re: The last time LSU played Tennessee in Knoxville in November:

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That's back before football games became social gatherings for the "casual fan" that only shows up because it's the in thing to do.

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I think attending football games has always been a social gathering, but be that as it may, televising every game has a lot more to do with lower attendance than anything else. In the 50's and early 60's one was content if their team had one televised game a year.

High school games such as Jesuit - Holy Cross could draw a crowd of 20 to 30K when there was less in the way of entertainment options.