The Most Well-Rounded Undergraduate Experiences

Pizzagirl
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:21:38 +0000

There is no comparison. Outside of the Harvard-Yale match, Ivy League football games have a hard time attracting more than 10k. Beyond friends and family, almost nobody cares and there is zero national consequences to these games. By contrast, weaker major conference programs like Stanford, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt attract 3-4x that and even Duke attracts 2-3x.



For the millionth time, Hawkette, “zero national consequence” has very little to do with whether the people observing in the stands are having fun.

Northwestern has been promoting itself as “Chicago’s Big Ten Sports Powerhouse,” presumably to fill their stadium more. If they attract more people than just the typical attendees of NU students and alumni who live nearby, it won’t be any more fun. It will just be more crowded. That’s all.