Is The Syracuse Football Squad Making It Rain In The ACC?

Syracuse football head coach Dino Babers is making it rain touchdowns in the ACC. But is his team making that paper? ITLH investigates.

We all know what the Syracuse football team can do on the field, but how are they doing off of it?

Well it’s no coincidence that the two products run in-sync with one another. Success on one, leads to success on the other. This isn’t a chicken or the egg debate. You have to have success on the field to make that paper off of it.

Which leads to an interesting discussion that was started thanks to a Syracuse.com report.

The report broke down which colleges spend the most money on its’ college football program.
It’s not broken down by conference, everything is slumped together. What’s interesting is the differential between No. 1 and No. 65 (the lowest listed) is a whopping $42.2m.

So where does Syracuse rank among the top schools?

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Well right about in the middle. 39 to be exact. The Orange spend $23.22M according to the report. Why that number is what it is was explained by Syracuse.com here:

"“That total would also probably include costs associated with buying out former head coach Scott Shafer.”"

While this additional Orange nugget was far more interesting in the report:

"“Syracuse reported spending 31 percent of its athletic budget on football in 2015-16, a percentage that trailed only football powers Clemson, Florida State, Virginia Tech and Miami.”"

SU should have a sense of pride with that last tidbit. They’re doing what appears to be everything

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in their power to put their money where their mouth is.

Although I will note that a story that won’t get swept under the rug is that of former local star Mike Hart. He set multiple national records locally that still hold to this day.

According to multiple reports though, Hart left for an ‘enormous raise’ at Indiana. This was an error on Syracuse’s part letting him walk in my eyes, not only because you lost a quality running back coach, but because you lost a phenomenal recruiter that can relate to the younger generation coming in.

On the flip side, I must commend them for being able to rope Dino Babers into the fold. While as a private institution Syracuse doesn’t have to provide those juicy contract details. We can let our imaginations dance the frolic of one Conor McGregor under those stack of Benjamins.

Although for the Orange to truly compete, they need the fan base to buy in and take the plunge. While that’s a tough ask especially considering how many times this Orange fan base has been scorched in the past, it’s necessary.

So what happens first in this re-rack scenario? Does SU football start winning to bring the fans back? Or do the fans come back and help create a winning atmosphere which helps the dome dudes win some games?

Not to get off on an incredibly long tangent or anything, but the Carrier Dome should be as my radio partner Bud Poliquin says, the greatest advantage in college sports. Is that an exaggeration? Perhaps. But the sentiment is true, the Orange should be taking advantage of their dome atmosphere and airing out the pigskin.

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They’ve finally found the perfect coach to execute the perfect plan: Orange Is The New Fast. If the fans can start doing their part, then perhaps SU will be back to prominence sooner rather than later.

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