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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 3257338, member: 4819"]
It very might well be a down year for the teams mentioned by DoctahLexus, but I would definitely still be wary of them.  Rutgers and Hopkins were a lot closer than the score line indicates last year, and those games will both be on the road.  Both teams also have explosive offenses that shouldn't be discounted.  Army seems to install an All American in goal and at defense no matter what, and like Hopkins will probably have the best offensive player on the field in Nichtern.  I'm not as fearful of Albany this year as year's past but I think the vast majority of the college lacrosse world is sleeping on Tehoka who I think will be really good this year.  Cornell, again feels like a forgotten team who returns a lot of really good players (and their big Achilles Heel could be solved by bringing in one of the top FOGO recruits).

My "fear" with this schedule is that I agree with a lot of what Doctah Lexus is saying, I don't really think the teams mentioned will be at the top of the RPI at the end of the year, but they are all talented enough to beat SU. I do think SU should be favored to win most of their games but if they slip up against Albany in their first road game against them ever, or sleep walk against Rutgers like they did two years ago, it could really hurt the RPI, SOS metrics.  Its really important they finish the month of February unbeaten and it would be a huge plus to finish the out of conference lineup unbeaten as well.  The ACC (outside of UVA) really feels like a tossup this year.
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