OT: Stanford Football Attendance (LAME!)

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December 12th, 2010 at 4:48 PM
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OT: Stanford Football Attendance (LAME!)

So, Stanford football drew 2,000 fans a game less this year than they did in 2006 when Stanford was 1-11.  What's surprising to me is not the tepid support this year, but that those asshats managed to draw 40k in 2006.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/12/SP1L1GP1SU.DTL

LOL at the reasons advanced by the writer here.  One of them is "inconsistent" starting times make group sales difficult.  I'll clear things up for folks right here and now: 97% of the people associated with Stanford are pansies, wussies, sissies, and/or candy asses. 

Missing Ann Arbor

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December 12th, 2010 at 4:50 PM | Also, Jabronies. (Score:1)
chunkums
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Also, Jabronies.

For today, goodbye. For tomorrow, good luck. And forever, Go Blue.

December 12th, 2010 at 5:01 PM | - (Score:1)
MGoHail
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See, you keep using that word...Jabroni....and its AWESOME

 

 

/Sunny

December 12th, 2010 at 5:38 PM | Seriously (Score:1)
Michagain
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You deserve part of the Vig.

December 12th, 2010 at 5:49 PM | - (Score:1)
MGoHail
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 Hi. I'm a recovering crackhead, and this is my retarded sister I take care of. I'd like some welfare please.

 

I'm all set on the VIG, i'm about to be rolling in welfare

December 12th, 2010 at 5:15 PM | Listen chunkums, my wife just (Score:1)
CWoodson
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Listen chunkums, my wife just saw you use that word.  I've got quintuplets over here, all aged 7 and a half, except for one who is only 6 for some reason.  They don't need to see that.  My wife is making me sleep on the lawn for a month.  This is a Michigan message board, there is no reason it should be NSFJ.

IGotARashMan

December 12th, 2010 at 5:19 PM | CWood, you made me laugh out (Score:1)
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CWood, you made me laugh out loud and my wife checked on me to see what it was about... but she was cool with it. 

Also way to go with the Knicks. Bulls and Knicks should be a good one on xmas. 

http://midnightmaize.blogspot.com/

Latest MM Post(3-22-13) DENARD ROBINSON SIGNED MY SONIC!

December 12th, 2010 at 5:24 PM | They're playing better than I (Score:1)
CWoodson
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They're playing better than I could have expected - I just hope they don't give away everything to get Carmelo (or anything to get Mayo).  You guys are playing great, Rose remains the real deal, I probably underrated him for a bit too long.

Gotta get back over to midnight maize soon.

IGotARashMan

December 12th, 2010 at 6:49 PM | A reasonable Knicks fan? (Score:1)
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I thought they were extinct! I agree don't waste your time getting Mayo.

December 13th, 2010 at 1:02 AM | Yeah you always low balled (Score:1)
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Yeah you always low balled Rose but thats the norm from a Knickerbocker. I am on vacation all week so won't be any live blogging. Check back next Monday. 

http://midnightmaize.blogspot.com/

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December 12th, 2010 at 5:46 PM | Love Sunny, but you need to give respect to the man (Score:1)
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or he will make you humble!

 

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-Bob Ufer

December 12th, 2010 at 5:50 PM | - (Score:1)
MGoHail
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I have no time for him, i'm trying to solve the North Korean situation

December 12th, 2010 at 6:07 PM | Nipples offend me. (Score:1)
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Nipples offend me.

December 13th, 2010 at 12:20 AM | It's okay, that pic only has (Score:1)
Blue-Chip
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It's okay, that pic only has nipple, singular.

Your friendly neighborhood contrarian.

December 12th, 2010 at 4:52 PM | ...with Stanford are pansies, (Score:1)
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...with Stanford are pansies, wussies, sissies, and/or candy asses.

That's a lot of s'es.

"It would be a travesty, it would be ridiculous to all of a sudden come back and get the feeling back, get the health back, feel good again and then all of a sudden go throw some other colors on my shirt and go coach."

