(09-20-2016 06:05 PM)Barrett Wrote:  I would say the PRIMARY difference between Stanford and Rice is the on-field product quality. There are other differences, surely, but that is the glaring one. If our product were just as good as Stanford's, Rice students would care more about Rice football. I can guarantee you that there are plenty of Rice students watching college football on Saturdays on their TVs in their colleges. They love college football. They just aren't interested in poor quality football.

Barrett, generally speaking, the ones who are interested in CFB are at the games on Saturdays.

There are more people who watch NFL games who don't go to Rice games, but I know VERY few (none?) people who watch CFB who don't go to Rice games.

"I would go to the Rice game, but my Tigers are playing at 7 too so I can't geaux!" is not a phenomenon that I ever see.