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I don't think this article necessarily applies to Stanford -- if this held true, the Pac-12 (the most evenly matched Power 5 conference where teams beat each other up every year) would have the highest attendance of the Power 5, but it has the lowest.

While it is hard to divine exactly what this study claimed to measure from the press article, it seems it is more along  the lines of a given team will have higher attendance for games where the outcome is uncertain, not necessarily useful for a team to team comparison.

And, most years the Pac 12 has been 4th among Power 5 conferences in attendance, ahead of the ACC. That seems to be slipping lately and the Pac 12 was behind the ACC in 2018 and 2019.

I don't enjoy any game where I can leave at the end of the first quarter and know the outcome.

Well, I really enjoyed the 2016 Rose Bowl.

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I don't think this article necessarily applies to Stanford -- if this held true, the Pac-12 (the most evenly matched Power 5 conference where teams beat each other up every year) would have the highest attendance of the Power 5, but it has the lowest.

While it is hard to divine exactly what this study claimed to measure from the press article, it seems it is more along  the lines of a given team will have higher attendance for games where the outcome is uncertain, not necessarily useful for a team to team comparison.

And, most years the Pac 12 has been 4th among Power 5 conferences in attendance, ahead of the ACC. That seems to be slipping lately and the Pac 12 was behind the ACC in 2018 and 2019.

I don't enjoy any game where I can leave at the end of the first quarter and know the outcome.

Well, I really enjoyed the 2016 Rose Bowl.