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[QUOTE="anomander, post: 1097753, member: 2766"]
IMO

Wins mainly.  But like 8-10 wins/year over a period of time.  Also getting back to where the Dome has 45k+ , and the program has a strong following.

Wisconsin is an interesting case because they are a tough school to beat.  They have excellent academics (better then Cuse), much better facilities, much better fan support/gameday experience, and not to mention much better recent success.  Looking at all that it's almost a surprise that this was so close.  It should show us just how great a job Bobby Acosta, and the staff (including wives) did with Pickard.  I think we had coaches relationships, and location going for us, but it just wasn't enough.

Right now I would say our strengths are coaches, and the relationships they build.  We have a young, energetic staff that kids can easily relate too.  In a lot of cases we can offer an equal or better education.  Our facilities are on par with the rest of the ACC, and are respectable, but in no way are they on the upper end.  Most of the Big10, SEC, B12 have much better facilities.  Our fan support, and game day atmosphere really hurt us right now.  Luckily that is something that can improve if we can start piling up more wins.  Once we start doing that consistently, over a period of time, we won't have any areas that can hurt us.
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