^Ohio stadium becomes the 4th most populous on game day, and Nebraska has no fucking cities worth talking about... so while it sounds cool, it doesn't mean shit.

6/17/2007 12:14:43 PM

bttt

6/20/2007 7:36:09 PM

I think it's Auburn, then Nebraska, then FSU.

6/21/2007 5:44:59 PM

Oakmont

6/21/2007 10:24:36 PM

^^ thats either a joke, or an attempt to rile up some debate to get the thread going...

6/21/2007 10:46:10 PM

Well who would you put at positions 11, 12, and 13?

6/22/2007 12:12:10 AM

Ive always been a fan of the Colorado Buffaloes, but since they're football team has fallen on hard times-I dont know anythign about how their gaem day experience is...?

6/22/2007 8:07:09 PM

^^ oh sorry, I thought you meant those were your new 1-3's

6/23/2007 9:53:30 AM

does anyone object to those?

6/23/2007 10:32:13 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2912213

even bigger... pending on the renovation too i mean this place can only get louder compared to the way the layout is right now

6/24/2007 12:56:20 AM

It really isn't getting bigger. They are just adding two towers to each side to bring in luxury suite and club seat money. To do this though they have to remove a fair amount of seats. That's why it will only result in a net gain of 500 seats. The main thing the renovation will do is make the stadium more fan friendly.

http://www.umich.edu/stadium/project-description/designs.html

[Edited on June 24, 2007 at 1:01 AM. Reason : ]

6/24/2007 12:59:50 AM

no one mention qwest field (seattle seahawks)

ARTIFICIAL SOUNDS FTW

6/24/2007 1:02:21 AM

1. Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium aka The Swamp - Official capacity: 88,548, Largest crowd: 90,716



2. LSU's Tiger Stadium aka Death Valley aka The Nation's Most Dreaded Road Trip - Official capacity: 92,400, Largest crowd: 92,664



3.
Ohio State's Ohio Stadium aka The Horseshoe aka The House Harley Built - Official capacity: 101,568, Largest crowd: 105,708




4. Tennessee's Neyland Stadium aka Rocky Top - Official capacity: 104,079, Largest crowd: 109,061



5. Texas A&M's Kyle Field aka The Home of the 12th Man - Official capacity: 82,600, Largest crowd: 87,555



6. Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium - Official capacity: 66,233



7. Penn State's Beaver Stadium - Official capacity: 107,282, Largest crowd: 110,753



8. Oregon's Autzen Stadium aka The Autzen Zoo or as SI called it "a glorified divot with seats" - Official capacity: 53,800, Largest crowd: 59,269




9. Clemson's Memorial Stadium aka Death Valley - Official capacity: 80,301, Largest crowd: 86,092



10. Michigan's Michigan Stadium aka The Big House - Official capacity: 107,501, Largest crowd: 112,118



11. Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium aka The Jungle - Official capacity: 87,451


12. Nebraska's Memorial Stadium - Official capacity: 85,197


13. FSU's Doak-Campbell Stadium - Official capacity: 82,300, Largest crowd: 84,347




So who's next?

6/29/2007 8:37:33 PM

Possibilities: Oklahoma, Georgia, Wisconsin, WVU, Texas, Miami, Michigan State

6/29/2007 9:25:00 PM

Quote :

"although these are more based on best stadium, best atmosphere, not just toughest place for the opposing team... http://www.msnbc.com/modules/sports/collegefootballstadiums/neyland.asp?cp1=1 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/sioncampus/09/15/best_weekends0916/ [Edited on June 10, 2007 at 5:06 PM. Reason : d]"

redneck media bias

6/29/2007 10:21:53 PM

We've got to throw Notre Dame in there somewhere.

6/29/2007 11:58:34 PM

nc state...

6/30/2007 6:02:49 AM

touche.

6/30/2007 11:18:04 AM

Quote :

" doesn't the stadium become the most (second most?) populated city in nebraska on game day ?"

no and no

6/30/2007 3:05:13 PM

I think "toughest places to play" would mean that the home team has a high winning percentage at home. Not sure if Clemson can boast that against quality opponents

6/30/2007 3:15:26 PM

While I agree that winning percentage can be taken into play when considering toughest places to play, it isn't always a good indicator of how the tough the crowd can be on the opposing team. Look no further than Miami and the Orange Bowl, UNC and the Dean Dome, etc. A team with outstanding talent, but terrible fans can still put up a high winning percentage in their home stadium/arena.

