[JohnR34231]

[quote author=hayaka link=topic=18075.msg213639#msg213639 date=1511111542]
Crowd should be pretty juiced.

In more ways than one!

But this game will be a bit of a disappointment because it doesn't appear that either team will have much to play for other than a better bowl game. Makes me want Stanford to schedule OOCs so that we don't end the season with one. If ND won't play at our house earlier in the season then we should find another strong program to schedule when the current contract is up.
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Not saying this is necessarily a bad idea, but people have been making comments like this for years now and nothing changes, so it probably is beating a dead horse. ND likes to come to California this weekend (they do to U$C in alternate years) ostensibly because of recruiting, and we like playing them, probably because the game is a financial positive for us and also helps us in our national recruiting.

[JohnR34231]

[quote author=hayaka link=topic=18075.msg213639#msg213639 date=1511111542]
Crowd should be pretty juiced.

In more ways than one!

But this game will be a bit of a disappointment because it doesn't appear that either team will have much to play for other than a better bowl game. Makes me want Stanford to schedule OOCs so that we don't end the season with one. If ND won't play at our house earlier in the season then we should find another strong program to schedule when the current contract is up.
[/quote]

Not saying this is necessarily a bad idea, but people have been making comments like this for years now and nothing changes, so it probably is beating a dead horse. ND likes to come to California this weekend (they do to U$C in alternate years) ostensibly because of recruiting, and we like playing them, probably because the game is a financial positive for us and also helps us in our national recruiting.