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SFBadger96

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Stadiums and Summaries
« on: August 18, 2025, 01:29:12 PM »
The games you are going to thread got me thinking: what stadiums have you seen a game in, and what was your impression (in 10 words or less)?

1) Camp Randall: loud, fun, students border on obnoxious.
2) Stanford: (a) old: cavernous and sparsely populated; (b) new: nice atmosphere for fans of opposing teams.
3) San Jose State: small.
4) Cal: Pac-whatever football is not Big Ten football, but a decent effort.
5) Rose Bowl: home game for Wisconsin. Amazing atmosphere and tradition.
6) Fresno State: small, but enthusiastic.
7) UNLV: Power 5 programs should never lose to non-power 5 programs.
8) Air Force Academy: cool spot next to the mountains.
9) UTEP: decent backdrop in the high desert, mediocre football (see UNLV).
10) Metrodome (UMN): stale, aging badly, weird (this was 1993).
11) Notre Dame: (a) old: classic, smallish, fired up, but friendly; (b) new: still classic, a little corporate, still fired up, still friendly.
12) Ohio State: cool facade, great atmosphere and tradition, steep.
13) Penn State: Giant; architecturally basic, rabid fans. (Was fun shutting them up.)

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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2025, 01:31:43 PM »
1993 in the Metrodump had to have been super-shitty.
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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2025, 01:43:36 PM »
I saw a Vikings game in the Metrodump in 1994.  It was pretty shitty.

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« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2025, 02:19:27 PM »
The Badgers lost one f'ing game in 1993, and it had to be to that shitbag team.

Still pissed, 32 years later.
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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2025, 02:35:03 PM »
It was. Started with a poor stadium, ended with a bazillion INTs. 

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« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2025, 03:09:56 PM »
E-W:

  • SHI Stadium (Rutgers): small but fun and friendly, this was right after they joined
  • SECU Stadium (Maryland): small but fun, they are REALLY proud of Alum Jim Henson
  • Beaver Stadium: loud and feels much larger than tOSU or M because that upper section towers, looks like an erector set
  • Ohio Stadium: huge and loud
  • Michigan Stadium (before renovation/addition) the world's quietest 100,000 people - partially this was that the home team lost but a lot of it was architectural 
  • Spartan Stadium: small but spirited especially giving them credit for the fact that it was a terrible year for them
  • Memorial Stadium (Indiana): more tailgates than actual fans, when does BB season start?
  • Ross-Aide: smallish but spirited
  • Ryan Field: looked like a HS Stadium 
  • Memorial Stadium (Illinois): 🥶 🧊 ☃️ COLD 🥶 I was there for a late season game in a cold snap
  • Camp Randall: great atmosphere, loved jump around 
  • Kinnick Stadium: loved the Kinnick Statue and story, friendly fans, great time 
  • TCF Bank (then name of Minnesota's brand new stadium): Sparkling new (we went the first or second year), great time
  • Memorial Stadium (Nebraska): friendly and knowledgeable fans, great host (thanks again @FearlessF ), lots of tradition 
  • Rose Bowl (1997 tOSU V ASU): spectacular setting, so much tradition, history, and pagentry
Outside of the B1G
  • Lane Stadium (VaTech): highly recommended, great setting, environment, and GameDay experience, Enterent Sandman Stadium entrance is cool
  • Hard Rock Stadium (Orange Bowl): very bland
  •  Superdome (Sugar Bowl): NOLA should host all bowls 
  • Sun Devil Stadium: awesome college environment 
  • University of Phoenix Stadium (former name of PHX NFL Stadium, Fiesta Bowl): more bland than Hard Rock


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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2025, 03:55:02 PM »
1.  UGA Sanford Stadium, situated E-W which is fairly rare.
2.  Kentucky - Nice stadium, for visiting teams.
3.  Cincinnati - Surprisingly loud for such a small venue.
4.  Neyland - Surprisingly loud for such a large venue.
5.  MB Stadium - Weird, but cheap hotdogs.
6.  Ole Miss - Nice stadium, nice tailgating, not so nice for the visiting team that day.
7.  Wisconsin - Nice stadium.
8.  Georgia Tech - Really old stadium, interesting siting.  I hear they did some upgrades.

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« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2025, 03:56:51 PM »
  • Beaver Stadium: loud and feels much larger than tOSU or M because that upper section towers, looks like an erector set

Perfectly described. I was thinking of how to describe it, but couldn't come up with it. You nailed it.

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« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2025, 04:00:30 PM »
Perfectly described. I was thinking of how to describe it, but couldn't come up with it. You nailed it.
That is compliments of my late father.  When we walked up to it, my dad said "That looks like an Erector Set".  



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« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2025, 04:27:09 PM »
That was my first thought too. I played with a lot of erectors as a kid.

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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2025, 04:48:11 PM »
Yes, the Metro-Bowel of Horrors was every bit as shitty as advertised. 


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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2025, 06:14:29 PM »
well, I can't really remember all the different stadiums and especially can't remember many details

all stadiums are similar to me, a seat with a view of the field
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« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2025, 06:59:19 PM »
I haven’t been to very many.

WVU- Unremarkable. At 60k it isn’t big but it isn’t small.  Nothing from an architecture perspective stands out to me.  It can have a good atmosphere for big games but most stadiums do.  It isn’t consistently loud though.

VT- Loud. Really good atmosphere.  Enter Sandman is really cool.  Good place to watch a game.

Cincinnati- small, but surprisingly loud. Holds 35k but it was packed when I was there and I thought it had a good atmosphere.

Tennessee- big, and high.  The height and steepness stood out to me.  I wasn’t blown away by the noise for as many people as were there though.  But both games I attended were day games against opponents UT was pretty heavily favored against.  Cool venue though 

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« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2025, 08:34:14 PM »
The Swamp - home....architecture helps with the noise, the north end zone being finished as Spurrier arrived.  I like the unique triangles in each corner....the expanded pressbox structure was done well.
Neyland - big and loud...i think they have a brick facade now, but back then it was all khaki painted metal...odd color choice imo
Jordan-Hare & Tiger Stadium - same basic architecture, both Tigers....both loud.  Saw AU upset #1 Florida and the fans stormed the field.  We blew out LSU and a drunk dude stole my afro wig after a tug-of-war with my friend
Jax Altell Everbank Whatever the Hell it's called  WLOCP - great 1/2 and 1/2 seating of rivals, no open-carry drink rules, good times on the St. John's.  
Sun Devil Stadium after the renno....it's nice-looking, but western people don't get loud or risk passing out for their team, so it's kinda ho-hum.  Looks better than it used to, but at the expense of maybe 10K seats or so.
Williams-Brice - big, full and loud, even if they're not good.  They get in a bad mood if your team starts to smoke 'em.  Lots of people standing in the corners.  
Raymond James (USF) - weird that the Bulls play in a stadium with a pirate ship in it.  This was way back, so the upper decks were covered.  Small-time G5 game with a smattering of fans.  Idk what else to put.
Starkville - idk what the stadium is called....Davis Wade?  Wade Davis?  It was a high school-level stadium when I went, as they've added a lot on since.  Yes, tons of cowbell.  It was just so tiny, it felt odd they were a fellow SEC program.  
Camping World old Citrus Bowl? Stadium....super steep upper deck.  It's a lot of stadium to just be sitting there all year doing nothing.   ELA mentioned the game I went to, with Florida lining a 5'8" CB up against Plaxico Burress.  Results were predictable.  But a good, biggish solid stadium with no tenant.
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I guess that's it.  
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