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Message: [QUOTE="CIL, post: 16991, member: 22"] I know some posters are concerned about the move to the ACC, and I have read a few posts stating things along the lines of: "we won't be as competitive in the ACC" or "our athletic department is headed the way of BC", etc. I do acknowledge that the level of football is a smidge higher than what we are currently playing in now, as the BE has nothing like FSU, Va Tech, or even a Clemson in this [I]current[/I] lineup. Now that that's out of the way, I want to maybe expand a bit on what my man DcCuse posted yesterday about the potential positives this move makes, both the obvious and subtle. [LIST] [*]Obviously brings in a lot more $$$, which can be used for updates and upgrades to current facilities for all sports. [*]Obviously grants us a seat at the big boys table for quite a while -- no more hybrid hoops/ fb bs. [*]Recruiting for FB is about to take a giant leap for Syracuse. Not only are we going to see more $$ flow into the athletic department for upgrades, but no longer do our potential recruits have to hear about how "poor the BE is for fb" or that we are a "mediocre program in the worst BCS conference". The ACC may not be the SEC, but perception wise from potential recruits, it's a huge boost. [*]Again, on the recruiting front, it not only solidifies our pipeline in FL and GA, it grows it. No more, "hey, we're at USF every other year." Access to talent rich states just got better. [*]For the time being (and it could be very brief), we can with any potential RU recruit about the future of that program. Not that Marrone would do so -- but it's nice to see the roles reversed. Greg. [*]Loving Pitt coming with us because I live there. [*]Drunk ladies in sundresses instead of drunk fuglies in muumuus. [*]The potential for the creation of a true Atlantic Coast Conference. We will never have PSU, however, grabbing 2 out of UCONN, RU, and WVU would be great. Hopefully UCONN and WVU come along at some point, although my gut tells me WVU's academics won't cut it. [*]Bourbon [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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