December 12th, 2010 at 5:03 PM | - (Score:1)
MGoHail
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I keep imagining Lou Holtz trying to say that sentence and its killing me

December 12th, 2010 at 5:06 PM | visual (Score:1)
koolaid
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December 12th, 2010 at 5:13 PM | If he did and you were (Score:1)
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If he did and you were standing in front of him your face would get very wet.

 

 

 

December 12th, 2010 at 4:53 PM | Why the hate man? (Score:1)
WFBlue
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Seems like a vast generalization which we usually reserve for the folks in Ohio or down the street in Lansing.

 
 

Time is working funny again. Greg Mattison has a phonebooth time machine he sent the secondary back to Charles Woodson's childhood in; they have emerged with ZZ Top beards, children, and skills.-BC

December 12th, 2010 at 4:54 PM | But they sure are RICH (Score:1)
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But they sure are RICH pansies, wussies, sissies, and/or candy asses

 

 

December 12th, 2010 at 4:57 PM | and pretty damn smart just to (Score:1)
Princetonwolverine
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and pretty damn smart just to get in.

December 12th, 2010 at 5:04 PM | The language in this thread (Score:1)
Mrs. Kass
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The language in this thread is very disturbing to me.

December 12th, 2010 at 5:12 PM | lol...things are getting (Score:1)
SysMark
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lol...things are getting rough...keep the kids away!

December 12th, 2010 at 6:28 PM | Haha (Score:1)
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Every comment from this username will get a +1 from me.

December 13th, 2010 at 10:19 PM | Oh, novelty accounts. (Score:1)
nuclearblue
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Oh, novelty accounts.

December 12th, 2010 at 5:05 PM | Their mascot is a tree. (Score:1)
dennisblundon
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Their mascot is a tree.

December 12th, 2010 at 5:18 PM | A tree? (Score:1)
Princetonwolverine
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I thought they got to select the Popes.

December 12th, 2010 at 5:10 PM | Why so malicious? (Score:1)
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What did the [lack of] Stanford fans ever do to you?

December 12th, 2010 at 5:17 PM | Oh come'on, the Tree Peeps are awesome! (Score:1)
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Oh come'on, the Tree Peeps are awesome!

"Don't stop your feet on contact!"

-Brady Hoke

Newsflash, if we don't win Rose Bowl '13 we will have little choice but to lay the blame on Kate Upton.  That is all!

December 12th, 2010 at 5:29 PM | Terrible (Score:1)
jmblue
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Pac-10 fanbases are generally pretty poor, as noted in the attendance figures at the end of that article:

Pac-10 attendance

Averages in 2010 season (W-L; seating capacity in parentheses).

1. USC 79,907 (8-5; 93,607)

2. Washington 66,264 (6-6;72,500)

3. UCLA 60,376 (4-8; 91,136)

4. Oregon 59,398 (12-0; 54,000)

5. Cal 57,873 (5-7; 71,799)

6. Arizona 55,408 (7-5; 57,803)

7. Arizona State 47,943 (6-6; 71,706)

8. Oregon State 45,317 (5-7; 45,674)

9. Stanford 40,139 (11-1; 50,000)

10. Washington State 23,407 (2-10; 35,117)

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/11/SP1L1GP1SU.DTL&ao=2#ixzz17w2YCVTe

 

Only one school averaged a sellout (though Ore St and Arizona came very close).  Stanford fans take the cake for worst support of their team, given its performance. 

December 12th, 2010 at 5:38 PM | The Stanford Tree was drunk.... (Score:1)
ChesterBlue
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Maybe they're boycotting until they rehire the Drunk Tree...

In 2006, the Stanford tree mascot was booted for being drunk (drinking on duty inside of the tree, no less!)...

http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-02-16/news/17281225_1_stanford-band-brea...

December 12th, 2010 at 5:51 PM | A tree is arrested. (Score:1)
Princetonwolverine
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A tree (female no less) failed a breathalyzer. That's gotta be a first.

Did they handcuff the branches?

