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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 621080, member: 405"]
Not looking to smack talk back, either. But the fact of the matter is that Florida State, Miami and Virginia Tech should all be Top 10-15 caliber teams, almost every year.
 
Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Pitt and Syracuse should form that second tier, and also be ranked pretty much every year, or among "those receiving votes". That's plenty deep for a conference to be taken seriously by national voters and computer rankings.
 
We seem to have regained that toughness that always used to characterize Syracuse football. Now what we need is an upgrade in recruiting to start drawing some talented skills players again. It seems like forever, but it was only a little over a decade ago that we were a perennial top 15 team with Donovan McNabb, Dwight Freeney, Keith Bulluck, Marvin Harrison, Rob Moore, Darryl Johnson, etc.
 
It's not that long ago (if you're middle aged like many of us) that we've bagged wins over teams like Michigan, Ohio State, Colorado, Florida, Miami, Va. Tech, Notre Dame, etc. We feel that we are on the way back to where we rightfully belong as a program. You might not think of us as a quality team to be adding to the ACC, but we have the 15th most wins all time, have more players in the Hall of Fame, and have a great tradition. We are the one Big East team who played strong OOC competition every year, even when we were down, when the rest of conference scheduled as weakly as the Hokies.
 
We will give you boys a good run for your money. We damn near beat you at the Dome back in 2003, although you beat us pretty good in the return match.
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