Enrollment matters in
football because the more students = more fans at games and more future alumni in attendance. KSU finally passed KU in undergrad enrollment this year 24,581 to 24,435. (KU was at 26,999 in 2008).
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/de...-across-state/
"In 2013 more than 45 percent of KU's Lawrence and Edwards students came from a single county: Johnson."
So to recap: the enrollment at KU was the same in 1980 as it was in 2013. Johnson County exploded in population and KU gets almost 1/2 (!) their students from there. That can imply only one thing: while we rode the growth in Johnson County, we concurrently are getting dominated across the rest of the state by KSU.