On Friday night, Northwestern opened its $875 million new stadium in style, thrashing Penn State 34–13 in front of a boisterous Ryan Field crowd.
The “Wildcat Wall,” a seatless, “European-football style” student section with a 2,000-person capacity, was packed and contributed to an atmosphere head coach David Braun described as “electric.”
Yet, to some observers on television, the stadium appeared surprisingly … empty…