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Message: [QUOTE="sufandu, post: 481571, member: 874"] An illustration of the rabid fanaticism in the south can be seen in Auburn's attendance this year. In the midst of a 3-8 season, having been shutout by Georgia the week before, winless in the SEC, in their second to last game of the season, they had 74,832 in attendance... against Alabama A&M. Auburn has a population of less than 54,000 and the football program is the little brother of Alabama. Syracuse, the lone major football program in the state, in a city of over 140,000, while fighting for bowl eligibility, with a chance to share the Big East championship, playing a highly ranked Louisville team, with an exciting offense, draws 40,312. Even after Auburn proved it sucked, it's fans went to a game against it's own version of Stony Brook. [/QUOTE]