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[QUOTE="Orangepace, post: 2069993, member: 322"]
I'm sorry, but this couldn't be more wrong.  If SU can break through in 2 seasons and finish even in the 20's, the following season will see a significant rise in average attendance (assuming it's not a fluke).  The problem is the disconnect with the younger generation.  There have only been a few seasons which would have even hit their radar from an interest standpoint, the Marrone goes Bowling years.  Even during those years, the product on the field was boring (sans the lone 2012 season).

The diehards will keep doing what they're doing.  A Top 25 season would bring the bandwagoners back into the fold.  Right now, they don't really exist from a gameday attendance standpoint.  These transformations happen pretty quickly.

The real issue is the unknown at this point.. If Babers can turn Syracuse into a Top 25 program, does he stick around to push this team to higher levels (rhetorical question)?!  Unfortunately, we won't know until the time comes.

The fanbase that's needed to support the team through the next generation doesn't exist.  They have to be given a reason to congregate.  Historically speaking though, once there is some level of stability within the program and some element of sustained success, the bandwagoners start coming out in troves.
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