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There are seats (sometimes lots of seats)  available in the stadium for practically every game...the exceptions being when a team with a real fan base plays at Stanford.  This is not new. I studied (well, sometimes) at Stanford when Plunkett and company were tearing it up in the original stadium.  lots of empty seats then, too.

True, but lots of empty seats in a 90,000 seat stadium is a bit different than lots of empty seats in our current stadium,
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I note in passing that I sat in Northwestern's stadium while Stanford stumbled around on the field.  A great moment for them and the NW fans sitting next to us said it was one of the biggest crowds they'd seen. Still, not near full.  I guess Northwestern vs. Univ. of Illinois must be a real barn-burner.

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[quote author=Redrum link=topic=17204.msg197604#msg197604 date=1503504709]
There are seats (sometimes lots of seats)  available in the stadium for practically every game...the exceptions being when a team with a real fan base plays at Stanford.  This is not new. I studied (well, sometimes) at Stanford when Plunkett and company were tearing it up in the original stadium.  lots of empty seats then, too.

True, but lots of empty seats in a 90,000 seat stadium is a bit different than lots of empty seats in our current stadium,
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I note in passing that I sat in Northwestern's stadium while Stanford stumbled around on the field.  A great moment for them and the NW fans sitting next to us said it was one of the biggest crowds they'd seen. Still, not near full.  I guess Northwestern vs. Univ. of Illinois must be a real barn-burner.