NEW YORK — Kenny Bowen waited for the clock to hit 11 a.m. As the seconds neared before the doors opened, Bowen peaked his head out of the East End Bar and Grill’s window and saw something he wasn’t accustomed to in November — a line wrapped around the building.
Bowen, in shock, smiled at the surprising amount of people who’d come out to the Syracuse University alumni bar on 87th St. and 1st Ave. in New York City before then-No. 12 Syracuse’s 2:30 p.m. matchup with No. 3 Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium.
For Bowen and his SU alumni bar, having buildup around a football pregame used to be a rarity But on Saturday, the hype was there.