[yvonne]

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Some Stanford people need a game with national title implications to declare football means something.  And then they need instructions on how to support their team because they have never done it before. 

A lot of us here on the cardboard have vehemently supported the team in good times and bad.  I came to the cardboard in the heart of the T.eevens suckitude looking for solace with a group of people who were hurting as bad as I was.  But to say that's the attitude of most Stanford students and alums would be a mistake.  I would agree that some, if not a lot of Stanford people need a game with national title implications to declare football means something. 

Sure, the football fan in me wishes that we had the volume of rabid fans seen at Alabama or even Oregon.  But I don't think that will ever be the case.  Instead I actually take comfort in the fact that a large number of the Stanford community seems to be relatively clueless as to the goings-on of the football team.  I will be enormously bummed out if Stanford loses to Oregon.  I would venture to guess that a lot of the people on the board will be too.  But for the first time in a long time, Stanford football is legitimately in the middle of national dialogue, and as such a larger percentage of the community has taken notice.  I have no problem with the fact that this means they might need some help in how to support the team.  If other schools want to make fun of us for needing a facebook page to rally the troops, then I'm ok with that.
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I agree, George. Successful teams have bandwagons. Period.

[yvonne]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=4845.msg34699#msg34699 date=1320695043]
Some Stanford people need a game with national title implications to declare football means something.  And then they need instructions on how to support their team because they have never done it before. 

A lot of us here on the cardboard have vehemently supported the team in good times and bad.  I came to the cardboard in the heart of the T.eevens suckitude looking for solace with a group of people who were hurting as bad as I was.  But to say that's the attitude of most Stanford students and alums would be a mistake.  I would agree that some, if not a lot of Stanford people need a game with national title implications to declare football means something. 

Sure, the football fan in me wishes that we had the volume of rabid fans seen at Alabama or even Oregon.  But I don't think that will ever be the case.  Instead I actually take comfort in the fact that a large number of the Stanford community seems to be relatively clueless as to the goings-on of the football team.  I will be enormously bummed out if Stanford loses to Oregon.  I would venture to guess that a lot of the people on the board will be too.  But for the first time in a long time, Stanford football is legitimately in the middle of national dialogue, and as such a larger percentage of the community has taken notice.  I have no problem with the fact that this means they might need some help in how to support the team.  If other schools want to make fun of us for needing a facebook page to rally the troops, then I'm ok with that.
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I agree, George. Successful teams have bandwagons. Period.