header pic

Perhaps the BEST B1G Forum anywhere, here at College Football Fan Site, CFB51!!!

The 'Old' CFN/Scout Crowd- Enjoy Civil discussion, game analytics, in depth player and coaching 'takes' and discussing topics surrounding the game. You can even have your own free board, all you have to do is ask!!!

Anyone is welcomed and encouraged to join our FREE site and to take part in our community- a community with you- the user, the fan, -and the person- will be protected from intrusive actions and with a clean place to interact.


Author

Topic: Rankings ... ugh

 (Read 343959 times)

FearlessF

  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 46552
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4214 on: June 09, 2025, 10:35:07 PM »
"Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport."

Cincydawg

  • Oracle of Piedmont Park
  • Global Moderator
  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Default Avatar
  • Posts: 84300
  • Oracle of Piedmont Park
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4215 on: June 10, 2025, 08:44:19 AM »


Not sure this is accurate, and it would be the highest marginal earned income tax rates, wouldn't include other taxes and doesn't show income brackets.

FearlessF

  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 46552
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4216 on: June 10, 2025, 08:57:54 AM »
maybe I'll retire to Montenegro
A little seaside place like Утјеха
do they drive on the wrong side of the road?
"Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport."

Cincydawg

  • Oracle of Piedmont Park
  • Global Moderator
  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Default Avatar
  • Posts: 84300
  • Oracle of Piedmont Park
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4217 on: June 10, 2025, 09:05:32 AM »
You'd still owe Uncle Sam unless you cut ties completely.


FearlessF

  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 46552
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4218 on: June 10, 2025, 09:11:01 AM »
moving my money to a bank in the Caribbean 
"Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport."

Cincydawg

  • Oracle of Piedmont Park
  • Global Moderator
  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Default Avatar
  • Posts: 84300
  • Oracle of Piedmont Park
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4219 on: June 10, 2025, 09:48:48 AM »
We asked Grok to rank every SEC football stadium - Saturday Down South

Meh, mostly just ranking by capacity, and opinion beyond that.

utee94

  • Global Moderator
  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 22891
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4220 on: June 10, 2025, 09:57:40 AM »
We asked Grok to rank every SEC football stadium - Saturday Down South

Meh, mostly just ranking by capacity, and opinion beyond that.
Sure but it seems pretty reasonable based on what I've heard from folks that have visited many of those stadiums.


MikeDeTiger

  • All Star
  • ******
  • Posts: 4833
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4221 on: June 10, 2025, 10:13:32 AM »
We asked Grok to rank every SEC football stadium - Saturday Down South

Meh, mostly just ranking by capacity, and opinion beyond that.

So......it's mimicking regular intelligence, just as an AI is supposed to do?

MikeDeTiger

  • All Star
  • ******
  • Posts: 4833
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4222 on: June 10, 2025, 10:23:55 AM »
My $0.02 

There are several SEC stadiums I've never been to, so my opinion is worth less than normal.  It's pretty obvious which stadium I'd be in regularly, if I had the chance.  Beyond that, I have to say, there's nothing quite like being at DKR at night, sitting up high in the stands and looking out at the Austin skyline.  I'm not sure whether it's objectively a neat experience or I'm just nostalgic for a certain time of my life.  But it has a unique flare in that way.  You can sit down closer to the field and have better seats for the game, but I loved sitting in the upper decks at night and looking at the bright lights of downtown.  In Baton Rouge, you're not going to get that in the same way.....it feels more like being in the country.  In Aggie-land, you kinda are in the country.  Same goes for several other SEC venues.  And that has its own charm as well, but there was something about looking out at a bunch of business hubs, government buildings, places of entertainment, knowing you're part of a thriving city, but one that wasn't so big and crowded that it was annoying.  You can't really get any of that watching on TV, unfortunately.  

But then, of course, you leave the stadium, and you're accosted by kidney-thieving communists who blare Nickelback out of their car speakers and you realize that you should never, ever live there.  

Gigem

  • All Star
  • ******
  • Posts: 3554
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4223 on: June 10, 2025, 11:39:30 AM »

For a second I looked at that and thought it was SMU and not Boise St in there at #20.  I was like WTF? 
I guess OSU got the not over Bama because from about '01-07 Bama absolutely sucked?  I would think that multiple NC's over the last 20 years would wipe away ~5 years of badness.  

