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[QUOTE="Orange87, post: 42645, member: 1341"]
To say that Vitale was instrumental in the rise of the Big East would be inaccurate in my opinion.  I was a freshman at SU in 1983 so I was there in the nascent years of the conference.  Vitale was a lesser version of Howard Cosell then and over the years has devolved from that into what we see now - an over hyped, self-important shill for whatever program's coach he wants to kiss up to.  Usually but not limited to Duke, UNC and UConn.  Not surprisingly 3 of the most successful programs of the past 15 years.

He was never a fan of Syracuse, so why anyone on a Syracuse fan board shows him any love I do not know.  Year in and year out the SU hoops team continued to prove him wrong in his predictions that they would lose this game or that game against the team Dickie V. had already declared far superior based on reputation alone.

I never liked him, still don't, marvel that anyone does and just hate the fact that sometimes I have to tolerate his incredibly stupid 'analysis' when I'm unlucky enough to want to watch a game that he happens to be working.

You want a legendary college hoops broadcaster that knows the game, is colorful, entertaining and gives due respect to the teams that deserve it and always has?  Bill 'Onions' Raftery is your man.
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