Re. NW and Wisc.: It is extremely hard to schedule teams that don't exist (that covers a lot of the entire history of our program), and until quite recently scheduling either would have been a lot like scheduling Hiram College (only much farther away).
So noted.
The word "was" shows up twice in the link, not including the first three letters in the word "Washington."
And your point is......................
A careful review of the information at this site indicates your recollection of attendance at Viking's home games in the early eighties is a bit distorted.
A 13K stadium still seems to be a bit excessive for their current ticket demand.
Please note that the ESPN story was updated AFTER my post. The original story made no mention of a homophobic slur and the updated story does not claim that the potty mouth was limited to homophobic slurs.
A better conclusion is nobody is interested in betting on the game.
Bookies don't set point spreads to kill time; they set them so that they can make money.