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[QUOTE="nzm136, post: 2768327, member: 2531"]
My theory is that NYC alums aren’t dealing w/ logistics of a Friday night game, knowing that the team will be 8-2 in NYC playing ND next weekend.

Out of town alums can’t go because they’ve already allocated vacation, and they can’t change that on a dime to fly into SU. And no sane person would have picked this game to come to before the season, given the Friday night time and how the last 2 seasons went (and how much better UL was supposed to be).

Locals should be at the game, but the program has spent 20 years burning them, so getting them to trust the program again will take time.

Students should show up, but we don’t have 50k students, and very few of these kids signed up to go to SU because of the football team. The same will not be true of next year’s freshman class.

My guess is that’s why attendance is a battle.

The good news, though, is that it will self correct. Being good = fewer Friday night games next year (which will help alumni attendance), being good = more local trust and more self-selection by students. Also, the ND thing is a one off event.
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