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MarqHusker

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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2025, 08:53:11 PM »
I have a lot of work to do to post all the visits here, but I'll post of the Top and Bottom.

The Best College Football Stadium is Kyle Field.   I've been there three times (90s, 00s, and 2020s), comment applies to current iteration. 
I tell people it's better than their favorite NFL stadium.  it is.

Bottom:  Yale Bowl:   Zillion dollar endowment, and this is what you've got?
if P4 only: tie: Northwestern old, KU old Memorial Stadium and Baylor's old (Floyd Casey).    Sorry places, mercifully replaced.

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« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2025, 09:44:47 PM »
Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium: Home.  Large stadium, pretty quiet wine and cheese crowd, but can get rowdy for big games.

Kyle Field: Large stadium, great crowd for big games, pretty weak crowd for no-namers

Cotton Bowl: For TX-OU, it's the best atmosphere I've ever experienced for a sporting event.  Recent renovations have improved it greatly.  

JerryWorld: Sterile, soulless, cavernous.  Absolutely terrible environment for a college football game.  Pretty much the opposite of TX-OU at the Cotton Bowl.

Reliant Stadium or whatever it's called in Houston: Sterile NFL stadium but nice amenities, way better than JerryWorld.

Superdome: Rowdy, lots of fun.  I've been to a Sugar Bowl there and a Texas-Tulane game.  New Orleans is a great party town.

Alamodome: Surprisingly good venue, seats are all pretty good, easy access, and close to downtown SA and River Walk make it a fun trip.

Floyd Casey (Baylor): Awful dump.  Glad it's gone.

McClane Stadium (Baylor): Decent amenities, kind of generic.  I mean, it's Baylor.  

Amon Carter (TCU): Pretty much a dump the last time I was there but that was 30 years ago.  They've done a lot of renovations and the pictures look nice.

Rice Stadium: Old-school bowl-type stadium.  It's been 30 years and I don't remember much about it.  

Razorback Stadium, FayetteNam, Arkansas:  Very rowdy when Texas comes to town.  You don't want to be wearing burnt orange in that town. 

Jones AT&T Stadium (Texas Tech):  Another rowdy crowd when Texas comes to town.  Tortillas, everywhere.

Robertson Stadium (University of Houston): Complete dump.  Torn down in 2012.  It was a mercy killing.  Haven't been to their new stadium.

I think that's it for college games.  I've also seen pro games at Jerryworld, Texas Stadium, the Metrodome, and Reliant Stadium or whatever it's called in Houston.  All were good, as pro stadiums.











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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #16 on: August 19, 2025, 08:55:17 AM »
An oddity, only one stadium seats more than 90 K but fewer than 100K.
« Last Edit: August 21, 2025, 12:34:28 PM by Cincydawg »

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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2025, 12:33:50 PM »
I have been to 26 different home stadiums. Three of those don't exist anymore, for Hawaii, San Diego State, and UNLV - interestingly all Mountain West Schools. And I've been to games in all three of their new stadiums too.

26 home stadiums undersells how many others games I've been to such as Bowls, Conference Championships, and Neutral Site games. At some point after the season is over I'll break it all down.

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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2025, 02:00:37 PM »
I have a lot of work to do to post all the visits here, but I'll post of the Top and Bottom.

The Best College Football Stadium is Kyle Field.  I've been there three times (90s, 00s, and 2020s), comment applies to current iteration.
I tell people it's better than their favorite NFL stadium.  it is.

Bottom:  Yale Bowl:  Zillion dollar endowment, and this is what you've got?
if P4 only: tie: Northwestern old, KU old Memorial Stadium and Baylor's old (Floyd Casey).    Sorry places, mercifully replaced.
I didn't go to a game in Kyle from 2014 to about 2021 or such.  I had no idea what the new stadium looked like, it was amazing and so different than what I grew up with (from 1996-2000).  What did you think of the renovation, redevelopment, or whatever you want to call it?  It's just almost a completely different stadium.  

Sadly, I've never attended any games outside of College Station, except for a bowl game in San Antonio in '99.  Bad memory.  

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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #19 on: August 23, 2025, 05:52:36 PM »
Not in order of rank. These are the places I have viewed college football at:

  • Camp Randall
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Arrowhead Stadium (FSU v. Iowa State) -- This was a very good venue
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Acrisure Stadium (FSU @ Pitt) -- I was not impressed by the venue, or maybe it was the sparse crowd - 49,641 in a stadium with a 68,400 capacity
  • Alamo Bowl (2x) It was okay
  • Rose Bowl (Early 1986) It is an okay venue for college football
  • Ryan Field - I wasn't impressed by the stadium, but we had great seats in the second deck between the 45 and 50
  • Fulton County Stadium (The worst site for football is in a multipurpose stadium - Was there for a 1980s Peach Bowl)

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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #20 on: August 24, 2025, 07:58:22 AM »
Not in order of rank. These are the places I have viewed college football at:

  • Camp Randall
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Arrowhead Stadium (FSU v. Iowa State) -- This was a very good venue
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Acrisure Stadium (FSU @ Pitt) -- I was not impressed by the venue, or maybe it was the sparse crowd - 49,641 in a stadium with a 68,400 capacity
  • Alamo Bowl (2x) It was okay
  • Rose Bowl (Early 1986) It is an okay venue for college football
  • Ryan Field - I wasn't impressed by the stadium, but we had great seats in the second deck between the 45 and 50
  • Fulton County Stadium (The worst site for football is in a multipurpose stadium - Was there for a 1980s Peach Bowl)

To me that was the ONLY place to sit in that dump.
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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #21 on: August 24, 2025, 06:05:14 PM »
The Best College Football Stadium is Kyle Field.  I've been there three times (90s, 00s, and 2020s), comment applies to current iteration.
I tell people it's better than their favorite NFL stadium.  it is.

Have done a number of the most well known NFL and College Football Stadiums.

Kyle Field is the most impressive. The highlight of my trip to Texas two years ago.



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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #22 on: August 24, 2025, 08:02:30 PM »

Ohio Stadium has already been covered up thread. 


The two FCS stadia out here in southern Utah aren't much to look at, but the surrounding scenery is outstanding. 




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Re: Stadiums and Summaries
« Reply #23 on: Today at 01:10:58 PM »
Short summaries of the places I've seen college football games and events:

1. Metrodome. Goodbye. Burn in hell.
2. Kinnick Stadium. Small and loud. Fans better than counterparts in MSP.
3. Camp Randall. Smelled bad. NFL level drunkenness. Bad Gopher games.
4. Husky Stadium, Seattle. Imposing. Glad for partial roof in rain. Fans need attitude adjustment.
5. DKR Texas Memorial. Big. Crowd not into it until late. Meat smokers galore.
6. Vanderbilt Staidum. North wing of the Swamp. Banshee at bar pregame.
7. Farout Field, Mizzou. Shitty turf. Fans didn't care.  
8. New Brickhouse. Home sweet home.
9. Big House. Big, yes. Loud? No. Intimidating? No.
10. Nebraska Memorial Stadium. Friendly fans. Stadium ends need much work.
11. Neyland Stadium, Tennessee. Upper deck isn't seats but a giant, steep staircase. 
12. Arkansas Memorial Stadium, Fayetteville. Dont remember much but was surprised that someone's name was above Frank Broyles.
13. Rose Bowl. U2. As pretty in person as on TV. Ingress and egress are tough.
14. Lucas Oil, Indianapolis. What the Viking Ship wishes it was. Badly.
15. Folsom Field, Colorado. Hot. Too early for a good fan sample (a 10 AM MDT start in Boulder). 

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