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Message: [QUOTE="OttosBestFriend, post: 678784, member: 852"] Quality of Education: So Syracuse is far and away a better school than say Michigan, USC, Notre Dame, Miami, Wisconsin, Penn State, Florida, Ohio State, or Texas? Because US News and World Report would disagree. And the thing is, I never said I'd want my son to go to a horrible school - just that if he wanted to play at an elite program, I'd support that decision. And there are plenty of elite football programs with academics that are rated better than (see above) or similar to Syracuse (Georgia, Texas A&M, Clemson, Va Tech, Michigan St., Alabama). [url]http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/spp+50[/url] As for the "opportunity to play early" - I'm not an 18 year-old kid. So I recognize the benefit of watching, learning and growing as you take advantage of a red shirt year and play behind senior leaders for a season or two. So my rationale in this department might not match with the mindset of your typical recruit. That said, I'd be sure to discuss it with my hypothetical "elite prospect son." But to assume my hypothetical son can't play because he chose to a top-20 program instead of Syracuse is ridiculous. Are you suggesting none of the players on a Syracuse roster could compete for playing time if they were on top teams in the SEC or B1G? And I'm not talking about the kids that came hear unranked or with only two stars... We're talking about the very good 3 and 4 star guys. Remember, for the sake of this argument, my kid is an "elite" prospect. This whole, "won't play elsewhere" sentiment been a repeated argument in here and it makes no sense. Not sure where the theory that kids who don't choose SU will undoubtedly ride the pine elsewhere came from, but it's false. Mike Hart did pretty well at Michigan no? Michael Vick chose VA Tech over SU and it worked out pretty good for him, right? Those two were off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are dozens of examples from the last 15+ years of top level kids going to bigger programs (rather than Cuse) who ended up succeeding. (Just as I'm sure there are examples of failure - so no need to point them out) Kids can and do succeed when they select other schools after considering 'Cuse... Happens all the time. And as much as many of you would like it to be true, they don't all ride the bench and fade into oblivion as if it were some sort of orange karmic punishment. [/QUOTE]

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