December 12th, 2010 at 7:24 PM | That was one of the funniest (Score:1)
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That was one of the funniest articles I have ever read.  Amazing a drunk, female, 5th year, band geek bio student.  Makes me think Stanford isn't quite as dorky as their academic standards would lead you to think when this happens...."The imbibing tree violated the terms of the band's three-year alcohol ban, which Stanford administrators imposed after band members got drunk on a notorious bus ride home from a USC football game in Los Angeles in 2003."

Now off to Google that story to find out what happened.  

December 12th, 2010 at 9:33 PM | That's one of the most (Score:1)
SFBlue
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That's one of the most annoying things: everytime the Tree or the Band does something awesome, they get in trouble. 

LIike the Stanford Band, for instance.  Definitely in that 3%...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Band

Not in this article, but their half-time salute to USC alum Joe Francis at the Coliseum was one of the best moments in college football half-time history.

Missing Ann Arbor

December 12th, 2010 at 10:50 PM | Joe Francis Tribute (Score:1)
aaamichfan
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Haha, I can't believe they did this at an away game.

I imagine the Stanford band collectively does a lot of drugs.

December 13th, 2010 at 1:27 AM | Ok, the guy using the sink as (Score:1)
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Ok, the guy using the sink as drums sent me over the edge.  Most amazing halftime show ever and as another poster said, I can't believe they did that at USC!!  The band announcer obviously enjoys his job.  I can't believe someone from USC didn't give him the hook and "accidentally" pull the plug on his mic.  

Awesome.  

December 12th, 2010 at 9:18 PM | Best part of the whole thing (Score:1)
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Best part of the whole thing was another interview where the girl admitted she didn't even like sports, of course stating it in a quite Stanford Band-esque cynical way.

If you ever want a laugh, read the Stanford Band wiki page.  It's unbelievable stuff.  The drunk Tree is just the tip of the iceberg.

December 12th, 2010 at 5:45 PM | Particularly astounding because ... (Score:1)
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Particularly astounding because in 2005 the stadium was completely rebuilt into a modern facility and the capacity was reduced from 85,000 to 50,000. Imagine how disheartening it would be for the team to be playing in front of acres of empty seats in the old stadium.

December 12th, 2010 at 7:04 PM | "Imagine how disheartening it (Score:1)
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"Imagine how disheartening it would be for the team to be playing in front of acres of empty seats in the old stadium."

Ohhhhhh.......you mean like State players.

 

 

December 12th, 2010 at 7:26 PM | Stanford re-enacts protein synthesis (Score:1)
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Did someone say Stanford? Maybe because they were all out on a field, tripped out of their minds doing this:

 

Skip to 3:40.  I forget how to cue that up specifically

December 12th, 2010 at 7:27 PM | Renovation (Score:1)
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2006 was the first year of an essential new stadium which no doubt promtped curiousity from alumni and Bay Area sports fans.  So a 2006/2010 comparison is kind of silly.

"I just hope Tressel doesn't fire me"

-Gordon Gee

December 12th, 2010 at 8:24 PM | But unless they hated the new (Score:1)
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But unless they hated the new stadium, one would have expected them to turn out in greater numbers now, when the team is actually worth watching.

December 12th, 2010 at 7:28 PM | OT (Score:1)
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Also let's not pretend this is OT -- I think we all understand the point of this comment.  Unless you would all also like a report on attendence at TCU.

"I just hope Tressel doesn't fire me"

-Gordon Gee

December 13th, 2010 at 10:14 AM | It's OT because it is not (Score:1)
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It's OT because it is not about Michigan football, the University itself, or about any University affiliated person or entity past or present. 

I suppose it's not OT because Jim Harbaugh coaches for the Cardinal, and he is a past player, and in attendance for the games?

GO BLUE

December 12th, 2010 at 9:22 PM | they don't deserve to win like this (Score:1)
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those fans are a joke.  

December 12th, 2010 at 11:13 PM | If I am Harbaugh... (Score:1)
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That whole scene would make me want out as quick as possible!

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