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[QUOTE="bballbeadle, post: 1192152, member: 548"]
Pearl, your question is interesting but probably too broad to answer concisely. There are so many layers of "fans." There are the fans on this board who are clearly insane. Then there are the season ticket holders. Then there are people who love SU hoops and will arrange their viewing schedules around it but can't get to the games in person. Then there is the more casual fan who likes to jump on and off the bandwagon.

So, then the "simple" question of how are the basketball fans influenced by the football team's fate becomes so contextualized that it makes my head ache. Speaking as an individual, when the football team is struggling it makes me feel bad. My heart goes out to the kids and coaches and their parents and families and girlfriends and everyone. Then I have to tell myself to get a grip. Then I begin to inevitably yearn for basketball, but my love for the team is a constant, like the sun (I say modestly). My intellectual expectations for them are based upon the level of talent we have each year and has nothing to do with the football team's success or failure.

I feel that my attempts to address your question have been quite muddled, and I will now retire to watch "Modern Family."
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