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Anyone wringing their hands over our attendance need only take a glance at this morning's Chronicle. There are SIXTEEN stories in the online sports section....ZERO of which discuss college football, not Stanford, not Kal nor SJSU. I don't think it's just our offense keeping folks away.

I sometimes wonder how much longer we'll have college football in the Bay Area. I know that the youth leagues have been hit hard, for instance, but I wonder if your point about college football attendance is part of the same discussion. To a certain extent, this is a national discussion (and phenomenon), but the Bay Area seems especially predisposed to feel ambivalent about this sport. I have an old friend long connected with the Stanford medical school, who thinks the program's days are numbered, and that Stanford University will lead the charge at some point down the road. I wonder. [I have read and re-read my post and think it's free of any and all Freudian slips, Cowboy.]

I attended my first Stanford game in the early 80’s.  We sat wherever we wanted.  And that was against USC. It’s Bay Area sports and it’s always been the same. Attendance will come and go with every single sports team.

Same, but this feels different. Maybe I'm just getting older and my perspective has shifted. But I'd also say that the game, and spectating it, is not as carefree as it used to be. I feel there's a burden to being a football fan today that never entered the equation previously. And my sense is that the Bay Area feels this more acutely than other pockets of the country.

[AlbanyCardinal]

Anyone wringing their hands over our attendance need only take a glance at this morning's Chronicle. There are SIXTEEN stories in the online sports section....ZERO of which discuss college football, not Stanford, not Kal nor SJSU. I don't think it's just our offense keeping folks away.

I sometimes wonder how much longer we'll have college football in the Bay Area. I know that the youth leagues have been hit hard, for instance, but I wonder if your point about college football attendance is part of the same discussion. To a certain extent, this is a national discussion (and phenomenon), but the Bay Area seems especially predisposed to feel ambivalent about this sport. I have an old friend long connected with the Stanford medical school, who thinks the program's days are numbered, and that Stanford University will lead the charge at some point down the road. I wonder. [I have read and re-read my post and think it's free of any and all Freudian slips, Cowboy.]

I attended my first Stanford game in the early 80’s.  We sat wherever we wanted.  And that was against USC. It’s Bay Area sports and it’s always been the same. Attendance will come and go with every single sports team.

Same, but this feels different. Maybe I'm just getting older and my perspective has shifted. But I'd also say that the game, and spectating it, is not as carefree as it used to be. I feel there's a burden to being a football fan today that never entered the equation previously. And my sense is that the Bay Area feels this more acutely than other pockets of the country.