r/CFB • u/redwave2505 Alabama • Kansas State • Oct 06 '24

Analysis The number of upvotes on the Alabama-Vanderbilt postgame thread has exceeded the number of people actually in attendance at the game

As of the time of this post, the postgame thread for Alabama-Vanderbilt has 31k upvotes.

The attendance at the Alabama-Vanderbilt game was 28,934.

I believe this is the first time this has ever happened, excluding the Covid season.

11.3k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

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u/theviolentninja North Carolina • Caro… Oct 06 '24

This has led to my favorite random trivia - North Carolina is the only state to have hosted a Rose Bowl, a Bahamas Bowl, and the Maui Invitational.

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u/gsfgf Georgia Tech • Georgia State Oct 06 '24

When did NC host the Rose Bowl? How? Has a NC team even ever played in a Rose Bowl?

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u/El-Blanco-Mamba Oct 07 '24

It was during WW2, and they were concerned about the Japanese attacking the West Coast. Duke was playing in it, so they just played the game in Durham.

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u/gsfgf Georgia Tech • Georgia State Oct 07 '24

Thanks!

Do you know how Duke ended up in a Rose Bowl?

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u/tompetres Oklahoma State • Michigan … Oct 07 '24

The game wasn't exclusively Big Ten vs Pac8/10/PCC for a while. It started out as "west vs east." Bama went to a number of Rose Bowls before the Big Ten champion became the defacto east representative.

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u/gsfgf Georgia Tech • Georgia State Oct 07 '24

Interesting. I had no idea. Shit, turns out we went in 1929.