I Went to all the BB and FB games last year. First the fact that the student section is back is great. We had the student section in football right near the sidline and it made for a ton of false-start penatlies for road teams. In Basketball the students were behind one of the hoops and Notre Dame which usually makes 90 percent free throws missed like 12 in a row for the 33,199 game. In bb its imtimidating for opposite teams because its so big. Its one of the best football stadiums period! All the seats are actually very close to the field and the roof caps the sound so that 38,000 sounds like 60,000 and 50,000 sounds like 90,000. Stats don't lie. SU went undefeated 19-0 at home in bb in 2003. The football team went 4-1 in 2004 with the only loss coming to Florida State by one play. Even when the fb team went 4-8 in 2002 they beat Virginia Tech in the dome. Its great to have just 1 stadium for both sports because fans become familiar with the stadium and it doubles the number of memories. Last, the name, Carrier was the largest source of employment in Syracuse at one time, everyone, even my father at one point worked there, therfore linking the stadium to the community. It gives the stadium the unique, simple name that the nation can remember. and it even makes some sense because the dome is basically the same size as an aircraft carrier. CARRIER DOME # 1.