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Message: [QUOTE="Albeck43, post: 895656, member: 653"] I always enjoy Tom's post game reviews, they are always accurate descriptions of what happened. Today was no exception. I also like his post game notes because he pays attention to ambiance (the crowd's tone, the performance of the national anthems, the presence of the bands, student turnouts, etc.) Today we saw members of the armed forces honored (the 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum) and the crowd, per usual was very warm towards them (as Tom said, this is a very patriotic area). He also mentioned that around 20 Air Force recruits were sworn in at center court before the Anthem. While there has been an increasing presence of military culture at SU sporting events over the past decade, I thought this Air Force ceremony was over the top. We were being asked to honor these young people because they were signing up to serve in the U.S. Air Force. Advertising takes lots of forms these days (and the Dome atmosphere is saturated with advertising, blatent, obnoxious and sneaky), but if the Air Force didn't pay a ton of money to showcase this recruiting yield, they should have. 30,000 were actually listening in to the oath of service like it was a prayer or an analogy to the commitment our boys were making before going into battle with Pitt. I hope this doesn't become a regular pre-game ritual, but money talks and the Air Force already has quite a presence SU's campus. It is hard to get your money's worth in advertising these days. Product placement depends on a receptive context. When people are expecting the national anthem before a basketball game, it is a great spot for a military recruiting pitch--and as Tom says, CNY is a very patriotic area. [/QUOTE]

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