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[QUOTE="kingottoiii, post: 338785"]
LOL. Everyone gave up on the 2008 season before it started. Using that as a basis is silly. Also this has nothing to do with Marrone. He doesn't have attendance numbers, the program does. 2008 was a waste of a year. Of course no one showed up. The fact that attendance increased vs that point is not an accomplishment. Fact is that SU is still under 40k per game the last 3 years and that is the announced number, not butts in seats. 
 
Last three years per game is at 39820
Four years prior per game was at 36440
Difference 3380
 
That isn't much of an increase vs the lowest point in our program's history. 2009 brought increased excitement and we were a few plays away from a Bowl. 2010 brought hope and then we went out and had a winning season. 2011 we were coming off a high as a program and started 5-2 yet still couldn't get people to show up. This year will be more of the same. I think the UConn game in 2010 told us all we need to know about the size of our fanbase. We were 4-2 in conference with a chance to tie for the conference championship. And if things broke right go to a BCS game. We were playing a rival school. It was a night game. Yet we had an attendance of 41500 and much less than that actually showed up. That was a sad day.
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