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Message: [QUOTE="dcdrew, post: 432035, member: 2746"] Agree. I grew up in Ohio as a big ten fan prior to attending cuse and the huge athletic budgets are more a function of the size of the university than an input to the quality of the team. Ohio State has a women's pistol shooting team. That's why they have a big budget. So much ammo. Big Ten football is declining because only 3 schools (OSU/Mich/Neb) consistently draw players from outside the midwest. As midwest population declines, so too will the quality of their hs football. Penn, Ill, and Mich aren't producing the kind of athletes they used to. Schools like Wiscy and Mich St are always one bad coach away from sinking to the bottom. I think Cuse stacks up well against schools like Indiana, NW, Purdue, Iowa, Minnesota. If we continue to build the program, I think we could be a perennial bowl team in the big ten. Culturally, though, the ACC is a better fit. The dome would be the smallest stadium in the B1g. [/QUOTE]