6/30/2007 3:21:08 PM

yeah i would rate the Deam Dome the easiest place to play, but some years they have talent(makes it tough then)

6/30/2007 3:40:18 PM

I would never rank it the easiest place to play, but it is certainly not on the level that State, Maryland, and Duke are in terms of how tough the crowd is on the opposing team, and the setup of the student section. I don't even know if the Dean Dome beats UVA's JPJ arena now.

6/30/2007 3:46:58 PM

JPJ is a nice arena, but uva fans are like unc fans they tend to sit on their hands alot during games.

6/30/2007 4:17:27 PM

Yeah, but at least their student section has a better setup. I read on some UNC guys blog that UNC gives out 6,000 student tickets for basketball games. I thought to myself, there's no way in hell do they have 6,000 students in there.


http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021307aae.html

6/30/2007 4:20:57 PM

Also another relativly tough place to play is the university of Washington's Huskie stadium. Of course since they have fallen on hard times its not been recently but 5-10 years ago that place would rock.

6/30/2007 4:25:29 PM

Nebraska's stadium becomes larger than the states 3rd largest city on game days

6/30/2007 4:30:16 PM

Husky Stadium is still tough. Over 70% of the seats are located between the end zones, and the overhanging shelters bounce the noise straight down onto the field. I'd put it in the top 25. I hear WVU is one of the toughest places to play at in the Big East, but when I've watched WVU on TV, it didn't seem too much different than Carter-Finley. A loud stadium, but not Florida and LSU type loud.

[Edited on June 30, 2007 at 4:43 PM. Reason : ]

6/30/2007 4:41:20 PM

playing basketball at Miami's stadium is probably pretty easy, i remember when State played them last season they had maybe 15 students in their student section....then we lost (if i remember correctly)

^^^^

Quote :

"I went to the RBC Center. With a student section surrounding the court, the intensity of the crowd could be heard even on television. No doubt, based on some of the quotes from players like Hansbrough and Lawson, the noise from the student section gave the Wolfpack a considerable advantage and helped them to get a win against our 3rd ranked team."

hehe

[Edited on June 30, 2007 at 4:55 PM. Reason : ""]

6/30/2007 4:47:12 PM

Husky Stadium will be renovated in the future. Here's some pics. Looks like they will take out the track and lower the field.

6/30/2007 4:57:42 PM

thas pretty cool. wonder what the capacity will be when its done, because its already 72k.

6/30/2007 5:35:47 PM

Quote :

"^Ohio stadium becomes the 4th most populous on game day, and Nebraska has no fucking cities worth talking about... so while it sounds cool, it doesn't mean shit."

this sounds cool too, but it's simply not true

Columbus 733,203
Cleveland 478,403
Cincinatti 368,868
Toledo 301,285
Akron 217,074
Dayton 158,873
Ohio Stadium - 110,000

6/30/2007 6:48:50 PM

^buckeye fans lie and exaggerate... good find

6/30/2007 11:31:26 PM

^, ^^... I thought I'd heard it on some broadcast a couple years back. My bad.

7/1/2007 12:04:34 AM

Southern Cal has to be top 5 because they have the longest home winning streak. The other one that no one has mentioned is Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, NC. App State hasn't lost a game there in 4 years, which is the second longest home winning streak.

7/1/2007 1:41:16 PM

just to be a bit picky, Neyland is not AKA Rocky Top

7/1/2007 4:17:28 PM

Yeah that's not the official nickname, in fact I don't even think Neyland really has a widely used nickname. I have seen a few Tennessee fans call it Rocky Top though.

7/1/2007 4:38:13 PM

depends on what they were referring to but its not a physical place (well, the Rocky Top in the song is, but it doesn't have anything to do with the campus or stadium), its more the general area/atmosphere etc, not a specific place. So I guess technically they wouldn't be wrong but it would be like saying "welcome to the superbowl", its not the actual stadium but more the overall "event"

7/1/2007 5:30:24 PM

I've also heard that an old nickname that they had for it was "The Hill".

7/1/2007 6:44:41 PM

quoting tcywolfpacke....

The other one that no one has mentioned is Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, NC. App State hasn't lost a game there in 4 years, which is the second longest home winning streak.


