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[QUOTE="Stern, post: 2301369, member: 527"]
I agree stadium renovation helps but isn't nearly enough to make Syracuse Football a "real player" in the college football world. As much as we laugh at the "nap rooms" and indoor "wiffle ball" fields some other schools have, those are the things that are needed to compete. SU will never be in the market for the same level of talent/recruits as those schools. And while having a bunch of 5 star recruits doesn't guarantee you anything on the field it sure as heck gives you a giant step up on everyone else who is playing with 2 and 3 star recruits.

In the past SU could steal a  few Top recruits because recruits weren't tempted with nap rooms, wiffle ball fields, video game rooms...etc. And you could sell a kid on the school and the tradition of the program.  Nowadays its tough to get a kid who is being offered the moon and the sun  and  who is able to live in the lap of luxury for 4 or 5 years with nap rooms, endless free video games, and such. As much as old guys like myself and others on this board laugh at that and don't think its important, we aren't in the mind of an 18 or 19 year old who sees that as the greatest thing ever presented to them in their short lives!
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