Back to OP point I would think part of the reason students at Standford aren’t as supportive of their team is they are there for school and not to party or live the “college experience”. I know my first few years at OSU I didn’t give a rats ass about class so sports and drinking and having fun were priority 1, 2, and 3. I’d guess at Standford those are priorities 3 or 4. Sure there will be the hardcore sports fans like us Blazer fans or supportive Stanford football fans will of course show up but the everyday casual student isn’t as passionate and those are the people that make up the bulk of crowds at games.
I think there are a couple drivers for Stanford's lack of Football support: 1) Stanford's undergrad is actually smaller than any other Pac-12 school, about 7,000. Graduate students don't really get into their school sports since they are typically from a different undergraduate school. 2) Stanford attracts top talent from all over the world for both undergrad and grad schools. These other parts of the world don't have any interest in Football.
Nope. Colgate, Johns Hopkins and the University of Chicago. I did get into Stanford for undergrad, however. And I would love it if someone on this board shared any of my schools, because we alums are few and far between. As I said, my beef is she used her fake education to belittle other posters. That doesn't sit well with me.
What's the culture in Palo Alto? Is it one where it's not cool to be seen as embracing sports? (i.e., a variation of the "Reed Effect") The same dynamic exists with Northwestern and the Big 10. Sure, they will occasionally go nuts, but they're so much more laid back about sports than say are people that attend Michigan, Ohio State or Wisconsin.
It isn't seen as "uncool" to embrace sports in Palo Alto. Actually it is almost the opposite...if you know a lot about sports and athletics, you're kind of looked up to in the sea of nerds. It isn't that people stick their noses up at sports, it's that they don't understand them and were never good at them growing up since it wasn't a point of emphasis in their families.
