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A near capacity crowd watches the SU-Clemson football game inside the Carrier Dome on Oct 5, 2013.

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ESPN Radio host Colin Cowherd took aim at Syracuse, N.Y. again on his nationally syndicated show on Friday.

In his "two for the road" segment, Cowherd ripped Syracuse's ranking as the No.1 college town, according to Travel and Leisure Magazine.

"This story is so ridiculous, it has got to be the dumbest study of all-time," Cowherd said in poking fun at Syracuse.

Here is the Top 5 list of America's best college towns according to Travel and Leisure:

5. Duluth, Mn.

4. Ft.Collins, Co.

3. Charlottesville, VA.

2. Lafayette, LA.

1. Syracuse, NY

After reading through the list, Cowherd reserved most of his scorn for Syracuse, having this exchange with a show producer, Dan Stanczyk, who is a Syracuse native.

Cowherd: "That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen. OK. So let me get this right. The best college town would include weather, attractive people ...Syracuse, N.Y.?"

Stanczyk: "Check and check."

Cowherd: "No Athens, Georgia. No USC vs. UCLA. No Austin, Texas. Instead it's nine degrees and the best looking guy in town is Jim Boeheim?"

Stanczyk: "Colin, you've been pretty critical of Syracuse. I'm not demanding an apology, but can I get the the 'Colin was wrong' sounder?"

*Sound clip* "That place is a dump."

Stanczyk: "They have great pizza too, you left that out. Syracuse is beautiful. Just deal with it."

Cowherd: "Travel and Leisure you just lost a subscriber today. It is so ridiculous, I'm laughing. It's literally like calling Jeremy Lin the best point guard in the league (NBA) and I'm just supposed to comply with it because some magazine online said it was so."

Cowherd was also critical of Syracuse as an NCAA regional site back in March.

I'm just surprised Cowherd didn't counter Syracuse's No.1 college town ranking with Athlon Sports recent poll that labeled Syracuse as the worst college town in the ACC.

Even if he did, we'd just refer him to this post written by my syracuse.com colleague Chris Baker.

Anyway, thanks for sticking up for us, Stanczyk.

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is on me next time you are in town.



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