[JohnR34231]

[quote author=terry link=topic=8283.msg66379#msg66379 date=1377407082]
I think college football belongs on a college campus, in a college town.

Palo Alto is not a college town.  For one glorious night back in 1991?, when a Stanford-UCLA game mattered and the most convenient way to see it was on ESPN at bars in Palo Alto, it was a college town.  Other than that night, Palo Alto might as well be Wellesley, MA.  That's the college-age Publius speaking.  Middle-aged Publius here would love to live there: Palo Alto, not Wellesley (yuck).

That being said, I agree with the general sentiment that college football belongs on campus.  But an exception to rebalance the schedule makes sense to me.  And I do think it will be cool to go to a new NFL stadium just this one time.
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I agree with that general sentiment too, although there are some schools (UCLA and San Diego State are two that jump to mind) that seem to function fine without it. I don't think an occasional exception to the rule needs to cause a brobdingnagian amount of hand wringing and angst, though.

[JohnR34231]

[quote author=terry link=topic=8283.msg66379#msg66379 date=1377407082]
I think college football belongs on a college campus, in a college town.

Palo Alto is not a college town.  For one glorious night back in 1991?, when a Stanford-UCLA game mattered and the most convenient way to see it was on ESPN at bars in Palo Alto, it was a college town.  Other than that night, Palo Alto might as well be Wellesley, MA.  That's the college-age Publius speaking.  Middle-aged Publius here would love to live there: Palo Alto, not Wellesley (yuck).

That being said, I agree with the general sentiment that college football belongs on campus.  But an exception to rebalance the schedule makes sense to me.  And I do think it will be cool to go to a new NFL stadium just this one time.
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I agree with that general sentiment too, although there are some schools (UCLA and San Diego State are two that jump to mind) that seem to function fine without it. I don't think an occasional exception to the rule needs to cause a brobdingnagian amount of hand wringing and angst, though.