dayooper
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No, I’m saying when these teams first came they sold out. Now they bring pretty good crowds but they no longer attract the casual fan who might go to see the big name. If Michigan went out to play UCLA this year, and probably won’t do it for another 15 years it would be an event. If they do it every other year, not so much. And it isn’t a rivalry game like USC or for USC Norte Dame. It isn’t the Rose Bowl like back in the day. Its just another league game. Will they draw better than Utah State? Sure. Sell outs? Probably not in the long term.
It’s not long distance travel. It’s the alumni that live there. Sure many will travel the distance at the beginning, but it’s the alumni that live out there will continue to go. There are a bunch of Big10 alumni in Cali (and NYC). Those stadiums won’t always sell out, but there will always Michigan, Ohio State and PSU fans happy as they will have a game in their own back yard. There’s a bunch of Big10 Alumni that live in Phoenix and Seattle as well.