Have they played any Division I-A teams there?

7/1/2007 7:15:29 PM

to their defense, its not like there are 1A teams begging to play a potential disastrous trap like that

7/1/2007 7:43:37 PM

I nominate SC, Washington, Notre Dame, Texas, Oklahoma, Syracuse, WVU, NCSU, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Alabama, South Carolina, Iowa, and Georgia to be next in consideration for spot 14-25. Once we get these ranked we can move on to college basketball, then NFL stadiums. Maybe even do Premiere League stadiums for all the soccer fans out there.

7/1/2007 9:48:18 PM

miami has to be in there...

well lets say

miami, washington, notre dame, wvu, usc, ncsu, texas, and alabama for 14 - 21

and thats where i have to stop

7/1/2007 10:36:48 PM

miami is not even close to one of the toughest places to play...the orange bowl is only full for FSU, it's notoriously one of the worst crowd draws in college football.


i would think Notre Dame would be up there though



oh and i dont think that picture of empty, unpainted death valley does it justice, so here's a better one


[Edited on July 1, 2007 at 10:46 PM. Reason : tigerrrss]

7/1/2007 10:43:27 PM

bttt

7/8/2007 1:15:25 PM

1. Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium aka The Swamp - Official capacity: 88,548, Largest crowd: 90,716



2. LSU's Tiger Stadium aka Death Valley aka The Nation's Most Dreaded Road Trip - Official capacity: 92,400, Largest crowd: 92,664



3.
Ohio State's Ohio Stadium aka The Horseshoe aka The House Harley Built - Official capacity: 101,568, Largest crowd: 105,708




4. Tennessee's Neyland Stadium aka Rocky Top - Official capacity: 104,079, Largest crowd: 109,061



5. Texas A&M's Kyle Field aka The Home of the 12th Man - Official capacity: 82,600, Largest crowd: 87,555



6. Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium - Official capacity: 66,233



7. Penn State's Beaver Stadium - Official capacity: 107,282, Largest crowd: 110,753



8. Oregon's Autzen Stadium aka The Autzen Zoo or as SI called it "a glorified divot with seats" - Official capacity: 53,800, Largest crowd: 59,269




9. Clemson's Memorial Stadium aka Death Valley - Official capacity: 80,301, Largest crowd: 86,092



10. Michigan's Michigan Stadium aka The Big House - Official capacity: 107,501, Largest crowd: 112,118



11. Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium aka The Jungle - Official capacity: 87,451


12. Nebraska's Memorial Stadium - Official capacity: 85,197


13. FSU's Doak-Campbell Stadium - Official capacity: 82,300, Largest crowd: 84,347


14. Wisconsin's Camp Randall Stadium - Official capacity: 80,321, Largest crowd: 83,069


15. Notre Dame's Notre Dame Stadium aka The House That Rockne Built - Official capacity: 80,795



16. Georgia's Sanford Stadium aka Between the Hedges - Official capacity: 92,746


17. Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium - Official capacity: 92,138


18. Southern Cal's Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum aka The Grand Old Lady - Official capacity: 92,516, Largest crowd: 104,953


19. Michigan State's Spartan Stadium - Official capacity: 75,005, Largest crowd: 80,401


20. Texas' Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium - Official capacity: 85,123, Largest crowd: 89,442


21. Oklahoma's Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium - Official capacity: 82,112, Largest crowd: 85,313


22. South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium - Official capacity: 80,250, Largest crowd: 85,000


23. Iowa's Kinnick Stadium - Official capacity: 70,585


24. West Virginia's Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium aka Couch Burning Central - Official capacity: 60,500, Largest crowd: 70,222


25. North Carolina State's Carter-Finley Stadium aka The Carter - Official capacity: 57,583




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[Edited on July 19, 2007 at 8:54 PM. Reason : ]

7/19/2007 8:49:36 PM

Spartan Stadium is a tough place to play...a hockey game.

7/20/2007 12:45:29 AM

Bryant-Denny Stadium just looks badass

7/20/2007 12:53:17 AM

anyone interested in experiencing Florida first hand? thinking of going down there with some peeps for the Tennessee game... State plays fucking Wofford that week

7/20/2007 1:59:51 AM

how does a stadium have an official capacity of 92,000 but yet have a largest crowd of 104,000, that a lot of extra peeps.

7/20/2007 8:17:28 AM