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[QUOTE="pattycuse, post: 4088416, member: 256"]
Some great stories here. I will share mine…

Father was an SU grad and worked there for 25 years. Our family obsessed over SU sports- season tickets in football and basketball, and growing up in the 80s/90s in Syracuse was an unbelievable time to be a fan. I was an Olympic athlete and wanted to compete in college so I went the D3 route as I wasn’t quite fast enough to go D1.

After college I moved back to Syracuse and started working. But when it was time to get a masters degree it was an easy choice- SU was local and my “first love”, had a great program and I could attend part time while I worked. Four years later and suddenly I was  an alumnus.

Interestingly, of all my friends who are diehard Syracuse fans, including people who support programs financially and travel constantly for road games- I am the only one who actually attended the university.  But these guys are obsessed with SU sports…whereas I know people who went to SU undergrad who are barely affiliated with the university (no one on this board obviously!)

So what does this mean? No idea. We all have different paths. I just fervently hope that we somehow regain some semblance of our past glory, the Dome is full once again with alumni and townies alike and we spend most of our time arguing which bowl we want, versus whether we will actually qualify…

LGO
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