FWIW, strong possibility of PINSTRIPE Bowl

[JeffCuse]

I am not going to get into the whole hoops vs football argument but I will say, if it's pinstripe, I will be taking my son and watching the hoops game on DVR. I personally am rooting for Pinstripe, even if it is Rutgers.

 

[Marsh01]

i would think so. nobody really cares for cbb. the ratings these espn games gets are surprisingly minuscule

I do!

 

[CanadianSU]

Basketball goes to march. This is the last football game of the season. Everyone said 6-6 was a good record so now we just abandon them...I guarantee the pinstripe bowl will have better ratings that Syracuse vs Villanova. All this talk of how much we hate Rutgers this is a perfect chance to clean there clock one more time. Idk if you like both programs equally and your going to the basketball game instead of this bowl than you do not actually like both programs equally.

 

[normaliswear]

Basketball goes to march. This is the last football game of the season. Everyone said 6-6 was a good record so now we just abandon them...I guarantee the pinstripe bowl will have better ratings that Syracuse vs Villanova. All this talk of how much we hate Rutgers this is a perfect chance to clean there clock one more time. Idk if you like both programs equally and your going to the basketball game instead of this bowl than you do not actually like both programs equally.

Really need a "dislike" button. So someone going to a game at home, that they may already have tickets and plans for, is somehow a lesser fan because they don't drop all that and spend all the extra money to go to NYC and support the exact same school in a different sport? Just horrendous reasoning.

 

[TheCusian]

If you have young kids and not a lot of $, both games are a click away. Drinks are cheap.

 

[Marsh01]

Idk if you like both programs equally and your going to the basketball game instead of this bowl than you do not actually like both programs equally.

Thats a pretty weak statement. I can flip it and say if you travel to the bowl game as opposed to going to the Dome you do not actually like both programs equally.

For those who are not traveling to the bowl game assuming we are playing in NYC again (I am raising my hand) I will go to the basketball game and watch the bowl game on my phone. Best of both worlds. To say that a basketball game against an undefeated ranked team (major rival to boot) regardless of what time of year we play them (seeing we may actually be #1 in the country by then) is meaningless is a crazy statement. Thats like saying the Clemson game on October 5th was meaningless because it was in October.

It isnt about abandoning anyone. You are assuming that every fan will attend the bowl game and if we dont we should give up our fan card. I have been to more football games (home AND away) than 75% of the people on this board going back to the early 80's but just cant travel in December to a bowl game. Doesnt mean I cant support them by either watching on TV or on my phone while in the dome.

Am I supposed to stay home and watch both games on TV? Does that make me more of a "fan" as opposed to possibly watching the game on my phone while in the dome?

 

[gilardino]

Oh boy, I may start a battle here, but this is a basketball town. period. when you go out of the area wearing a syracuse shirt, first thing people mention are cuse hoops players, not cuse football players.

the pinstripe bowl will lose fans to the cuse/nova showdown. two top ten teams in dome.

it is what it is

 

[CanadianSU]

Really need a "dislike" button. So someone going to a game at home, that they may already have tickets and plans for, is somehow a lesser fan because they don't drop all that and spend all the extra money to go to NYC and support the exact same school in a different sport? Just horrendous reasoning.

If you already have tickets than go, but if you are considering its an obvious choice

 

[normaliswear]

If you already have tickets than go, but if you are considering its an obvious choice

To YOU... you've said you only care about football, and that's fine, it makes it an easy choice for you. But to question fans loyalty who happen to love and care about both programs is ridiculous. No matter how loyal to both programs a person is, you can only be at one place at a time. It doesn't mean we don't care about the other.

 

[4evaOrange]

Sounds like some people are upset at others personal preference, that's pretty weak.
Because they choose one sport over the other makes them less a fan??? There are a lot of factors that come into to play.
For me college basketball is first, college football is second. Everything else is a few steps lower. I can watch either sport.

 

[ImperialOrange]

Believe me i watched most of the bama auburn game and it was a classic. Not denying that. You can count on one hand how many of those games there are a year in college football.

There were at least 3 ending almost simultaneously this past week. Cuse wins with 6 seconds left, I put my phone away and watched uga beat tech in 2 ot's, then walk out into the crowded streets to hear auburn beat bama and watched the replay of the kick return through a store front window.

March madness is spectacular but this past weekend in college football was pretty magical in its own right.

 

[edowd26]

Because I'm not debating college football vs. college basketball. I'll take college basketball all day. I'm simply comparing a Syracuse bowl game vs. a random home basketball game in December.

