[82lsju]

While I understand leaving early because one has to get the kids home or work the next day, I have never understood why anyone would leave just because we have a big lead and the outcome is known (same with all sports). 

depends on how long the drive is home after the game and what obligations you have the next morning.  Given the folks I was with last night we would have left at the end of the 3rd quarter in any case.  I could have let the others take the car stayed and tried to convince someone else in our group to drive me home but that seemed a lot to ask since they all live north and I live south of the stadium.

two of the guests we took to the game had a 45 minute drive home after we got them back to our house so if we stayed to the end of the game they would have gotten home ~1am which is a lot to ask from friends who are not yet Stanford fans.  We could have let the seats go empty (they were from another person in our group who was out of town) but that didn't seem like a good option either. 

And we'll have at least three late games (UCF, UA, UCLA) of the seven home games this year.  I'm assuming the ND game will be 5pm as it has been I think every year at Stanford so that's hopefully one non-late game.  I'm hoping at least a few of the other home games (UW, UO and Big Game) are not at 7pm/7:30pm.

And even though it is not my reunion year I really wish they would set the reunion game times earlier than 13 or 6 days before the game and have the game not be a late game as that conflicts with other reunion activities.

[82lsju]

While I understand leaving early because one has to get the kids home or work the next day, I have never understood why anyone would leave just because we have a big lead and the outcome is known (same with all sports). 

depends on how long the drive is home after the game and what obligations you have the next morning.  Given the folks I was with last night we would have left at the end of the 3rd quarter in any case.  I could have let the others take the car stayed and tried to convince someone else in our group to drive me home but that seemed a lot to ask since they all live north and I live south of the stadium.

two of the guests we took to the game had a 45 minute drive home after we got them back to our house so if we stayed to the end of the game they would have gotten home ~1am which is a lot to ask from friends who are not yet Stanford fans.  We could have let the seats go empty (they were from another person in our group who was out of town) but that didn't seem like a good option either. 

And we'll have at least three late games (UCF, UA, UCLA) of the seven home games this year.  I'm assuming the ND game will be 5pm as it has been I think every year at Stanford so that's hopefully one non-late game.  I'm hoping at least a few of the other home games (UW, UO and Big Game) are not at 7pm/7:30pm.

And even though it is not my reunion year I really wish they would set the reunion game times earlier than 13 or 6 days before the game and have the game not be a late game as that conflicts with other reunion activities.