[Goose]

It may be that its students are a whole lot more academically inclined than they were before, and they may be investing their time differently.  "Stanford hates fun" may not tell the whole story.  The truth may be that many more Stanford students may be working in labs, doing internships, reading books, writing papers, and doing the kinds of things that students do--on Saturdays, and they be be less inclined to blow off an afternoon than they were in my day.

IMO this is a major, major factor. The students being admitted today do not view going to a football game as "fun". They have other go-to activities or are nerding out to the extent they have no time to go to a game.

[Goose]

It may be that its students are a whole lot more academically inclined than they were before, and they may be investing their time differently.  "Stanford hates fun" may not tell the whole story.  The truth may be that many more Stanford students may be working in labs, doing internships, reading books, writing papers, and doing the kinds of things that students do--on Saturdays, and they be be less inclined to blow off an afternoon than they were in my day.

IMO this is a major, major factor. The students being admitted today do not view going to a football game as "fun". They have other go-to activities or are nerding out to the extent they have no time to go to a game.