Could be two top ten teams. Point being, I'd rather watch two lions compete for dominance than two alpacas. I don't care how "random" the game is.

 

[IthacaBarrel]

Sounds like some people are upset at others personal preference, that's pretty weak.
Because they choose one sport over the other makes them less a fan??? There are a lot of factors that come into to play.
For me college basketball is first, college football is second. Everything else is a few steps lower. I can watch either sport.

EXACTLY.

 

[normaliswear]

There are valid reasons to attend either. And if someone personally prefers one sport to another its an easy choice. But is it too friggin much to ask that cuse fans at the basketball game not question the judgement or loyalty of cuse fans at the football game or vice versa??? How about we all just agree to hope to win both and if you're lucky enough to go to either game, go and be LOUD. Some of us are stuck completely out of the area and have to watch both on TV and wish we could go to either.

 

[IHeartSUFball]

Oh boy, I may start a battle here, but this is a basketball town. period. when you go out of the area wearing a syracuse shirt, first thing people mention are cuse hoops players, not cuse football players. the pinstripe bowl will lose fans to the cuse/nova showdown. two top ten teams in dome. it is what it is

. Buddy Syracuse is a fair weather town If we had a perennial top 15 team in football and hoops was lesser be a football town. I went to hoops game when we weren't that strong. 2002 there was barely anyone in dome vs a bc team that we had to beat. Whoever wins is the town it is.

 

[Marsh01]

. Buddy Syracuse is a fair weather town If we had a perennial top 15 team in football and hoops was lesser be a football town. I went to hoops game when we weren't that strong. 2002 there was barely anyone in dome vs a bc team that we had to beat. Whoever wins is the town it is.

We also had 27,000 there for an NIT game...

 

[chakka3421]

This is such an easy decision and I'm not going to give my great bball seats to anyone either - Nova!

The Nova game is just another non conference meaningless basketball game...

 

[CuseOnly]

Bravo. The basketball fans clearly don't get it.

Not sure if this hasn't been said 1.7 trillion times in Conference Expansion but "Football Drives The Bus".

Anyone who would debate the popularity of college football vs. college basketball is insane. There is a reason that Football drove expansion and there is a reason that those TV contracts are $20 mil plus for the Big 5 conferences and the reason is not basketball.

 

[CuseOnly]

And no offense to you, but who is going to care that we won 3 pinstripe bowls in 4 years with a 4 year record of 28-23? Not many people outside of Syracuse. Sure, it's something nice to pitch to recruits, but other than them, who is getting that message? Is ESPN going to be running stories on it? I sure don't think so.

It is pretty nice to have something to pitch recruits especially when you are behind in recruiting. I think that is the most important thing along with the national exposure the Pinstripe Bowl brings to SU. Along with being one of the highest payouts for the minor bowls.

All are extremely important if Football wants to take another step forward.

 

[rrlbees]

Idk if you like both programs equally and your going to the basketball game instead of this bowl than you do not actually like both programs equally.[/QUOTE

BS. Stop with the crap that you think you know how people feel. And the football team wouldn't be abandoned.

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[CuseOnly]

I am not going to get into the whole hoops vs football argument but I will say, if it's pinstripe, I will be taking my son and watching the hoops game on DVR. I personally am rooting for Pinstripe, even if it is Rutgers.

I think for us to have a shot at the Pinstripe, Rutgers has to lose vs. USF and not be bowl eligible.

 

[RandygoCuse]

I remember way back (possibly 96) a school had a bowl game and basketball game the same weekend. Because the students were out of school anyway, the president of the school moved the basketball game to the same city where the bowl game was taking place. I know that's probably not possible in this case but I thought it was pretty cool.

 

[oldpinepoint]

This thread is dumb, go to the nova game or a hypothetical bowl game. Just goto the game that best fits your tine, budget, needs, etc. bottom line just support SU!!! Whether it's football, basketball or field hockey. That's all that matters.

 

[sabach]

I think for us to have a shot at the Pinstripe, Rutgers has to lose vs. USF and not be bowl eligible.

Not if ND goes to another bowl and we fill the Big 12's open slot against the AAC rep.

 

[edowd26]

Not sure if this hasn't been said 1.7 trillion times in Conference Expansion but "Football Drives The Bus".

Anyone who would debate the popularity of college football vs. college basketball is insane. There is a reason that Football drove expansion and there is a reason that those TV contracts are $20 mil plus for the Big 5 conferences and the reason is not basketball.

We (basketball fans) aren't naive. Everyone has their preference. No need to get your panties in a bunch about it