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[QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4659886, member: 71"]
I was only reading the titles and he lost me at financial strain.

He would have lost me at historic rivals but at first blush I wanted to challenge him on who he believes our true rivals are.

Sadly we don't really have any.  Cuse was for a while, whoever was in a position at any given time to challenge us over the final two plus decades we were in the BE (pre C7 departure).

Duke, for as much as a non-conference, tournament (and twice in preseason made for TV games) could be viewed as a rival and again, whoever in the BE who at the moment may be in a position to challenge us.

I don't get why some on this board are fabricating these imaginary attachments.  The only reason any of the other ten members of the conference are glad we're back is because the conference is capable of generating a lot more money (both in broadcast rights and tournament credits) with us than they are without us.  If our track record over the few decades prior to us returning was similar to any other current conference member other than Nova they never would have taken us back.
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