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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4330648, member: 405"]
Oh, I disagree!  I was at the 2003 game against Florida State on a Saturday night.  I have never seen the Dome so fired up as it was that night!

It was a cheerful ride up on the train with all the Florida State fans who had taken over the Marriott downtown on Fayette St.  But as the game wore on and the crowd got drunker and drunker, it was almost a dangerous menacing feel, like we were going to will the Orange to victory - and it damn near happened.

The only times I remember such fierce home crowds was back for the Syracuse Blazers when they were at the pinnacle of minor league hockey around 1970 or so, and some of those basketball games at Manley.  Those were different times.

Mike Hopkins once commented on that part of Syracuse fans, saying, "Oh yeah, if you come here, we will KICK YOUR ASS."  That intimidation factor isn't only created by having great athletes on the field.  Sometimes that extra motivation and energy is created by the fans, and gives strength to the young men on the field.
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