Williesfan said:

Apparently you are not paying attention to those in the stands. Wisconsin as close as they are do not travel well to Evanston. The last attendance figures I saw that validate my assertion is 10/8/23 32131 in attendance. Another game was from the Covid year. No official total. While Wisconsin you would think as being a draw, I wouldn’t bank on it.

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Purple Pile Driver said:

12-14

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Hkjb said:

Thanks - a second question then. As not-very-young NU alum I admit to participating in the "you'll work for us someday" chant, back in the days before we started winning. And anecdotally, our grads end up making good money, becoming captains of industry, finding fame in media and entertainment, etc. Have to wonder why - with our rich/famous alumni base we're reliant on one guy. Meanwhile, state schools where the main economy is corn farming beat us at NIL. I cast no aspersions on corn farming, but it isn't known to be lucrative.

So what's the deal with us? Are we bad fans, cheaper than other alums, or both? I for one am cheap so I'm not judging - just wondering why we lag on NIL and presume we can't compete.

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gocatsgo2003 said:

You think sub-21 is the litmus test? Ba hahahahaha.

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gocatsgo2003 said:

Because the bulk of our football/athletic funding comes from one guy, who’s been spending his money on large capital-intensive stadiums.

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Gatabowl said:

Pat likes to have his name on buildings. And I get it: the building is there for decades but no one remembers who paid for our starting QB. Junior may have a different philosophy.

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

I'm pretty confident that tired players get hurt more than fresh players. There's no study to prove that. Just intuition. You've played sports, I'm surprised you think otherwise. When people are tired their bodies don't do what they expect and sometimes they take a bad step or land awkwardly or trip or whatever.

"any good player wants to play as many minutes as they can." Too broad in my opinion. A lot of good players are perfectly willing to rest during blowouts.

As for bench players, just being specific, there's no way, in hindsight, that Clayton should have been getting minutes over Mullins and Smith last year. I'm a big fan of getting the bench guys into games (as long as you win) so that you can see how they do in game situations. You may recall past discussions on this board where I asserted that practice is not the same as games as a response to those who were simply assuming "if somebody isn't getting off the bench, then the guys playing ahead of him are better." We have seen that proven wrong often enough.

If I'm nitpicking, I apologize. There's not much discussion of anything right now. Glad to see Gato re-emerge.

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gocatsgo2003 said:

You think sub-21 is the litmus test? Ba hahahahaha.

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Gatabowl said:

Yeah — and also, if they are bringing in guys that are good at sports and ultimately don’t want to put the work into school to graduate… that’s kind of on them. We are not exactly talking about Duke admitting the Derrick Roses of the world who got a sub-21 ACT three times in a row or whatever it was. If you try, you can graduate. Cs get degrees.

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Gatabowl said:

Pat likes to have his name on buildings. And I get it: the building is there for decades but no one remembers who paid for our starting QB. Junior may have a different philosophy.

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Darren72 said:

Since when does Northwestern get to dictate the price that Wisconsin charges its fans for their seat allocation?

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Just Gary said:

The only problem is that ticket prices will not include donations that season ticket holders are asked to pay.

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