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Message: [QUOTE="Halo, post: 972583, member: 4316"] Grew up in Oswego County and lived there for the better part of 20 years. Didn't grow up a college sports fan. In my awkward childhood logic, I thought of college sports as a generic version of pro sports. The Georgia Bulldog logo in particular made me think of it as a rip off to Green Bay's logo, not to mention all of the Eastern Middle Tennessee Technical blah, blah, blah's of the world. Hey, I was a kid. Brand name mindset is real and I definitely fell victim to it as a kid. My first introduction to sports was the Dallas Cowboys giving a beat down to the Bills in the Superbowl, so naturally I became a Cowboys fan. Became obsessed with them as all kids probably were to at least one team. Had to have everything Dallas Cowboys, from bed sheets, miniature helmets, to the trash can with a field goal post and backboard. I'm not proud of this, but I literally spent $50 trying to win a Cowboys football from a skill crane machine. Lets just say it became personal between me and the machine, and I won. My Syracuse fandom started during my senior year in high school which was the National championship season for 'Cuse. I was at my high schools basketball game and overheard a conversation about Syracuse beating Pitt. I went to a couple games both football and basketball as a kid, but knew jack sh$t about Syracuse sports. They were saying how Pitt was going to be the #1 team in the country if they had won and that immediately got my attention. At the time, I had no clue that the program was that good to be competing on a national level. I watched the next game, then the game after that, and started getting hooked. I didn't know much about basketball back then but was thinking this Carmelo guy is pretty good. Along with Warrick and McNamara, the team was easy to become attached to for a newbie. Before the tournament, I remember being ridiculed for picking 'Cuse to win it all. It really goes to show you how many people talk out of their ass. The final four was an interesting time. The ice storm that hit knocked out the power so we had to bust out the rabbit ears and buy a generator. It was surreal to see the team win the championship my first year watching the team. I'm spoiled. I can only imagine what it must have been like for the old timers here, having to wait 30 plus years to finally see it. After that I became a nut like everyone else here. I've been following the board since the move from the Scout website. Would have followed it sooner if I knew it existed which is strange because I've been following recruiting on the Scout website since 2004. I'm an aspiring artist and musician. I'm an oil painter on the artistic side and a guitarist, singer-songwriter, and drummer on the musical side. I also love golf. I'M COMING FOR YOU POST STANDARD AMATEUR!!!! [ATTACH=full]8718[/ATTACH] This is an example of my art. [/QUOTE]

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