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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1791006" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>I do broadly believe this, but I do think there are a couple other explanations worth considering.</p><p></p><p>- The fanbase might just care more about basketball than football full stop. Which doesn't mean we wouldn't support a winner, but I think the bar just might be higher for football to trigger our particular fan base's interest. I wasn't born yet in 1983, but that has always seemed true in my time.</p><p></p><p>- One answer to the question of "how can Illinois send 30,000 people to watch a PRACTICE session during the Final Four but can only turn out 30,000 people on a beautiful college football Saturday?" might be that it's literally just the same 30,000 people and the hardcore of Illini Nation can make themselves felt more in a "smaller" sport.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1791006, member: 746137"] I do broadly believe this, but I do think there are a couple other explanations worth considering. - The fanbase might just care more about basketball than football full stop. Which doesn't mean we wouldn't support a winner, but I think the bar just might be higher for football to trigger our particular fan base's interest. I wasn't born yet in 1983, but that has always seemed true in my time. - One answer to the question of "how can Illinois send 30,000 people to watch a PRACTICE session during the Final Four but can only turn out 30,000 people on a beautiful college football Saturday?" might be that it's literally just the same 30,000 people and the hardcore of Illini Nation can make themselves felt more in a "smaller" sport. [/QUOTE]
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