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[QUOTE="Lrschill24, post: 1311039, member: 4"]
It's also the difference in the size of the student section. If Syracuse had a student section the size of Duke's at 1200 then you would see a much different experience  but when your student section is 2x to 3x in size then yes you are going to have more students who are there for the experience than being die-hard followers.

That said saying the students aren't real fans because they don't know who played two years ago is a bit much considering that most students become fans at the time of admission and before that if not from this area it's a passing interest for the most part. I can speak from personal experience there is a difference rooting for Syracuse against Georgetown as a high school junior in NJ versus as a senior once I had my acceptance letter. But before the local fanbase in throws stones from their glass houses, there have been plenty of examples of the local fan base being just as fair weathered in their support of Syracuse for both basketball and football. The student body is the easy target for this message board to vent on when it comes to attendance but it's not like there is a massive waiting list of people looking for season tickets from the local fanbase. To me the local fanbase has always treated Syracuse more like a professional sports team than the local collegiate team that is supported throughout good and bad times
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