for fans. God, why can't be people be objective and say yeah we are getting screwed by this arrangement but we are going to keep our heads in the sand and don't care because we like playing at Metlife. I never want to hear about Dome attendance that is all I will say because if we are going to move home games to Metlife the local CNY fans have a legit reason not to care about the FB program. [/QUOTE]

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