Big Greek and Football Schools: The Only Real College Experience

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Anonymous wrote:nice try. Syracuse data is 2023. this has been a 20 year old issue.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-attendance-declines-for-seventh-straight-season-to-lowest-average-since-1981/

I'm still waiting for the link showing that "most" undergrads at big football schools "never" go to a game. Have you found that one yet, or is your desperate search still ongoing?

I mean, how could they possibly mostly go to a game. you know how big these schools are? 50000 undergrads at some of these schools. they be lucky to get 20% to attend one game a season, Not that they care - they dont have seats for them

What school has 50,000 undergrads? You sound incredibly ignorant.
DP

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Anonymous wrote:I think adults over the age of 25 that still think about college are pathetic no matter where they went.

So then, every poster on this forum?

Certainly the ones who open multiple threads about Greek life.

How about the ones who start and participate in multiple threads about SLACs?

Deflection.

Absolutely relevant, you just can't bear to admit it.

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Anonymous wrote:How many times are going to post stuff like this? Please touch grass and heal.

Yeah, I don’t understand the purpose of these posts. Does OP just want everyone to jump on and agree? How many more posts at this topic are necessary? There’s just no value added.

Because OPs kid goes to a state university that accepts everyone and is trying to feel better about themselves.

LOL. Not only is this not true, I'm not the one being defensive. Which says a lot.

No one is being defensive but it's the only logical reason for why your post reeks of being a pick me.

Just stop. Everybody wants to be the cute and fun well rounded kid taking a break from their academics to pack the stadium with their school mates and cheer on the football team.

Nope. I’m the PP who went to Michigan and never attended a game. I regret nothing.

DP. And you are very much in the minority, especially at Michigan.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it somehow so crazy to imagine that all people might benefit from having some fun, at regular intervals, throughout their lives? This idea that scoring high on the SAT means you need to be chained to a wheel of misery from the age of 17, or 34, or whatever, just … why? Why not enjoy your life at each stage?

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And a lot of these posters seem to feel that you can't have a high SAT score/GPA AND ALSO enjoy a full social life. No doubt they're the same people who insist attractive women couldn't possibly ALSO be highly intelligent. Same old story from the same old people.

Sure. But what does being young and cute have to do with football? I could catch a dick anywhere, not just at the stadium.

Klassy. How typical.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:nice try. Syracuse data is 2023. this has been a 20 year old issue.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-attendance-declines-for-seventh-straight-season-to-lowest-average-since-1981/

I'm still waiting for the link showing that "most" undergrads at big football schools "never" go to a game. Have you found that one yet, or is your desperate search still ongoing?

I mean, how could they possibly mostly go to a game. you know how big these schools are? 50000 undergrads at some of these schools. they be lucky to get 20% to attend one game a season, Not that they care - they dont have seats for them

What school has 50,000 undergrads? You sound incredibly ignorant.
DP

NP

Ohio State
ASU
Texas A&M

off the top of my head.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford kids have better things to do

https://www.reddit.com/r/StanfordCardinal/comments/1fx9wfm/stanford_footballs_attendance_against_virginia/

You know we can all read the comments, right? It was 100 degrees that day and no shade. I wouldn't have gone either.

It seems you didn’t read the comments which nearly all lamented how poorly attended all Stanford football games are these days.

For some reason you have trouble accepting that in fact many formerly storied programs are seeing significant declines in attendance. Syracuse used to be a powerhouse and sell out games…but no longer.

The empty seats for the Miami game is a head scratcher.

This is no different than pro sports teams seeing big attendance declines when they stink. Students similarly have little interest in just watching their school team lose and then it’s hard to get them back.

UCLA has the unfortunate situation where the stadium is such a pain to get to that most students don’t bother.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford kids have better things to do

https://www.reddit.com/r/StanfordCardinal/comments/1fx9wfm/stanford_footballs_attendance_against_virginia/

You know we can all read the comments, right? It was 100 degrees that day and no shade. I wouldn't have gone either.

It seems you didn’t read the comments which nearly all lamented how poorly attended all Stanford football games are these days.

For some reason you have trouble accepting that in fact many formerly storied programs are seeing significant declines in attendance. Syracuse used to be a powerhouse and sell out games…but no longer.

The empty seats for the Miami game is a head scratcher.

This is no different than pro sports teams seeing big attendance declines when they stink. Students similarly have little interest in just watching their school team lose and then it’s hard to get them back.

UCLA has the unfortunate situation where the stadium is such a pain to get to that most students don’t bother.

None of this matters one bit to me. My kids don't attend any of the schools you mentioned; the school they do attend has enormous turnout for their home football games and everyone has a blast attending.

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UCF is over 50k

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the college bowl games last year were mostly empty seats

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stanford kids have better things to do

https://www.reddit.com/r/StanfordCardinal/comments/1fx9wfm/stanford_footballs_attendance_against_virginia/

You know we can all read the comments, right? It was 100 degrees that day and no shade. I wouldn't have gone either.

It seems you didn’t read the comments which nearly all lamented how poorly attended all Stanford football games are these days.

For some reason you have trouble accepting that in fact many formerly storied programs are seeing significant declines in attendance. Syracuse used to be a powerhouse and sell out games…but no longer.

The empty seats for the Miami game is a head scratcher.

This is no different than pro sports teams seeing big attendance declines when they stink. Students similarly have little interest in just watching their school team lose and then it’s hard to get them back.

UCLA has the unfortunate situation where the stadium is such a pain to get to that most students don’t bother.

None of this matters one bit to me. My kids don't attend any of the schools you mentioned; the school they do attend has enormous turnout for their home football games and everyone has a blast attending.

