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[QUOTE="SUinNYC, post: 338447, member: 602"]
My handle gives my bias away...

But the fact of the matter is, people want to see a winning team. And the football team ain't winning. In the past 20 years, we've played the following football teams in the Dome...

Ohio State
Texas
Tennessee 
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Miami
Florida State
Penn State
Washington
BYU
Virginia Tech
Michigan
Auburn

Can anyone tell me how many of those games were sellouts? Two? Three? If we can't draw for those teams, the opponent isn't the problem.

And don't tell me we don't have local fan support. If we can sell 33,000 seats for tiny parochial schools from DC and Philly for hoops (with some of those seats barely in view of the court), I don't buy we can't rustle up 15,000 more for football powerhouses like those listed above.

I'm guessing that these off-site games don't happen if the Dome is selling out. And I'm also guessing that the Dome would sell out if our football team had the same win % as our basketball team.
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