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Message: [QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 1133199, member: 2585"] Of all the horrible reoccurring circular conversations this is only second to the uni conversation. It's simple: [B]1. Stop obsessing over what everyone else is doing.[/B] You get excited and bring other people who are excited. Point them to a tailgate. Make them feel welcome. 30,ooo is not as good as 45,000. True. But just worry about being there and being amped. [B]2. Avoid thrusting the past 15 years of horrible attendance and relatively poor/mediocre play up in every conversation. [/B]This might be hard. My inner CNYer feels bred to complain about snow, people who complain about snow, and anything to do with sucking at football. The more we talk about it or feed the idea that we're stuck in a endless rut of poor attendance (we are - I'm not living in a orange cloud) - the more it becomes a meme that non-football junkies bring up in conversation. [I]Defend your team, be optimistic (even when you might not be), and invite them to the game. Pay for their ticket. [/I]But for the love of Ernie Davis stop feeding the "we have a sucky fan base meme"... [B]3. WIN, BABY. [/B]The thing that will break the spell will be winning. Not just a few wins, but consistent winning. I believe we have a coach who locals and alumni and out-of-towners in winnebegos (hey bees!) that is worthy of support. But most casual fans don't know him like we do, or at all. If he wins, he will get attention - and when the spotlight is brighter I have to think he'll "be goddamn ready to kick some ass" and make the casual fan a fan of the coach and style of play, etc. In college sports you need a hook. Players are good - but they leave. Coaches tend to stay longer. And it's a bonus if they have awesome soundbites and a style of play that is really fun to watch (on D at least). [I]But all of that is moot if we lose or have poor showings at home (Clemson last season). We need wins.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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