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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: Cincydawg on July 27, 2017, 08:08:30 AM
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1. Not involving your own team (just to remove the who you'd like to see them play part).
2. A place you've never been.
3. You can add coolest place you have been other than your home stadium.
I mentioned on the other thread PSU and Nebraska. ND would make my list obviously, as would Michigan. Gator spoke highly of the experience at West Point. This question is somewhat related to the Helmet discussion I think. Perhaps we could glean something from a poll.
I'll go with Penn State, night game white out.
LSU would make the list as would Alabama, Clemson, OU, USC, ... yup. Overlap.
I saw a night game at Cincinnati (vs WVU) on a Thursday night when both were good and was surprised how lively it was given the venue. It was on ESPN and the place was relatively rockin'.
I saw a UGA game at Tenn (the one where Chubb went down on Play One) and was surprised how courteous everyone was for an important conference game. Ole Miss was off the charts in that respect.
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1) I'd love to see Michigan-Ohio State, in either venue. Why not both?
2) I'd like to see the WLOCP
3) A Tennessee game at Neyland, Volunteer Navy yo!
4) Huskey Stadium in Seattle, also cool venue on the water
Coolest place I've ever seen a game other than my home stadium, is definitely Texas-OU at the Cotton Bowl. That's just an unbelievable atmosphere. OK OK, that's sort of cheating... ;)
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A place I've never been?
Georgia/Auburn at both places.
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A place I've never been?
Georgia/Auburn at both places.
I wouldn't mind seeing the Iron Bowl... in Auburn.
Bryant-Denny was a shockingly underwhelming experience. The stadium is large, but probably looks more like 85K than 100K, but it's really a very sterile environment. The fans were neither raucous nor particularly passionate, it was almost as if they were there because they have nothing better to do on a Saturday (and hey, it's Alabama, there isn't much to do here anyway other than watch football). If you take out the Million Dollar Band, it's virtually identical to an NFL game.
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I'm surprised at the comment about the Bama game? Were they playing Chattanooga?
Someone rated SEC tailgates and had Bama tied with Ole Miss (I know such rankings are silly). I figured they must at least be pretty good. Ole Miss was off the charts for me.
The neat thing about Ole Miss is how many escorts they had waiting for you at the game.
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They were playing Western Kentucky from CUSA. Not a marquee matchup, but the 'Toppers have a decent little program that can give good teams fits.
And maybe it's just that it was in September. It was like 97 degrees that day. Maybe the SEC should consider playing all September games at night, because the weather is ridiculous. Only at the tail end of the month, there's just a hint that things are about to cool off a bit.
And as far as Ole Miss is concerned, I've heard lots of good things about their tailgating.
Good thing, because pretty soon that's going to be the only thing worth doing on Saturdays in Oxford.
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If I were to go see non-Ohio State games I would want to see the big rivalries, thus:
- Iron Bowl
- USC/ND
- Texas/Oklahoma
- WLOCP
- Apple Cup (Seattle only, I really don't have any desire to go to Pullman)
I would also like to see a game at West Point.
Another place I'd love to see a game is Neyland. I stopped in Knoxville on the way to ATL for the final four a number of years ago and thought it looked like a really cool place to see a game.
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Hawaii
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By conference:
ACC - Georgia Tech
Big XII - Texas
Big Ten - Iowa (assuming the caveat of never been there)
Pac 12 - Washington
SEC - Georgia
Although Rose Bowl and OU-Texas at the Cotton Bowl are probably the overall top 2 on my list.
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ND... against a top tier team preferably, but... just to take part in that..
Rose Bowl... same as above.
Baton Rouge... Death Valley/Tiger Stadium... at night.
weird one to be sure most of y'all wouldn't ever think about, but:
LaVell Edwards- BYU/Provo. the surroundings are gorgeous, and... I could get some serious mountain biking before and after, though watering down with some suds afterward may present a problem.
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Hawaii.. It was in Hawaii so there's that. And the Badgers won so there's that.
But the stadiette is pretty yucky.
We were going to go to BYU to see UW play this season, but a European trip this fall took that off the table.
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I think I am really down to three big ones left to do.
1. Army v Navy (Philly)
2. Iron Bowl, prefer it at Auburn
3. Michigan at Ohio State
I wholly endorse UT v OU (Cotton Bowl) w/slight edge over WLOCP
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ND... against a top tier team preferably, but... just to take part in that..
Rose Bowl... same as above.
Baton Rouge... Death Valley/Tiger Stadium... at night.
weird one to be sure most of y'all wouldn't ever think about, but:
LaVell Edwards- BYU/Provo. the surroundings are gorgeous, and... I could get some serious mountain biking before and after, though watering down with some suds afterward may present a problem.
Yeah, an LSU game in Baton Rouge is up there on my list as well. Also, preferably, a night game.
