(04-28-2016 11:49 AM)Cyniclone Wrote:  Why the obsession with judging programs based on their attendance? I get that it's a metric for popularity and to a degree program health, and for realignment purposes I can see conferences being skittish about inviting a program that isn't consistently successful on *and* off the field, but at the same time, there's no such thing as a College Attendance Playoff. If Eastern Michigan thinks it can maintain an FBS program while drawing four digits, then what harm is it to anyone else? If a school wins a national title, does it come with an asterisk because their attendance was outside the top 25?

Well, it was once the prime source of revenue for a program. Although I guess that's changed for many schools.