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[QUOTE="OttosBestFriend, post: 676710, member: 852"]
Who said anything about a shot at the NFL???  My feelings have NOTHING to do with making the NFL.
 
I'd tell him to go to one of those universities - as opposed to SU in 2013 - so he could play at a school where:
 
1) Football comes first (not hoops)
2) Seemingly every game is a big game and televised nationally
3) Bowls are all but guaranteed (sorry but 'Cuse is not there yet)
4) The facilities are on par with some of the best resorts in the world
5) All home games are sold out and the on campus atmosphere is 100X times better than that of the Dome with it's 10,000+ empty seats and no tailgating
 
Sorry guys, but we're not ND, Michigan, Clemson or Oregon. I think we can come close to all those schools on points 2-4 above, but I'm doubtful on #1 and pretty sure we'll never get there on #5. 
 
Even if we start winning 9-10 games a year, I'm of the opinion that the game day experience on campus will never rival that of the big guys who sell 85K or more tix per game. 
 
I was there for the Marvin Graves years and visited for at least one home game for all of McNabb's seasons... NEVER did the game day experience feel as electric as my road trips to Penn State, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Michigan or my visits to Athens, GA and Baton Rouge, LA.  Literally never.
 
Compared to the very elite programs, they're the Yankees in most every way - And, as of today, we're the Oakland A's. It is what it is.
 
And any 18 year-old kid who's being wooed by the big boys can see that plain as day.
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