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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 40565, member: 780"]
It amy take a while for this to sink in, but SU should have a huge advantage.

Much of the RU "success" (if you can call it that) has been based on Shady selling a vision which included a National Championship. Even t he most gullible of recruits will have to wonder how you get to a National Championship from C-USA II.

The one thing I think Crouthamel had right was when he warned people about the "fragility" of these programs.

Somehow football programs become seen as "heading up" and others are seen as "heading down". Recruits, the parents of recruits and even their coaches are attracted to programs that are headed upwards.

I'm not sure how much being in the ACC will help SU. Just how positive will recruits be towards playing in a conference with all these Southern schools? How will the fan base react?

But Rutgers and UConn could be seen as having a problem and heading down. At least many in their fan bases must feel that way judging from the hysteria we hear. And if their fan bases feel that way, so will others. Suing and claiming "irreparable damage" wouldn't help.

For those of you who see humor in this type of thing, standby for the about-faces you are about to hear from the schools that have been begging the ACC and anyone else for an escape hatch as they shift to the New New Big East being the greatest thing since sliced bread. "Shortest and easiest path to the BCS", they'll proclaim.
"We didn't like Syracuse and Pitt anyway", you'll hear.

Spinmeisters have no shame. It's going to be a hoot.
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