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I do have to admit, not to be a downer (which I know this is going to sound like), but if we only have 31K in the stands, I can see this deflating our guys a touch. We'll see because nobody really knows how many tickets have been sold or not. But mostly empty second deck seating can't be anything but deflating to our guys who have worked SO hard this offseason.
Seriously, if the fans that show up are loud enough, the players won't notice or care at all about a few empty sections. They'll feed off the noise.
Remember in '06 when less than half the stadium bailed in the 4th qtr when Pitt went up by 2 TD. We all know how that game ended with DJ's keeper. And the fans that stayed screamed their heads off and saw an epic win. Couldn't have happened without the team feeding off the crowd's energy.