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Message: [QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 2668274, member: 622"] Having lived in the deep south, in several locations, still living in the Houston Metro. CFB fans KNOW Syracuse and respect Syracuse. LSU fans knew Syracuse was not a push over. Some schools are too stupid to believe football exists outside their sheltered area, but real fans know much more than they let on. Fans in Gainesville know Syracuse. Auburn fans know Syracuse. All of the Texas P5 schools fans know Syracuse. (You may exclude TTech fans as they don't think any other schools exist, their fans are Kool-Aid drinkers extraordinaire) Clemson, VATech, Miami, FSU, UNC, NCState, UVA, all know Syracuse. And dis so BEFORE the Orange joined the ACC. (You may recall that SU was invited when FSU was invited to the ACC, but had just formed the Big East football conference) I can name many other schools but limited the discussion to the southern schools. All schools have down periods, Syracuse' has been longer but no one is overlooking Syracuse under Babers. Defend Rutgers all you like, but pretending their wins against nobodies, mediocre schedules and few bowl games is not impressive by any account. Pretending Ash is a good coach is a stretch. I will concede that he was not left as much as many thought, but that is the fault of the writers overrating their recruiting for so long. Complaining at us for laughing at the fools that Rutgers makes of themselves is beyond the pale. They spend money no school would spend and have no hope of paying it back. They have spent at least a half BILLION dollars more than they have earned in athletics over recent years, all while going from bottom feeder to bottom feeder with a couple of up years. They build a high school stadium and pretend it is a great draw. They hire bad coach after bad coach in all sports. The most recruit-rich region for hoops and on the outskirts of one of the best for lacrosse, Rutgers has nothing to show for it. The list goes on, and on, and on,... [/QUOTE]

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