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[QUOTE="Lawrinson14, post: 754366, member: 1365"]
As a relatively recent grad (class of 2011) that lives in NYC and knows a bunch of SU alumni in the city...the reason is pretty simple.

Syracuse football is still perceived as a joke.

I know you guys on this board hate hearing that, but it's the reality of the situation. Very very few are willing to give up their Saturday to drive 8 hours round trip, or 4 hrs +  the price of a hotel to watch the product that is put on the field. By product I mean there is more to it than the watching the actual game. The game day atmosphere is pretty bad at Syracuse compared to Penn St and even Rutgers. I mean, it's almost non-existent.

Also, to many younger alumni who never got to experience the Dome at full capacity/decibel level, it is perceived as a dumpy place to watch a football game. "On a beautiful fall day, who really wants to be indoors to watch a game?" I have heard this excuse multiple times when trying to get a carpool up to the dome.

I guess it all comes down to this...I know you guys on this board are diehard fans that plan your weekends around Syracuse football games, but most of the casual fans I know/have encountered do not see Syracuse Football as a terribly exciting way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

As my friend put it, "For us recent grads who were in school during the GROB era and the start of the Marrone era, going to the dome to watch Syracuse football was like going to a nice restaurant and finding a hair in your meal. Even though the place WAS great, that experience will turn you off from ever going there again."
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