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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 685851, member: 204"]
I know you enjoy it.
 
But you also feel the need to share with the rest of us - especially the old stuff - you know, your "Bold Brave Men of Archbold" stuff.
 
You obviously think we enjoy it - that it means something to us or should mean something to us.
 
And, you're probably right about that.
 
All people - including teenagers, as you refer to them - want to be part of something special.
 
The appeal of ND is certainly not South Bend - it is a god awful place.
 
The appeal is the history of the program - the special character of the program - something that a NC or Wake or UVA simply does not have. If you think Knute Rockne is not mentioned during the ND recruiting process I believe that you're quite wrong.
 
If history did not mean much it would not be promoted in the way it is these days on The Hill or in the Media Guides you collect.
 
So, while Duffy Daugherty did not directly recruit a 2013 teenager, he along with Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, the 1959 team, Bud Wilkinson and other historical components of the SU Football History [B]did[/B] help recruit the young man - they made the kid feel that he was becoming part of something special.
 
So, when you undertake to boil my observation down to a smart alec comment like "Ossie Solem did not recruit a teenager" I think frankly that you're being a bit smirky. 
 
I think my point was that in the recent past SU has relied a great deal on its football tradition in recruiting. Now, with the ACC, it will have much more than that - it will have money, infrastructure - the "wow" factor - and a bit more conference panache.
 
The tradition will play a strong role in selling the program - as it always has - but it will be greatly bolstered by resources that heretofore were not available.
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