OrgTruckPat
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Yeah, none of what you are saying here surprises me at all. Local interest has been flatlined, save for the occasional 'event' game (NC St when we were 5-0, ND a few yrs ago). Too many casuals have just, checked out. They may go when a game becomes an event, make a nice fall day of it. But unless we get back to severa years in a row of 'good records' as perceived by casuals, our core base of STH is gonna be it. This years sched is, as we all know, not likely to help that cause. Which is why HRE's comment rings home to us.I have a friend who moved back to Syracuse (after moving away in the mid-90s) this spring. He bought Syracuse football tickets figuring he could take customers he has in the area to games, but is discovering there is not a huge amount of interest. An astounding number of people had no idea Syracuse had a good season last year - and we’re talking about people who live in the greater Syracuse area. Some of his neighbors are baffled why he’d waste money on Syracuse football tickets.
His perception is the area has radically changed from the 80s/90s - there was lots of Syracuse football talk in schools and around workplace water coolers 30-40 years ago. I think way too many fans here think a couple winning years will magically change everything, but the battle to increase the number of fans (specifically ticket-buying fans) is going to be a long and hard one.