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Message: [QUOTE="B1GALUM, post: 667622, member: 3636"] Buffalo is not an athletic fit with the B1G. However, Buffalo is [I]attempting[/I] to improve their athletics and will not pack it in as you mentioned. UB athletics has created a strategic plan to attempt to improve their athletics and a Shareholders Society to boost donations to athletics. It remains to be seen whether this is successful. However, to their credit, they are least trying to improve athletics at their university. A few quotes of note from these documents. [I]"The University at Buffalo Department of Athletics has released a new comprehensive strategic plan that culminates several months of extensive self review. The plan outlines UB’s athletic vision, mission, core values and the seven pillars of success. [/I] [I]Since UB Director of Athletics Danny White was hired last June, he and his staff have aggressively outlined their goal to build the brand of UB Athletics and strengthen the national profile of New York’s premier public institution. This is the next step in the process.[/I] [I]The plan is a collective vision of the coaches and staff at UB and its goal is to deliver the very best student-athlete experience possible and bring big-time college athletics to Western New York."[/I] [url]http://www.buffalobulls.com/strategic_plan/index[/url] [I]"We have an aggressive vision for the future of this department. As an AAU institution, and the largest, most comprehensive public university in the state of New York, we want to strengthen UBs national profile through excellence in intercollegiate athletics"[/I] [I][url]http://issuu.com/buffalobulls/docs/strategic_plan?e=7767616/4115106[/url][/I] [I]"We will become the preeminent, flagship athletic department for the state of New York by fostering an environment for big time college athletics in the WNY community and the state at large."[/I] [url]http://www.bullsblueandwhite.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=255&Itemid=212[/url] [I]"OUR GOALS ARE BIG, OUR STRATEGY IS SIMPLE. Provide as many opportunities for investment as possible and give our alumni, friends and fans the opportunity to take ownership of the most promising athletics program in the country."[/I] [url]http://www.bullsblueandwhite.com/downloads/Shareholders-Society-Pledge.pdf[/url] [/QUOTE]

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