[stupac2]

I don't know where this idea that Stanford grad students are a bunch of eggheads that don't watch football games came from. I lived in a mixed house (soph through grad students) and plenty of the house members went to games. They weren't any different from other house members. My classmates, who lived in grad only housing also went to games. I don't think my classmates who lived off campus or some of the foreign students did, but there's still a good number of grad students who follow Stanford football.

Well, for starters you're drastically misrepresenting what I said, which was "Presumably some grad students go, but I'd imagine the interest is much lower among them." That statement is perfectly consistent with your andecdotes.

But to answer your question anyway, I've always been given the impression that grad students are less engaged in general. Remember that your anecdotes don't really mean anything; of course some go, but obviously most don't, if they did they'd be the majority of the students section. I think that the brobdingnagian disparity in nationality (33% vs 7% foreign-born) matters a lot when you're talking about a sport with tiny international appeal, and is responsible for a large part of the general impression.


On a different topic, I don't want a game at the new Niners stadium. I think college games belong on college campuses. Maybe I'm crazy, though.

[stupac2]

I don't know where this idea that Stanford grad students are a bunch of eggheads that don't watch football games came from. I lived in a mixed house (soph through grad students) and plenty of the house members went to games. They weren't any different from other house members. My classmates, who lived in grad only housing also went to games. I don't think my classmates who lived off campus or some of the foreign students did, but there's still a good number of grad students who follow Stanford football.

Well, for starters you're drastically misrepresenting what I said, which was "Presumably some grad students go, but I'd imagine the interest is much lower among them." That statement is perfectly consistent with your andecdotes.

But to answer your question anyway, I've always been given the impression that grad students are less engaged in general. Remember that your anecdotes don't really mean anything; of course some go, but obviously most don't, if they did they'd be the majority of the students section. I think that the brobdingnagian disparity in nationality (33% vs 7% foreign-born) matters a lot when you're talking about a sport with tiny international appeal, and is responsible for a large part of the general impression.


On a different topic, I don't want a game at the new Niners stadium. I think college games belong on college campuses. Maybe I'm crazy, though.