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I'm wondering about the success of this game by DakotaDomer

I can think of a lot of reasons the attendance will be lower than necessary for success:

1. It's an opponent we play 4 times a year (an opponent which is sucking this year)
2. Garth Brooks concert already fulfilled the multi-use itch of the local population
3. The football team is going to get all the attention on campus and they might have a game on 1/7 keeping people from committing to plans on 1/5 since they might need to travel 1/5.
4. It's nowhere near the same date as the Winter Classic