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I too attended the game last night. I took advantage of going to the game solo to check out the tailgates beforehand and watch the game from all over the stadium.

Some in-person observations:

• even an empty Stanford Stadium is a great place to watch a game.  Not a bad seat in the house.
  
• I'd generously estimate 10,000 butts in seats.  You could hear the players calling out signals.  Without the parent section (mostly full), student section (half full), and a handful of NC State fans, the crowd would have been silent.
  
• sitting behind both team benches, the body language of Stanford was better from the start of the game.  I was tempted to log on to Kalshi to place a bet just based on that.  I'm sure time zones had a lot to do with it but it looked like the Stanford players just wanted it more.
  
• without the benefit of replays I couldn't tell whether the dropped passes were more due to the QB or the receivers. My big takeaway was that I wanted to issue the receivers big Mickey Mouse gloves covered in stickum.
  
• with the lack of fans, stadium concessions have been severely cut back.  Aside from the standard fare (hot dogs, tenders, fries, nachos) they now just offer pizza, Chik-Fil-A, and an Italian ice/frozen custard/gelato stand. It's a far cry from the creative stuff we had when the stadium opened.
  
• I'm not an IPA fan so I haven't had a Laughing Monk "Brother Luck's Brew" yet. I may need to buy one just for the artwork: https://www.instagram.com/p/DczmcuRiV9L/
  

Last, if anyone has a connection to the cheerleaders:  the students don't jump to "All Right Now" any more.  My freshman tells me it's because they don't know when to do it.  Let's get that fixed for Big Game!

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I too attended the game last night. I took advantage of going to the game solo to check out the tailgates beforehand and watch the game from all over the stadium.

Some in-person observations:

• even an empty Stanford Stadium is a great place to watch a game.  Not a bad seat in the house.
  
• I'd generously estimate 10,000 butts in seats.  You could hear the players calling out signals.  Without the parent section (mostly full), student section (half full), and a handful of NC State fans, the crowd would have been silent.
  
• sitting behind both team benches, the body language of Stanford was better from the start of the game.  I was tempted to log on to Kalshi to place a bet just based on that.  I'm sure time zones had a lot to do with it but it looked like the Stanford players just wanted it more.
  
• without the benefit of replays I couldn't tell whether the dropped passes were more due to the QB or the receivers. My big takeaway was that I wanted to issue the receivers big Mickey Mouse gloves covered in stickum.
  
• with the lack of fans, stadium concessions have been severely cut back.  Aside from the standard fare (hot dogs, tenders, fries, nachos) they now just offer pizza, Chik-Fil-A, and an Italian ice/frozen custard/gelato stand. It's a far cry from the creative stuff we had when the stadium opened.
  
• I'm not an IPA fan so I haven't had a Laughing Monk "Brother Luck's Brew" yet. I may need to buy one just for the artwork: https://www.instagram.com/p/DczmcuRiV9L/
  

Last, if anyone has a connection to the cheerleaders:  the students don't jump to "All Right Now" any more.  My freshman tells me it's because they don't know when to do it.  Let's get that fixed for Big Game!