MikeDeTiger

  • All Star
  • ******
  • Posts: 4833
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4224 on: June 10, 2025, 12:28:36 PM »
For a second I looked at that and thought it was SMU and not Boise St in there at #20.  I was like WTF?
I guess OSU got the not over Bama because from about '01-07 Bama absolutely sucked?  I would think that multiple NC's over the last 20 years would wipe away ~5 years of badness. 

By that same token, I would think that multiple BCS embarrassments by OU would knock them out of the #3 spot.

But maybe it's just ranking win% or something like that and OU may fit there.  

Cincydawg

  • Oracle of Piedmont Park
  • Global Moderator
  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Default Avatar
  • Posts: 84300
  • Oracle of Piedmont Park
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4225 on: June 10, 2025, 02:00:19 PM »
Ranking stadia obviously depends highly on what features your value.  Some of the attributes could be how nice the area is, how nice the stadium looks, how large it is, how loud it is, how nice the various features are, the history of it, the viewing angles, etc.  We'd all have different weightings on these and other attributes.

My own opinion based entirely on TV is night games at LSU and PSU are pretty spectacular, on TV.  I have been to several stadia, and surprisingly found Cincinnati's place to be pretty decent overall, small, but pretty noisy given its size, we were there for a Thursday night game with WVU.  I thought Kroger Field at UK was pretty nice, obviously also not huge.  Neyland is the loudest I've been to when the Vols finally got rolling in that game.  Grant Stadiuim in Atlanta is kind of a dump last I was there but the good part is nearly all fans at those games are Dawg fans.

utee94

  • Global Moderator
  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 22891
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4226 on: June 10, 2025, 02:11:32 PM »
Ranking stadia obviously depends highly on what features your value.  Some of the attributes could be how nice the area is, how nice the stadium looks, how large it is, how loud it is, how nice the various features are, the history of it, the viewing angles, etc.  We'd all have different weightings on these and other attributes.

My own opinion based entirely on TV is night games at LSU and PSU are pretty spectacular, on TV.  I have been to several stadia, and surprisingly found Cincinnati's place to be pretty decent overall, small, but pretty noisy given its size, we were there for a Thursday night game with WVU.  I thought Kroger Field at UK was pretty nice, obviously also not huge.  Neyland is the loudest I've been to when the Vols finally got rolling in that game.  Grant Stadiuim in Atlanta is kind of a dump last I was there but the good part is nearly all fans at those games are Dawg fans.
Curious as to how you rate them?  You've been to Memorial Stadium in Austin (or did you stay outside at the tailgate, I don't recall).  I assume you've been to Sanford.  Any others?

For current SEC team venues I've only been to Austin, College Station, and FayetteNam.  

Cincydawg

  • Oracle of Piedmont Park
  • Global Moderator
  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Default Avatar
  • Posts: 84300
  • Oracle of Piedmont Park
  • Liked:
Re: Rankings ... ugh
« Reply #4227 on: June 10, 2025, 02:35:57 PM »
I stayed outside DKR with Gatorama and Pearl, the bulldog, watching the WLOCP.  DKR looks impressive from the outside.

I don't get hung up on rankings, usually, I prefer to just comment on what I liked about X Y and Z and not bother worrying over rankings so much.

Ole Miss was a grand experience even though the Dawgs got slaughtered that day.  I learned some things from Ole Miss fans, in addition to being handsomely treated.

Ohio State is impressive though I only went for a graduation.  I think Sanford is appealing aesthetically and has some charm, they are trying to remedy things like archaic bathrooms, maybe they have, and concession areas.

I've been around UNC's Kenan Stadium on many Saturdays, I thought it odd I could hear applause, like from a tennis match.  It's in a very nice wooded area, never went to a game, or graduation there.  I never attended any games there of any ilk.  I've been around Carter Stadium at NCSU, it doesn't look very special, to me.  A buddy of mine keeps promising me tickets to a Bama game but he hasn't come through.  I hope someday maybe to see the WLOCP, in Jville.  It's moving for two years to here and Orlando.

The MB stadium hosts a lot of CFB games of course and it's ... "OK".  Indoors doesn't make it seem collegiate to me.  The hot dogs are cheap.

I should go to a Tech game again, I hear they have made some improvements, and I can walk there.  Gatorama obviously would be the "expert", he really liked Michie Stadium at West Point.  I passed on a chance to go to PSU with Badge and the boys years back, I was still not feeling up to it.

 

Support the Site!
Purchase of every item listed here DIRECTLY supports the site.