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Message: [QUOTE="tzznandrew, post: 4704182, member: 168"] If Syracuse stayed in the upper eschalon, maybe in 10-15 years there would be enough hardcore fans and enough alumni who knew these as their rivals. Syracuse would still be second tier to them, but it might be closer to something like Duke-Maryland, which was pretty heated. Or to stay closer to home, UConn-Pitt. Even UConn hardly had a real rival for a while, not just because in the 1990s we were so good, but because in the 1980s we were so bad. It took until the mid-2000s before enough Syracuse fans disliked us to put us into their 1B or 2 slot in rivalries. Time and meaningful games is what makes rivalries and excitement for fans. Syracuse doesn't have that right now. Neither would UConn in the B12 right now, though there'd be some Cincy and WVU juice for older fans. And they could absolutely develop rivalries with some of the other major programs like Kansas. [/QUOTE]