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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1565885, member: 837"] I'm not sure I really agree. I mean, the theory makes sense, yes. And I agree on the other sports (not hoops or lacrosse), though I'm not really sure I care about them at all. But there are probably a dozen non-power 5 teams who have out-performed us in the past 15 years. We would switch places with Boise or TCU (prior to the Big 12 move) in a cocaine heartbeat. Utah as well. Other schools haven't had the sustained success but have absolutely been credible football programs. UConn was the undisputed loser of the realignment stuff and they are absolutely fine. What do they look like 10 years from now? I suppose that's a better question. But this general notion that is either (or both): A) We are much better off in a tangible way being in the ACC for football and B) The program would wither and die without the ACC -- is not really true. We have more money, we play teams with bigger names and theoretically, yes, we are in a better spot to compete for a national title. But in terms of being a legit program that will go out and field competitive teams year-in and year-out -- I'm not so sure where we are matters in that way. Another thing that will be interesting to watch is whether or not we grow to be more attached to this conference. Obviously we [I]should[/I] become more attached in time. But for now, I'd argue that "better" competition hasn't meant more invested fans in any way, shape or form -- as [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/index.ssf/2015/10/syracuse_football_attendance_among_top_5_decreases_in_power_5_conferences.html']this article[/URL] shows. So at the end of the day, sure we basically had to move. Whether it -- the move itself -- has a positive effect on the program is much more debatable than people believe. What it did was give the football program more money, potentially a bit more cache and a theoretical path to a national title. What the move didn't do was ensure that the university would put that money back into the program, make winning games remotely easier (despite all the recruits that were going to be dying to play for us b/c we are a P5 school), or generate any added interest from a struggling fan base. [/QUOTE]

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