According to NJ.com we had a verbal agreement with Syracuse but Flood didn't want to lose to a local team and hurt recruiting.
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Not to mention Wazzu in the same city! Figures that Politi wrote that garbage. What a little bitch.That NJ.com article is written by Politi. What a douche. He is a poor man's Mushnick, looking for the edgy story.
"So instead of a very winnable game against a Syracuse team that, much like Rutgers, is starting over with a new coaching staff, the Scarlet Knights are 26-point underdogs on the road in Seattle."
Don't remember when the game with Washington was set, but how would have Flood known that Syracuse was more winnable than Washington at the time we agreed to the game?
Politi's other point was traveling a distance for an opening game. We have traveled before:
In 2005, we opened at Illinois.
In 2006, we opened at North Carolina.
In 2012 we opened at Tulane
In 2013 we opened at Fresno State.
None of the above were world beaters, but usually these schedules are set 2-4 years in advance, and Illinois or UNC could have been ranked opponents.
Funny comment under the story: "Bring back the Schiano cupcake schedule."
Wouldn't have minded an easy drive to the Carrier Dome though.[/QUOTE}
You would have needed snow tires, though to get to the Tundra.
F-ing Flood. Couldn't even get this game on tv for us
What is is that HCKF does besides cash a very large paycheck?
So teh whole scared to lose bit, just doesn't make sense.
Weren't we still in the BE / AAC and Cuse was going to the ACC when this game was scheduled? I think the worry was that with a home and home against Cuse we were putting ourselves in a situation where we were giving Cuse exposure in the NYC market that they had lost by joining the AAC. Also, they would probably fill 25% or more of the seats for the Rutgers home game at Rutgers Stadium. If the Meadowlands bought the game it would probably be 50% Cuse fans.
You also notice for the last 10+ years our FCS games were mostly against out of the area teams and not a school like Villanova, Delaware, or URI. Part was we wanted winnable games but also they didn't want the other team taking over too many seats. If we ever do go back to FCS games I would like to see Monmouth on the schedule as a local school.
Actually, not for nothing but we all heard the talk during his time here that certain schools were off limits as requested by Flood (Cuse, BC and PITT chief among them), however it was always understood that he didn't want them to have any recruiting advantages by playing us rather than being scared to lose to them. He was ok with Temple.
We played a SEC school, and scheduled the PAC-12 games and Da'U and Penn State all while he was here. So teh whole scared to lose bit, just doesn't make sense.
So this is a case of something having a grain of truth but it is not the full story.
Syracuse is a dump and if U want barbecue they have one in Newark. Spending 4 days in Seattle is much cooler.Wouldn't have minded an easy drive to the Carrier Dome though.
Let's look at recent history.Weren't we still in the BE / AAC and Cuse was going to the ACC when this game was scheduled? I think the worry was that with a home and home against Cuse we were putting ourselves in a situation where we were giving Cuse exposure in the NYC market that they had lost by joining the AAC. Also, they would probably fill 25% or more of the seats for the Rutgers home game at Rutgers Stadium. If the Meadowlands bought the game it would probably be 50% Cuse fans.
You also notice for the last 10+ years our FCS games were mostly against out of the area teams and not a school like Villanova, Delaware, or URI. Part was we wanted winnable games but also they didn't want the other team taking over too many seats. If we ever do go back to FCS games I would like to see Monmouth on the schedule as a local school.
We are done playing pansies like cuse. They are yesterday. Today bring on Washington and the bigAccording to NJ.com we had a verbal agreement with Syracuse but Flood didn't want to lose to a local team and hurt recruiting.
I don't mind playing UConn. It's not like we lose recruits to them and it's an easy trip.
It would have to be a two-for-one though! [smoke]
Weren't we still in the BE / AAC and Cuse was going to the ACC when this game was scheduled? I think the worry was that with a home and home against Cuse we were putting ourselves in a situation where we were giving Cuse exposure in the NYC market that they had lost by joining the AAC. Also, they would probably fill 25% or more of the seats for the Rutgers home game at Rutgers Stadium. If the Meadowlands bought the game it would probably be 50% Cuse fans.
You also notice for the last 10+ years our FCS games were mostly against out of the area teams and not a school like Villanova, Delaware, or URI. Part was we wanted winnable games but also they didn't want the other team taking over too many seats. If we ever do go back to FCS games I would like to see Monmouth on the schedule as a local school.
He is pimping the school that is a major benefactor of his employer. Them Newhouse boys love their Orange.
There's not a big emphasis on football at Cuse. People are focused on basketball, lacrosse and Soccer, but I can tell you this, There is alot of buzz with Babers. People are getting excited,The Syracuse fanbase fell of the football bandwagon years ago. Have a friend who was ahuge Syracuse football fan in the 1990's and early 2000's. He pinged me a week or two ago asking if I was excited for the RU football season. When I asked him the same with the dawning of the Babers' era, his reply was he was cheering for Clemson where his kid goes to college.
Would you attribute the downfall of Syracuse football to Schiano and the rise of Rutgers, or G-Rob, or a little of both? There was a flash of hope under Marrone, but that faded as soon as Mr. Isis took over.There's not a big emphasis on football at Cuse. People are focused on basketball, lacrosse and Soccer, but I can tell you this, There is alot of buzz with Babers. People are getting excited,
80% Grob, 20%Schiano. Greg Robinson was the main reason but Schiano contributed too. I think Schiano took advantaged of that. Rutgers replaced SU as a top 4 or 5 team in the Big East during that era. There is a misconception that SU relied on jersey players. This is totally not true. They relied on many states. Schiano made it harder to land a few higher lever jersey players that SU normally got. Like a Johnnie Morant.Would you attribute the downfall of Syracuse football to Schiano and the rise of Rutgers, or G-Rob, or a little of both? There was a flash of hope under Marrone, but that faded as soon as Mr. Isis took over.