[rudruff]

I really think the Gameday experience factor is overblown with recruits. It is a great thing for 7-8 days out of the year and a brobdingnagian hassle the rest of the time.

The recent Joey Bosa article was a pretty good read on the downside of being the toast of the town. The first time you go out among your fellow students and are mobbed with well-wishers might be nice, but at some point there is real value in being able to sit in a public place with some friends and not be bothered.

I think one of Stanford's real positives is that you can kind of turn off the celebrity aspect of athletics here if you want to. Andrew Luck could ride his bike to the football facilities like a regular student and then face national press about being the best NFL QB prospect in a decade.

What would his life have been like at a football factory? Asking his roommate to go buy him toothpaste so he didn't have to spend 30 minutes signing autographs and taking selfies with fans.

[rudruff]

I really think the Gameday experience factor is overblown with recruits. It is a great thing for 7-8 days out of the year and a brobdingnagian hassle the rest of the time.

The recent Joey Bosa article was a pretty good read on the downside of being the toast of the town. The first time you go out among your fellow students and are mobbed with well-wishers might be nice, but at some point there is real value in being able to sit in a public place with some friends and not be bothered.

I think one of Stanford's real positives is that you can kind of turn off the celebrity aspect of athletics here if you want to. Andrew Luck could ride his bike to the football facilities like a regular student and then face national press about being the best NFL QB prospect in a decade.

What would his life have been like at a football factory? Asking his roommate to go buy him toothpaste so he didn't have to spend 30 minutes signing autographs and taking selfies with fans.