Barry Alvarez on Wisconsin's low spring attendance: 'There’s too many things to do in Madison'
Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said he only expects 10,000 to 20,000 fans to attend the Badgers spring game on Saturday.
Other Big Ten schools like Ohio State (99,391), Nebraska (76,000), Penn State (68,000) and Michigan (60,000) brought in huge crowds this spring. Why won’t Wisconsin fans pack Camp Randall to see a team that has played in the conference title game in three of the past four seasons?
According to Alvarez, they might just have better things to do.
“I just think there’s too many things to do in Madison that we have not – through a number of coaches – been able to generate that type of interest,” Alvarez said per the Wisconsin State Journal.
Only the south and east sections of the stadium will be open for seating Saturday for Paul Chryst’s debut as head coach. The past four spring games have averaged between 8,000 and 12,000 at Camp Randall, but as long as the stadium is filled when the fall rolls around, the program doesn’t have anything to worry about.
After all, spring games are nothing but glorified practices anyway.
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