[Farm93]

Stanford fan sections extended from goal post on the North Side all the way through to past the goal posts on the South Side.  There was a corporate patch in the Southwest corner and a Wisconsin path on the Northwest corner.

The corporate patch was probably more Stanford than Wisconsin, but collectively they were not as passionate about the events on the field.  Stanford types 55-60%, corporate sponsor types 20-25%, Wisconsin types 20%.

The audio during my replay felt more like 40% Stanford, 60 Wisconsin.  Call it 50-50 maybe.

A few too many Stanford types really grew up in the old stadium, and have limited experience in the new stadium.  The older venue taught many in that group (my peers included) that cheering and making noise is a waste of time.  I do think the new stadium is changing that, and I was able to see that culture shift take place in the stands during the game.  Old stadium, coming to the Rose Bowl "event" as spectator types wanted everyone to sit and relax and did little noise making even during critical plays.  New stadium types were more ready to make noise and support the team at every moment.

FWIW - You could identify current season ticket holders in the fourth quarter.  Those that had seen THIS Stanford team saw the 20-14 lead as an almost insurmountable lead especially since Wisconsin would need to drive and finish with a TD in front of the Stanford player parents (wasn't going to happen).  Those that had less experience with Stanford 2012 and more experience with Stanford 1975-2009 were really concerned when the team failed to get that 4th quarter TD. 

In any event, with Coach Shaw, the new stadium and a growing force of students that never knew the pre-2009 Stanford ways, I am now eagerly awaiting for the day that Stanford packs 60% of a bowl game's stands and sounds like 80 or 90% of the audience on TV.

[Farm93]

Stanford fan sections extended from goal post on the North Side all the way through to past the goal posts on the South Side.  There was a corporate patch in the Southwest corner and a Wisconsin path on the Northwest corner.

The corporate patch was probably more Stanford than Wisconsin, but collectively they were not as passionate about the events on the field.  Stanford types 55-60%, corporate sponsor types 20-25%, Wisconsin types 20%.

The audio during my replay felt more like 40% Stanford, 60 Wisconsin.  Call it 50-50 maybe.

A few too many Stanford types really grew up in the old stadium, and have limited experience in the new stadium.  The older venue taught many in that group (my peers included) that cheering and making noise is a waste of time.  I do think the new stadium is changing that, and I was able to see that culture shift take place in the stands during the game.  Old stadium, coming to the Rose Bowl "event" as spectator types wanted everyone to sit and relax and did little noise making even during critical plays.  New stadium types were more ready to make noise and support the team at every moment.

FWIW - You could identify current season ticket holders in the fourth quarter.  Those that had seen THIS Stanford team saw the 20-14 lead as an almost insurmountable lead especially since Wisconsin would need to drive and finish with a TD in front of the Stanford player parents (wasn't going to happen).  Those that had less experience with Stanford 2012 and more experience with Stanford 1975-2009 were really concerned when the team failed to get that 4th quarter TD. 

In any event, with Coach Shaw, the new stadium and a growing force of students that never knew the pre-2009 Stanford ways, I am now eagerly awaiting for the day that Stanford packs 60% of a bowl game's stands and sounds like 80 or 90% of the audience on TV.