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[QUOTE="Rocco, post: 27138, member: 51"]
They (non-posters) don't see how much we actually do compete with Rutgers for recruiting because they just look in the newspaper at the box score.  WVU and Pitt were such great rivalries over the years that people still have the rivalry taste in their mouth.  If anything, Pitt would still be considered a big rival for us.

Do we have a long history of tight games with them?  No.

Rutgers has done a good job growing their fan base.  I was in NYC last weekend, and saw more "R" crap than I did "S" stuff.  That really pissed me off.  They have probably taken some of our soft fans down there, who just rooted for Syracuse because Rutgers sucked so bad for so long that they didn't have anyone else to cheer for.  This is becoming more of an important game versus a "MAC" caliber game.  Rutgers might still be our little brother, but little brothers grow up too.  I am not trying to make them look like our main rival because they aren't.  What I am trying to say is that nobody wants to admit that this game is a big game on the schedule every year now.  It has an impact on recruiting, and you cannot disagree with that.  We don't compete for as many recruits with WVU.
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