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[QUOTE="JimBoston, post: 1653294, member: 1312"]
Disagree.  There are few, if any, examples of successful college football teams that don't rely heavily on relatively local recruits.  It has to be the priority.  I'm not faulting Babers for this recruiting class at all.  I am just saying that for Syracuse to become a consistent winner, they need to win back recruits from the Core recruiting area.

I didn't say Connecticut (and Massachusetts) should supply a large number of Syracuse recruits, but Syracuse should be competing for the top CT and MA recruits every year.  I think Syracuse should pull in 2 to 3 top recruits in total from CT and MA every year.

As for Florida, according to 24/7 sports, Syracuse has signed 4 top 100 Florida recruits in the last 15 years and they were ranked 89, 92, 93, and 96.  Syracuse has signed 12 top 150 Florida recruits in 15 years, including 3 in 2016.  Excluding the 2014 and 2016 classes, 3/6 recruits didn't make it 4 years at Syracuse.  Sure, it would be great for Babers to grab top recruits from Florida, but Syracuse does not have a deep history of recruiting Florida so it will take time.
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