Fans Disguised As Empty Seats (November 1955 and October 1987)
If games are played in an empty stadium, is anyone there to see them?
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I have a running joke with a friend of mine that went public last fall, when we were both interviewed for ESPN’s series of documentaries on the 150th anniversary of college football: I once told him a top-tier college marching b…
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