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Set Shaw aside for a second. If possible.  Stanford hasn’t had much of a fan base for decades.  I mean most of the time when building a new stadium you don’t slice it in half.

I started going to games in about. ‘66. Everything was different.  No TV. Every game started at 1 (or was it 12:30). There were not a ton youth sports leagues that played Saturdays. - especially soccer.  Going to the game was a thing to do 
For me and my friends.  

Now, you have no idea when the game is played - and often it’s at a crappy time.  It’s on TV. Kids are playing games, not watching them. And I suspect the student body interest is significantly lower. 

Not a great recipe.  When they  win, they draw decently.  When they don’t…….

I agree with all of that.  Of course, I now live in Palo Alto so I can be nostalgic for the good old days when games were held on Saturday afternoons at predictable times.  When I lived in other parts of the country I longed for games to be televised--at any time, just so I could watch.  But yes, the game of football before cable television was a different entity than after, and I don't like the new version as much.

[81alum]

Set Shaw aside for a second. If possible.  Stanford hasn’t had much of a fan base for decades.  I mean most of the time when building a new stadium you don’t slice it in half.

I started going to games in about. ‘66. Everything was different.  No TV. Every game started at 1 (or was it 12:30). There were not a ton youth sports leagues that played Saturdays. - especially soccer.  Going to the game was a thing to do 
For me and my friends.  

Now, you have no idea when the game is played - and often it’s at a crappy time.  It’s on TV. Kids are playing games, not watching them. And I suspect the student body interest is significantly lower. 

Not a great recipe.  When they  win, they draw decently.  When they don’t…….

I agree with all of that.  Of course, I now live in Palo Alto so I can be nostalgic for the good old days when games were held on Saturday afternoons at predictable times.  When I lived in other parts of the country I longed for games to be televised--at any time, just so I could watch.  But yes, the game of football before cable television was a different entity than after, and I don't like the new version as much.