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That was my first ever college football game Nebraska at Hawaii. I have a few square photos from my Mom's late 70s model 35mm. I remember meeting Roger Craig in the hotel.
Hawaii.. It was in Hawaii so there's that. And the Badgers won so there's that.
But the stadiette is pretty yucky.
We were going to go to BYU to see UW play this season, but a European trip this fall took that off the table.
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Washington would be a good one, perhaps as much for the scenery as the football, depending. West Point. I was at UNC for 4+ years and never attended a football game. I was disinterested at that time, and rather busy.
I've been to a graduation at Ohio State but never a football game. My buddy keeps saying "Any time, it's no problem!".
I missed a chance to see a night game at Penn State, still regret that decision, but I was not feeling chipper at the time.
Kentucky has a fairly nice venue, not much around it and not much tailgating. Stadium is nice. I may get to a Vandy game this year. Have been around the stadium on a game day before, but just touring. Was there for a wedding of all things (in Nashville, I forget who they were playing now).
The wedding involved a young man who was a recipient of the scholarship a few years earlier. He turned out pretty well.
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So, the wife has a "cousin" in Washington state, so I was looking at a trip up there this fall, and was thinking about seeing a UDubb game, but now she is talking about France, AGAIN.
Geesh. NO football in France anywhere. Maybe in Pisa.
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So, the wife has a "cousin" in Washington state, so I was looking at a trip up there this fall, and was thinking about seeing a UDubb game, but now she is talking about France, AGAIN.
Geesh. NO football in France anywhere. Maybe in Pisa.
They have plenty of futbol in France, though. When I was living/working in Nantes, I got to see their local team play a couple of times and it was a lot of fun. They were in the B league at the time but were pretty good, recently relegated down I think, at that point.
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The prices for the UGA-ND game have gone up, not down.
Cheapest ticket on SH right now is $699. When they first came out they were under $500.
End zone crappy seat for $700? :96: :73: ???
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Washington would be a good one, perhaps as much for the scenery as the football, depending. West Point. I was at UNC for 4+ years and never attended a football game. I was disinterested at that time, and rather busy.
Heh, I've lived in Pittsburgh for over a decade now, and still haven't been to a Pitt game. I always say I'm going to, and then I just decide I'd rather watch games on tv. Less than a month after I moved here, in September 2006, MSU played at Pitt. I had tickets, firends were coming in, and I got a nasty stomach virus, and spent from about 10pm Friday through 10pm Saturday glued to the bathroom floor, and missed it. Granted that isn't a first for a college football weekend, but the first time it happened before I had a drop of beer in me.
We were set to go to the Pitt-UVa game a couple years ago, and people changed their minds last second. It was a noon game, MSU played at night, and the early slate was awful, so it all lined up, we were down at a bar by the stadium, and the momentum swung to stay there and watch games on tv.
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I'd like to attend a game at the Shoe in C-Bus
and I've always wanted to see the Horns/Sooners at the Texas St fair
my bucket list of stadiums is nearly full - cool places I've been include:
the Rose bowl
Notre Dame
College Station - A&M
the forty acres - UT
Sun Devil stadium - Tempe
the old Orange Bowl
Camp Randall
Arrowhead
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WErer
The neat thing about Ole Miss is how many escorts they had waiting for you at the game.
Were you a 5 star recruit?
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I hate to say it, but Kyle Field in College Station is a really good place to watch a football game.
And if any of you tell my i s c & a aggie wife I said that, I'll deny it straight away.
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WErer
Were you a 5 star recruit?
No, only four. But I'm good looking and sing well in the shower.
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I hate to say it, but Kyle Field in College Station is a really good place to watch a football game.
And if any of you tell my i s c & a aggie wife I said that, I'll deny it straight away.
I wholeheartedly agree. Been there twice.
and now I know why you won't allow me to meet your wife
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Another vote for Kyle Field. My loose top 3 home stadium rankings would include Kyle Field, Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge) and depending on my mood at the time (ND, Clemson, Florida)*
* Excludes tailgating/campus environments otherwise Ole Miss would replace Florida on my list.
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Top 3 Wants:
1) Happy Valley for a Night White Out (and not have to worry about traffic; I went to the 99 thumping OSU received, and just fumed in the car for 4 extra hours we sat in Traffic trying to flee from there. Seriously, it just over 5 hours to drive there and over 9 hours to get home.)
2) Lincoln, Nebraska (For an OU game. Did I forget the 'S'? *insert devil smiley here*)
3) Baton Rouge for an LSU night game.
Been to:
1) Ohio Stadium - Season Ticket holder since '93
2) Lane Stadium - VT Night Game versus OSU was amazing! I endorse adding this University to our conference on that night alone.
