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Message: [QUOTE="NKR1978, post: 146086, member: 186"] As someone who grew up in CT and has family members who are uconn fans I sympathize. Sadly, my Syracuse fandom isn't as pure as yours. Born in 78, I came of age just in time for the Dream Season and the height of Huskymania in Connecticut. As someone who loves the state, those teams and years brought a lot of pride, and uconn fans should be ashamed of themselves for their failure to fill up their gyms. I remember running up to my room as a 12 year old with 1 second left and not watching as my mother screamed so loud I thought my father was beating her when Tate George hit the shot. And I remember 1999 like it was yesterday.I listened to uconn's first final four game on the radio on a ride from Hilton Head back to upstate after my college tennis team's spring break trip. And I remember jumping into a friend's arms in my fraternity house when uconn beat duke. Going to SU for law school and my first game at the Dome sitting in the student section against uconn, not knowing who I would cheer for, my new school or the team I grew up with. Without even thinking, I chose Syracuse. That friend now looks at me as a traitor. I now have to deal with family who are nominal uconn fans asking me how they look and basically fishing for compliments. Now I smile when I remember watching 81-78 at a friend's house right by the Dome. Walking to Marshall St. in that snow storm and slapping the hands of strangers walking and driving by us. I was wearing this relatively light jacket unbuttoned and a Syracuse tshirt. In a driving storm. And I was perfectly warm because people from outside of CNY who complain about a foot of snow on April 7 in Syracuse and actually turn it into a negative are pu$$ies and I have no use for them. My favorite SU memories that I was in attendance for: Pitt and Notre Dame at the Dome in 2003. Energized crowds and fantastic endings. 6OT - my first BET game ever. Had a painful hangover by the 3rd overtime. Doug Marrone's first win. Pinstripe Bowl. Aside from the Championship, the 2006 BET was amazing. I snuck the end of the UConn win in my office and had to restrain myself from screaming when Gerry sent it to overtime. The 2009 team is a team I look back at with a lot of love. They made us relevant again and were a fun team to watch. But other than the 01-02 team, I liked or loved them all. For those of us who are jealous of UConn, don't be. As someone who has been there, being one of their fans isn't that great. Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]

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