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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1081511, member: 837"]
I haven't gone through this whole thread -- and I would certainly suggest tat it would be hard to argue that the SU fan base (for football) is particularly great. Attendance is always an issue and the atmosphere in the dome is often dull.

But I'll defend CNY fans like this: It's really hard -- especially if you're working 40+ hours inside each week and have kids -- to get fired up about going up to the hill for a football game on one of the last great weather weekends you'll have in the next six months. Sit inside in a stuffy dome for 4 hours watching a team with little chance of doing anything noteworthy or do an outdoor activity in October before you're locked in your house for the next six months?

Believe me, I'm not trying to start a huge debate on the dome or the quality of fans or any of that. I"m simply stating that the Fall is beautiful in CNY and the team -- the struggles of the past decade or so aside -- is facing an uphill climb every year given the power structure of the sport and economics of all of it.

I don't think it's a shock that hoops can get 20K to the dome for Colgate when it's 38 and sleeting in December but the football team struggles to hit 40K for really good opponents on nice days in the fall. Just my two cents.
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