3) Rose Bowl - 96 season, Jake the Snake who?
Bowls
Fiesta Bowl - Sun Devil Stadium '03 win, University of Phoenix Stadium '06 loss (Guess which I like more)
Sugar Bowl - '07 loss
Jack Murphy Stadium - '93 Holiday Bowl vs. BYU closer game than it should have been
Raymond James - '00 Outback bowl (not the year cooper lost his job)
Conference Stadiums (listed mostly in the order I visited them)
1)M*ch stadium - pre-renovation. '93 took a buddy and his 13 year old cousin, we were getting drubbed 21-0 in the 2nd quarter, and the 13 year old decides instead of cheering for scores he would stand up and cheer for 1st downs. He got booed the 1st time, heckled the 2nd time, and had his skull cracked open by a beer bottle the 3rd time. Spent the remainder of the game in the 1st aid room listening to shut out. :96:
2)Dyche Stadium - Before Northwestern renamed it Ryan Field
3)Memorial Stadium - Illinois, did this one twice
4)MetroDome - Old Minnesota place, and a really long drive.
5)Happy Valley - see above about traffic.
6)Ross-Ade - Purdue (Columbus West)
7)Memorial Stadium, IN - (Columbus West part duex,) going again this year.
8)Kinnick Stadium - '00 Pink locker room a non-factor.
9)Spartan Stadium, MSU - For a John L. Smith thumping.
Other
Mountaineer Field - Morgantown Season Opener '98 Big Win for the Bucks.
Paul Brown Stadium - '02 nail biter versus Bearcats, and an OSU Spring Game
Cleveland Browns Stadium - OSU vs. Toledo
Until Kids...I tried to do 1 road trip a year, now it's kinda if I can drum up enough interests. (Disposable income is now budgeted, making spur of the moment decisions a lot less likely.)
Who let me Adult? I can't Adult (http://www.betterthanpants.com/who-let-me-adult-i-can-t-adult.)
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allow me to recommend a trip to Lincoln this season
I'm planning a sharkwater party that Saturday
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1/2. Would like to see LSU or Tennessee in their stadiums, or a big night game in Madison or Iowa City.
3. Most impressive recent trips are @Auburn, @Penn State white out, & @Notre Dame, and to a lesser extent @ Virginia Tech
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allow me to recommend a trip to Lincoln this season
I'm planning a sharkwater party that Saturday
It's on the list. We went with the season opener in Bloomington. Cheaper, easier trip, holiday weekend, and extended family will be joining us.
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Want:
LSU
Auburn
Rose Bowl with the Gophers in it
TX-OU
WLOCP, although I'm more of a beer drinker I might have to switch to whisky-Sprite for that weekend
Thoughts from my various travels over the years:
I wasn't impressed with Tennessee. Sure it's big, but the only way you fit six figures into Neyland is by having 10" of bench space per person.
Washington is a must-visit for CFB fans. In addition to being a goregeous setting (especially in September), they have the best in-stadium chow in college football.
I was at the Rose Bowl this past spring to see U2. Even for a concert, it's a fantastic setting. the only problem is that it is a colossal pain in the neck to get out of Arroyo Seco afterwards. It's much easier to walk back to downtown Pasadena than to sit in the golf course afterwards.
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The prices for the UGA-ND game have gone up, not down.
Cheapest ticket on SH right now is $699. When they first came out they were under $500.
End zone crappy seat for $700? :96: :73: ???
Cincy, they are estimating 25,000 Dawgs in South Bend. Vince Dooley is throwing out the 1st pitch at Wrigley (Cubs vs Bravos) the Friday before the game FCS.
And I believe the Falcons play the Bears at Soldier Field that Sunday. All in all, an incredible sports weekend for Georgia sports fans.
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I've been everywhere in the BigTen, along with Notre Dame, except Nebraska and Illinois. I'm definitely going to Lincoln the next time Michigan plays there, since I already promised to get tickets for the UM-NU game in Ann Arbor next year to a Husker friend, who said he'd do the same.
I definitely plan to go to Austin, Pasadena, and Blacksburg when Michigan plays there in the next decade. I'm hoping to go Seattle and Norman as well.... If Michigan had series against Georgia, Tennessee, LSU, or Texas A&M, I'd go to any of those places, too.
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1. Tallahassee "Big Night Game". Wanna do the Tomahawk Chop. Been to a couple of Chiefs games and they do it. But it doesn't seem right.
2. Old Miss. Wanna go to the Grove
3. LSU. Anyone with a shirt that says "I'm from Omaha" Baseball fans will understand.
4. Army/Navy. Just to yell at the boots......ahem Midshipmen.
5. Raiders/Chiefs (Las Vegas) cause I'm a Raiders fan and it's Vegas
6. Not Football but a Bristol night race!