Syracuse looks awful against UConn

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volbound1700 said:
My point is that they are not any worse than schools like Boston College, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Temple, etc. Basically the other big programs in the area.

New England/Northeast is crazy that College sports isn't a bigger deal. New York state itself is an oddity. There are less FBS programs in New York State than there is in Tennessee even though the state has 4x the population. I am just shocked there isn't some massive University of New York that could compete with the Ohio States of the world in size and power coming out of one of the most populous and historically important states in our nation.
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Of the schools you mentioned , I think the all the schools would be above UConn except Temple some years. As for New York, before 1950, Army and Fordham were two of the best programs in the country. Army was National Champions three or four times.As for the State University of New York ( SUNY) they have a very different set-up than other states. There is no one single Main campus. They have over 60 campuses throughout the state that were all Division 3 until recently. Four of the larger sites—-Buffalo, Binghamton, Albany, and Stony Brook decided to go Division 1 recently. The only one that seems somewhat serious about major college football is Buffalo which has a 30,000 seat stadium and competes in the MAC for all sports.
 
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HeavenUniversity said:
Of the schools you mentioned , I think the only school above UConn would be Temple some years. As for New York, before 1950, Army and Fordham were two of the best programs in the country. Army was National Champions three or four times.As for the State University of New York ( SUNY) they have a very different set-up than other states. There is no one single Main campus. They have over 60 campuses throughout the state that were all Division 3 until recently. Four of the larger sites—-Buffalo, Binghamton, Albany, and Stony Brook decided to go Division 1 recently. The only one that seems somewhat serious about major college football is Buffalo which has a 30,000 seat stadium and competes in the MAC for all sports.
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Yeah, it is just an oddity because every other major state has a big-time football school (some may not be good). I know at one time Ivy League was stout too but that was before there was any real fanbase, CFB on TV, etc. It was more of an Amateur sport back then.
 
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volbound1700 said:
Yeah, it is just an oddity because every other major state has a big-time football school (some may not be good). I know at one time Ivy League was stout too but that was before there was any real fanbase, CFB on TV, etc. It was more of an Amateur sport back then.
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Trivia-What are the only two states where the flagship university doesn’t have a football team. No looking it up lol.
 
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Was thinking of you guys during the game. We played so awful. Our D game and somehow won. We have so much work to do. We have Colgate next week and then ACC play and Notre Dame in November. We have to improve significantly to win more games than just Colgate. We looked better offensively against you guys and Tennessee obviously has a much better defense.
 
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suvisitor44 said:
Was thinking of you guys during the game. We played so awful. Our D game and somehow won. We have so much work to do. We have Colgate next week and then ACC play and Notre Dame in November. We have to improve significantly to win more games than just Colgate. We looked better offensively against you guys and Tennessee obviously has a much better defense.
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Congrats on pulling it out. I watched the whole game until our game started - wasn't aware of the OT.
 
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suvisitor44 said:
Was thinking of you guys during the game. We played so awful. Our D game and somehow won. We have so much work to do. We have Colgate next week and then ACC play and Notre Dame in November. We have to improve significantly to win more games than just Colgate. We looked better offensively against you guys and Tennessee obviously has a much better defense.
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Good to have you. Always liked Syracuse. Need more CFB in Northeast. UConn is a decent team IMO as well.
 
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suvisitor44 said:
Was thinking of you guys during the game. We played so awful. Our D game and somehow won. We have so much work to do. We have Colgate next week and then ACC play and Notre Dame in November. We have to improve significantly to win more games than just Colgate. We looked better offensively against you guys and Tennessee obviously has a much better defense.
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Cheering for the Orange every game for the rest of the season. Good luck!
 
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volbound1700 said:
We need Syracuse to win because our schedule isn't very strong. Even at 10-2, I don't think Tennessee may have a good enough resume to make playoffs unless we beat someone like Georgia or hope Oklahoma and Florida end up living up to hype.
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Strength of schedule is meaningless now
 
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When will people realize that football is a week to week sport. I hope all these ranked struggling this week let's yall know there's nothing to read into Syracuse struggling against UConn.

Its all about survival.
 
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