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[QUOTE="OrangeCrush22, post: 77742, member: 620"]
Things you need to be an "elite" program, in this order.

1.)Facilities!!! Great facilities will have a trickle down affect. Facilities will attract both players and coaches.

2.)Recruiting, facilities will help greatly with recruiting, but so does winning. Marrone has brought in solid recruits, and depth to our roster. I expect to see an improvement in recruiting next year, as he's finally replenished our depth.

3.)Fan support. This will help with getting money for the program, and getting recruits. We have pretty solid fan support. I'd say there are a solid 25k who attend as many games as they can. The rest are made up of "fair weather fans". Which we also have a nice amount of, considering our program has been horrendous for so long. Getting 40k a game is more than many colleges, who have been winning recently. Getting the 40k average up to 45k will be key in getting recruits. We saw what 45k looks like at the West Virginia game. It looks full, and is loud as hell. We just need to average 45k a game. If we average 45k we'll probably see 50k against better ACC teams like VaTech, Florida State, Clemson, etc.
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