[OutsiderFan]

It's hard for me to be interested in going to a game in which I had absolutely no rooting interest.

But watching on TV is ok, because I can do other stuff and still keep an eye on what's going on.

I suspect I'm not alone.  Now if Stanford were in the game.....

Think of it like going to see a performance that is entertaining, not an activity that requires an interest in either combatant. And who knows, you might develop a rooting proclivity for one of the teams while in the environment. It might be you like one team’s band over the other, might prefer a uniform over the other, or maybe something else, like you liked one team’s fans better than the other’s.

[OutsiderFan]

It's hard for me to be interested in going to a game in which I had absolutely no rooting interest.

But watching on TV is ok, because I can do other stuff and still keep an eye on what's going on.

I suspect I'm not alone.  Now if Stanford were in the game.....

Think of it like going to see a performance that is entertaining, not an activity that requires an interest in either combatant. And who knows, you might develop a rooting proclivity for one of the teams while in the environment. It might be you like one team’s band over the other, might prefer a uniform over the other, or maybe something else, like you liked one team’s fans better than the other’s.