Why Not Us?

[jec1521]

Anytime I talk with anybody around me (NJ) about their perception of Syracuse football, the consensus is always "Who would ever want to live in Syracuse?"

You can take it for whatever it is worth.

 

[cuseguy]

Anytime I talk with anybody around me (NJ) about their perception of Syracuse football, the consensus is always "Who would ever want to live in Syracuse?" You can take it for whatever it is worth.

Who would ever want to live in New Brunswick?

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[jec1521]

Who would ever want to live in New Brunswick?

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Hopefully nobody since I hate Rutgers and their fans with a fiery passion, but there are a couple of differences between Rutgers and Syracuse.

1) It's in the tri-state area
2) NJ High School football talent is leaps and bounds above NYS talent.

Like I said, take it for what it is worth. I just figured the information was relevant because Syracuse has been trying to recruit kids from my area for a long time (mostly unsuccessfully)

 

[Cusejuicy]

I don't know what the right answer is. We need talent to win. Do we attract talent by playing a tough schedule with quality name schools or do we attract talent with a lot of wins regardless of the quality of the competition?

 

[richard levy]

Throw in Wake Forest under Grobe, Central Florida, Boise State. There are a lot of schools with either no history or a less than ideal situation who have proven that you can build a good football program even if you aren't a football factory.

WF under Grobe is no poster child for great FB success, 4 winning years in 13, losing record overall, worse in conference. Did have one magic year to the orange bowl. Central Florida, a bunch of NCAA sanctions along the way. Boise State has become the poster child for national success with "2*" players, plays one , maybe two P5 teams a season, but has had some great coaches

 

[richard levy]

I don't know what the right answer is. We need talent to win. Do we attract talent by playing a tough schedule with quality name schools or do we attract talent with a lot of wins regardless of the quality of the competition?

Wins against lesser competition, at least for a while, hope to play in bowls, more practice, helps recruiting. That is the stage we should be now