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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 1880531, member: 622"]
[I][B]"You can take the boy out of Syracuse, but can't take the love for where he came from out of the boy

I'm behind this team and I'll cheer for this team and this community because it's who I am. This culture is me

And if nothing else, I can't peel myself away because Central New York is in my blood. No matter what the record, I can always celebrate having a connection to the sights and sounds of the CNY culture and have an intimate appreciation for it."[/B][/I]

I grew up in the Syracuse area, too.  I have been away longer than I lived there but Syracuse is my hometown and SU is my college team.  I follow others, but Syracuse is always my #1.

Though I cannot claim Syracuse as my alma mater, I can claim them as my history.  I have probably spent enough on Syracuse gear and tickets to have attended the school!  (not really, but you get my meaning).

I have raised my four girls to love Syracuse, even tough they have spent precious little time there.  They love the town and the area.  My two sons-in-law had a chance to visit the area recently and both loved it and want to go back.  Both are hoping to see football and hoops games in the Dome soon, too.  Both were shocked that Upstate is not paved over in concrete and that not all buildings are 40+ stories high.  I had to explain to one of them that six NYC's would fit in the Houston footprint (without the metro!), and that we were 240 miles from NYC.  Once he started getting around the area, he could not believe it.

GO ORANGE!  The game is still 14 hours away and I am pumped already!
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