The energy isn't killed because they moved to the baseline, the energy is killed because half of their seats are empty.

Students are just as fair-weather as everyone else. If they were sitting where they are now during Jimmer's senior year, they would still be filling it, still be camping out for days, etc. And it would still be very loud. When the team isn't so good, the fans stop coming. I wish the students were more die-hard than the general population of BYU fans, but they aren't.