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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1543606, member: 40"]
Amen.  There used to be a time when a loss in SU football, basketball, or lacrosse would ruin my entire week.  No exaggeration--my week would be ruined.  I think I got semi-desensitized around the time Coach P started to lose games at an alarming clip, coupled with the NIT years surrounding 2003.  Hell, even the lax team had some stinkbomb years, with some FIRST ROUND NCAA losses mixed in--to say nothing of breaking "THE STREAK."
 
The 2000s have been generally rough on SU sports.  Thank god for 2003--now at least I can die in peace.  But even our great years in hoops [2010, 2012] were marred by negative circumstances that derailed those great teams' prospects.  Then we had the Fine investigation in 2011.  Then the multi-year NCAA investigation, coupled with their arbitrary and capricious handling of the penalties.  Starting out 25-0 two years ago, only to go something like 2-6 down the stretch.  Those outcomes ruin what should be otherwise tremendously enjoyable years.
 
On the football side, just when I didn't think it could get worse than a 62-0 loss to virginia tech, we follow that up with the Gerg era, and then a decade of general futility getting back to even a .500 level of play.
 
So with all due respect, it is a lot more than just the last 10 years that are making people frustrated / impatient.  Back in 1998, I wouldn't have wiped my butt with the prospect of having a 7 win team.  I'd do anything for that today--just to see the ship get righted.  What a difference 16 years can make...
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