Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 12375, member: 668"] [I][/I] This is not really accurate. Georgia fans actually started to leave after Clowney (stud freshman #1 recruit in nation last year) got to the Georgia qb where Ingram snatched up the ball and ran it in from 5 yards & an easy 6 with 3 minutes left. That made the game 45-35 (a 2 score game) & when the Bulldog fans actually started leaving. Every town is not a bandwagon town...I'm not sure if any of the SEC towns are...well maybe Vanderbilt, but it's Nashville where it's all about music not football. :) Even the lessor SEC teams, like Ole Miss & Miss. St. pack their stadiums. And, these towns, Oxford & Starksville respectively, are by no means metropolises...check out their census bureau...small like many other SEC towns...much smaller than the Syracuse/metropolitan areas. Also, other (non-SEC schools) have much lower populations than Syracuse, but still pack in their stadiums. Look at Clemson...VPI in Blacksburg...Blacksburg is basically the size of Rome, NY for christ sake & practically in Timbuktu. They come from across their respective states. Syracuse does a very poor job in getting areas an hour or so away ([I]as 690 eludes to above[/I]) in getting these folks to feel that they're a a part of SU's interest/fanbase or extended community if you will. Gross is doing his part in trying to capture this market with his Syracuse is NY's team slogan, etc., but the university really needs to buy into it more. Syracuse is the only player in the entire state of NY that plays major (BCS Conference) football. As disappointing as it is to admit...Syracuse clearly is a fair-weathered/bandwagon town. And this argument of there are so many other things to do in Syracuse on gamedays is a lame excuse imo. Make it [U]thee[/U] thing to do...putting those infamous Buzz quotes of "getting a life" to...[I]a better life with the Orange in your world[/I]... :) [/QUOTE]

Verification: What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?