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Message: [QUOTE="cuse10, post: 3554215, member: 5920"] The school with Nike money had nothing to lose and Phil Knight was taking a serious interest in the program. Kelly was an unknown. I have a colleague that played for him at New Hampshire. SU went with the safe option. It helps that Nike money helped Oregon sell itself and the school didn't have to cut a check because Knight did it himself. Mississippi is not Upstate NY. They are rich in talent and send kids to Mississippi State and other schools across the SEC, ACC and Big XII. It's much easier to recruit down there than up here. The best players in New York aren't in Syracuse's backyard. They're four hours South in New York City. That's how bad high school football is in New York. We haven't even mentioned how bad and outdated the facilities were during the Robinson and Marrone era. [/QUOTE]