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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 2755438, member: 27"]
I will take a shot at this.

Every major investment Syracuse has made in athletics was football driven.  Ever.

Archbold Stadium 
Manley Field House
Carrier Dome
Weight Room Addition
Indoor Practice Facility
Renovations to Carrier Dome

I am not counting the Melo Center because JB and his wife and donors they landed financed that.  Dr Gross just showed up for the pictures at the kickoff and opening.  Basketball in the Dome was an afterthought.

We played a key role in forcing the most successful basketball conference in history to weaken itself to accomodate football.

We then left that conference to go to another one, not because the basketball was better, but because the football (and the money) was better.

The number one priority for John Wildhack and his staff from day one has been to fix football.

The uninformed general public might think Syracuse is a basketball school but Syracuse University doesn't think that way.  It never has.
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