Northern Illinois University?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stanford kids have better things to do

https://www.reddit.com/r/StanfordCardinal/comments/1fx9wfm/stanford_footballs_attendance_against_virginia/

You know we can all read the comments, right? It was 100 degrees that day and no shade. I wouldn't have gone either.

It seems you didn’t read the comments which nearly all lamented how poorly attended all Stanford football games are these days.

For some reason you have trouble accepting that in fact many formerly storied programs are seeing significant declines in attendance. Syracuse used to be a powerhouse and sell out games…but no longer.

The empty seats for the Miami game is a head scratcher.

This is no different than pro sports teams seeing big attendance declines when they stink. Students similarly have little interest in just watching their school team lose and then it’s hard to get them back.

UCLA has the unfortunate situation where the stadium is such a pain to get to that most students don’t bother.

None of this matters one bit to me. My kids don't attend any of the schools you mentioned; the school they do attend has enormous turnout for their home football games and everyone has a blast attending.

Northern Illinois University?

Nice try, but no. A well-known ACC school that (gasp!) also offers excellent academics.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stanford kids have better things to do

https://www.reddit.com/r/StanfordCardinal/comments/1fx9wfm/stanford_footballs_attendance_against_virginia/

You know we can all read the comments, right? It was 100 degrees that day and no shade. I wouldn't have gone either.

It seems you didn’t read the comments which nearly all lamented how poorly attended all Stanford football games are these days.

For some reason you have trouble accepting that in fact many formerly storied programs are seeing significant declines in attendance. Syracuse used to be a powerhouse and sell out games…but no longer.

The empty seats for the Miami game is a head scratcher.

This is no different than pro sports teams seeing big attendance declines when they stink. Students similarly have little interest in just watching their school team lose and then it’s hard to get them back.

UCLA has the unfortunate situation where the stadium is such a pain to get to that most students don’t bother.

None of this matters one bit to me. My kids don't attend any of the schools you mentioned; the school they do attend has enormous turnout for their home football games and everyone has a blast attending.

Northern Illinois University?

Nice try, but no. A well-known ACC school that (gasp!) also offers excellent academics.

the ACC is such a prime example of this nonsense. it's about money. No other reason Cal and Pitt are in the same athletic league. SMU vs Syracuse? Who cares about these games? This is why attendance is down.

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Anonymous wrote:Part of the problem, I think, is that many DCUM posters/mothers are so far removed from college -- they're typically in their 50s and not much younger -- that they can't remember what it's like to be young.

Sure, I wanted my kids to go to a reputable school and study. But I always wanted them to be happy, social, and to have a blast. When I read posts like "I love the quiet winter days of my remote SLAC" I'm like "what?? are you my grandmother??"

We're talking about kids, man! They have their whole lives ahead of them to be so damned serious. You people have lost your minds.

Is it really not okay that not everyone wants the same thing? Does that offend you somehow?

Frats are really falling every year. Plenty of data saying kids dont want that anymore. And even at "football" schools most undergrads never go to a game.

But let's take ND as an exception. They do attend the games. I toured ND with one of my kids and the guide said he wasn't interested in study abroad bcs he didn't want to miss those 7 home games. And he couldn't do it spring semester in case of a bowl game.

I think that's a valid choice, and my kid didn't roll his eyes. But we didn't think that's the only "right" way to do college.

Can we stop talking about Notre Dame please? I know a lot more about it than you might think. For one thing, nearly 90 percent of the undergraduates study abroad, so you had yourself an outlier.

And how the hell do you know that "most" undergrads at big football schools "never" go to a game. Show your work.

NP that's because ND counts week-long programs in those stats. Not semester or year-length

I know a lot about ND, believe me. A very large percentage of its students study abroad for a semester or year. They don't all go to the football games either, btw. For one thing, tickets aren't free for them.

Can the two of you take your weird obsession with ND somewhere else?

NP. Why should they? Is there a rule against posting about a particular football school on a thread about football schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:nice try. Syracuse data is 2023. this has been a 20 year old issue.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-attendance-declines-for-seventh-straight-season-to-lowest-average-since-1981/

I'm still waiting for the link showing that "most" undergrads at big football schools "never" go to a game. Have you found that one yet, or is your desperate search still ongoing?

I mean, how could they possibly mostly go to a game. you know how big these schools are? 50000 undergrads at some of these schools. they be lucky to get 20% to attend one game a season, Not that they care - they dont have seats for them

What school has 50,000 undergrads? You sound incredibly ignorant.
DP

huh?

ASU is over 60k

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Part of the problem, I think, is that many DCUM posters/mothers are so far removed from college -- they're typically in their 50s and not much younger -- that they can't remember what it's like to be young.

Sure, I wanted my kids to go to a reputable school and study. But I always wanted them to be happy, social, and to have a blast. When I read posts like "I love the quiet winter days of my remote SLAC" I'm like "what?? are you my grandmother??"

We're talking about kids, man! They have their whole lives ahead of them to be so damned serious. You people have lost your minds.

And all kids want exactly the same things all the time and conveniently, those are the things you think they all want.

Stop thinking as a grandma. Seriously, how old are you?

You mean your thinking isn’t as flexible as a grandma? Your brain is so calcified that you can only hold one idea of fun at a time?

+1. It's very strange thinking. People, including young people, find all kinds of things fun. It's weird to get bent out of shape about it. Lots of us had the chance to pick big state schools with lots of Greek life and big deal sports and didn't, at the age of 18, because we wanted something else. I'm not forgetting what it's like to be young, I remember deciding that wasn't for me when I was young. I've got no issue with people who did want that, but I didn't.

You decided it wasn't for you because it frightened you. But deep down you wanted it.

“Deep down you wanted it.”

- something only creeps say