11-08-2012, 05:05 PM
Stanford could be #1 in the BCS standings and Stanford would STILL have a problem with the crowd for Oregon State.
Oregon State is not a conference game of interest to the Stanford Football community. It has been that way for decades. Oregon State also does not travel well. The folks from Eugene would fill the empty seats in our stadium if they had one loss and were #11 in the BCS.
No need to blame Hogan, Shaw, Skov or the AD for this one. The reality is Stanford has a very small alumni base, and relatively few Stanford loyalists in the SF Bay Area. Unlike UCLA, UCB or UW most Stanford students never even considered applying to or attending Oregon State. Like WSU the OSU it is a throw away game to our ticket holders. That is bad news for recruiting and keeping the players motivated with a rocking atmosphere, but it is the reality. 9-0 Stanford would be sending out BOGO invites too, and then those that are inclined to criticize would blame Shaw or the AD.
If blame must be assigned, blame the admissions office for only accepting a few thousand students each year. If the admissions office accepted 20,000 or 30,000 students each year we would have a lot more people in the area that would at least like Stanford on Facebook.
In terms on next week with a Stanford win this weekend,
The best two contests next week would be Stanford vs. Oregon and the UCLA/USC match-up. Look at the schedule and it is not close. So I suspect, win or lose this week Eugene becomes the ESPN Gameday site because Stanford represents a possible Ducks upset alert opportunity in a week with very poor match-ups.
Oregon State is not a conference game of interest to the Stanford Football community. It has been that way for decades. Oregon State also does not travel well. The folks from Eugene would fill the empty seats in our stadium if they had one loss and were #11 in the BCS.
No need to blame Hogan, Shaw, Skov or the AD for this one. The reality is Stanford has a very small alumni base, and relatively few Stanford loyalists in the SF Bay Area. Unlike UCLA, UCB or UW most Stanford students never even considered applying to or attending Oregon State. Like WSU the OSU it is a throw away game to our ticket holders. That is bad news for recruiting and keeping the players motivated with a rocking atmosphere, but it is the reality. 9-0 Stanford would be sending out BOGO invites too, and then those that are inclined to criticize would blame Shaw or the AD.
If blame must be assigned, blame the admissions office for only accepting a few thousand students each year. If the admissions office accepted 20,000 or 30,000 students each year we would have a lot more people in the area that would at least like Stanford on Facebook.
In terms on next week with a Stanford win this weekend,
The best two contests next week would be Stanford vs. Oregon and the UCLA/USC match-up. Look at the schedule and it is not close. So I suspect, win or lose this week Eugene becomes the ESPN Gameday site because Stanford represents a possible Ducks upset alert opportunity in a week with very poor match-ups.