Absolutely not true. It guarantees nothing. You still have to recruit and coach players and then they have to play. We are on a level field with the PL right now and we are again struggling to be a .500 team. There is no reason to assume this would change with scholarships. It is like saying just because he have a scholarship program in basketball, we can compete for a national championship. PL seems to be representing itself quite nicely. Colgate goes to the final in '03 and two teams make the play-offs in '04. Fordham can compete if we can get our act together. -- FORDHAM RAMS FOOTBALL FORUM

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Subject: Absolutely not true. It guarantees nothing. You still have to recruit and coach players and then they have to play. We are on a level field with the PL right now and we are again struggling to be a .500 team. There is no reason to assume this would change with scholarships. It is like saying just because he have a scholarship program in basketball, we can compete for a national championship. PL seems to be representing itself quite nicely. Colgate goes to the final in '03 and two teams make the play-offs in '04. Fordham can compete if we can get our act together.

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Date Posted: 13:00:49 11/29/04 Mon
In reply to: Rambacker 's message, "This is what 1-AA scholarship football will do for Fordham. Every year we would have a shot to win the 1-AA title with several nationally telelvised games, including the national championship. In the Patriot League, that will never happen. I guess the real question is, how serious are we about excelling at the 1-AA level?" on 10:36:41 11/28/04 Sun

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Incorrect. If a player has to choose between Colgate, Lehigh and Fordham(which is a realistic, ongoing scenario for us now), 9 out of 10 times they go the higher ranked academic school. It's impossible to be consistently successful under that scenario. With full scholarships, we'll get top flight players and student-athletes, can compete with Army, Navy and top 1-A academic schools like Duke, Tulane, etc. and will have a chance to go deep into the 1-AA Playoffs and appear on ESPN. That's national exposure. This is a no-brainer. Let's get it done. (NT) Rambacker 17:07:01 12/02/04 Thu