Football Coverage

Luck allows me, at age 92, to continue driving more than 80 miles to watch Princeton football home games. My grandson and I attended each one in the 2018 season. What we saw was a team of disciplined, dedicated, well-coached, and skilled young athletes who sustain the element of sportsmanship in the game of football. Princeton is fortunate to have Bob Surace ’90 and his staff in charge of that part of its athletic program.

At the games it is discouraging to see so many empty seats. The team and the coaches deserve more support for their efforts. The free “Athletic News” handed out at games contains information about players past and present, but the readership is tiny (and already captive) compared to the wide audience PAW reaches and might influence through one or two feature articles covering the undefeated 2018 season.

The Ivy League made a conscious (and I think wise) decision to put limits on its football program. It makes those who planned the conversion of Palmer Stadium to Powers Field at Princeton Stadium look shortsighted, however, to see the space so underutilized.

The Princeton football program looks, to me, extremely promising. It is not too late for PAW to devote a few pages to boost this cause.