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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 386413, member: 622"]
Gents, just a few points:
 
1) Rutgers is not on our future schedule.  They are NOT a rival.  They may have been on the way to becoming a rival, but we will never know.  Beyond sharing a conference, there really was no rival status.
 
2) Nobody outside of the Big East really knows anything about Rutgers.  Some people think that Rutgers is a Syracuse rival because a talking head mentioned it once or they read something online, but once they look at the records, they fully understand there is no rivalry.
 
3) Rutgers has no signature wins.  I give them credit for their winning ways over the last decade (the worst in SU football history), but Rutgers has failed to impress anyone outside the conference.  Beating an Arkansas team that is in disarray does not impress anyone, kudos for winning the game they should have won, but still not impressive to the average CFB fan, especially those outside the Big East.
 
4) Everyone knows about Syracuse and their rich football history.  Nobody outside the northeast takes Syracuse lightly.  Everyone respects the Dome as the loud house, most would prefer not to play there.
 
5) Our history with Rutgers is now in the past.  See #1.
 
I have lived within the bounds of every major football conference and have met many fans of many teams.  Never have I met someone who knew what Rutgers really was that was impressed with them.  Most simply did not know about Rutgers, the remainder thought very low of them.  The few Rutgers alumni I have met didn't talk about Rutgers football.
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