[FarmBoy]

Yeaaah in this case the contrast is so stark that the eye ball test will suffice.

For a Stanford insider, absolutely. But I'm not sure Muir was attending a lot of Stanford games in the early 2000's to have first hand experience with the true fan interest potential of the program. If he wasn't there, he might look at attendance figures, and based on the juiced public numbers from the the AD, it may not look so bad (although even those numbers probably show a significant drop.)

Someone should put together a compilation of Stanford games from the early 2000's that show the sixth man camping out for seats, fans on their feet, packed Maples, etc. In fact, just this clip should be instructive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP-NlPIVBsw

[FarmBoy]

Yeaaah in this case the contrast is so stark that the eye ball test will suffice.

For a Stanford insider, absolutely. But I'm not sure Muir was attending a lot of Stanford games in the early 2000's to have first hand experience with the true fan interest potential of the program. If he wasn't there, he might look at attendance figures, and based on the juiced public numbers from the the AD, it may not look so bad (although even those numbers probably show a significant drop.)

Someone should put together a compilation of Stanford games from the early 2000's that show the sixth man camping out for seats, fans on their feet, packed Maples, etc. In fact, just this clip should be instructive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP-NlPIVBsw