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Message: [QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 1133781, member: 43"] Its not that Syracuse football fans are in the minority its that the overall fan base has/had eroded to a point that there really isnt this 15K plus amount of causal fans who are the fence every week deciding if they want to go to the game. The biggest misconception is that there is this large chunk of fans who every week decide to go apple picking or wine tasting or to Italian fest or whatever the hell is happening versus attending a Syracuse game. The truth is 90% of those people aren't even cognizant that Syracuse is A. Playing and B. Even if they hear about a game have the remote thought about attending. I can't tell you the amount of people that I know who give absolutely zero thought to attending a Syracuse football game and thats all age groups and income. There isnt a bunch of people who are "raking leaves" ( by the way the poster who mentioned this years ago was joking why some people, not you Ando, continue to take this seriously is beyond me) the thought of attending a game simply doesn't cross there mind. I can't tell you how many times people in my office have asked me what plans I have that weekend or If I went to the game and when I ask them if they went or planned on going to the dome they give me a look like "huh"? They simply don't even consider it. A majority of the people dont even know that Syracuse has a tailgate scene less how to become part of one. The reason they dont want to hang out with friends and tailgate before a game and have some fun is that 90% of them don't even know there's a game less friends that tailgate. Syracuse football is at a point where its not even a blimp on most casual fans radars for weekend plans or activities, the people on this board even the locals are a very small majority. For those who keep wondering why attendance isn't better and asking what more people need to go to the games your barking up the wrong tree by asking it here. Take yourself to Beak and Skiff or one of the festivals this weekend and ask those people why they aren't at the game, the looks you will get will be priceless. [/QUOTE]

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