This morning the attendance figures across college football were released and the news is not good if you’re a Purdue fan. We knew that, however:
Big Ten: In the first year with nine Big Ten games, the league averaged 66,162 fans (up less than 1 percent from 2015). The return to prominence of Michigan and Penn State Nittany Lions helped offset smaller crowds at Maryland and Rutgers Scarlet Knights since they joined the league in 2014. Penn State was drawing roughly 4,000 fewer fans per game a couple years ago.
That’s great for the league, but for Purdue.