Originally posted by Uindy18
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As for the last comment, you can bill any neutral site game with D1 teams as a big draw, but that doesn't always mean you're gonna draw a boatload of fans. AT&T Stadium hosted Stanford and Kansas State in a Week 1 made-for-TV contest (Allstate Kickoff Classic) and drew 28,669. By contrast, the Texas 5A-Division II state high school football championship game held in December (and featuring Dallas South Oak Cliff, who became the first Dallas ISD school to win a state football championship in over half a century) drew 45,769 to AT&T. I don't think it's a coincidence that there's no Week 1 game being played in Arlington this college football season.
Notre Dame would certainly draw at Lucas Oil Stadium because, duh, they're Notre Dame. If Purdue at least remains reasonably competitive in the B1G, the Boilermakers could at least draw a decent crowd to Indy. IU and Ball State, eh, not so much (unless it were, say, IU vs. THE Overrated State University of Columbus, Meatchicken or Meatchicken Light).
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