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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These schools do not have a big sports culture -

Northwestern
Vanderbilt
UCLA
Cal
Stanford
Duke
UNC

Rallying around one sport like Duke and UNC does not qualify as a big sports culture.  Northwestern and Vanderbilt are solely in their conferences so their commissioners can say they care are about academics.  The Pac-12 is the conference of champions of sports nobody cares about or actually watches.  Pac-12 has not been relevant in major sports in years. [/quote]

Most schools only rally around 1 sport. A few rally around 2. Even at great sports school, no one is tailgating a field hockey game. When people talk about sports culture, they are talking about football and basketball. [/quote]

None of those schools above rally around football.  Texas baseball or Michigan ice hockey will have more real fans (not paid attendance) than Duke football. [/quote]

It’s not just about football. Duke or UNC basketball energize the entire campus (athletic identity/culture) are incredibly fun to experience as a student. [/quote]

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