The Top 25 College Football Stadiums in America.

[Condem]

Dennis (The Tool) Dodd of CBS Sports rates 'em. Gawd. I have to post something of interest during the worst sports period of the year. Who's been where? Let's hear it. http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/14733939/dodd-top-25-college-football-stadiums/rss

[Condem]

1. Okay. I'll start.

Been to the Beaver. Sanford. Notre Dame (as a young child). And, of course the great Kinnick. The LA Coliseum seems overrated to me. Otherwise, a good list.

[El Supremo]

2. That 's a load of astro-shit.

Royal Memorial Stadium is ranked only 16th. And the Sun Bowl isn't even there.

[Condem]

4. Yeah, buddy, El.

A&M blows you away. You should be used to that, though.

[era veteran]

3. Been to Alabama, Georgia, and UT, hate to say it but the

Vols have the best atmosphere. If you read the lyrics to Rocky Top you can feel the xenophobia creeping out as well as murder of federal agents.
Nothing sucks like a big orange.

[Condem]

5. Gotta hand it to UT.

Haven't been, but that looks like a party. Much more so than the fucking rednecks down in Alabama.

[El Supremo]

8. WHAT'S THIS "UT" SHIT????

THIS IS "UT":

[era veteran]

23. As an SEC guy, this is the UT shit

UT:/ One of college football's most iconic landmarks, Neyland Stadium is the fourth-largest stadium in the nation.

Capacity: 102,455
Largest Crowd:
109,061 - Sept. 18, 2004 - Tennessee 30, Florida 28
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School from other conference/ Entering the 2009 season, expansion plans are being completed for upgraded south end zone seating, which will increase the stadium's capacity to 100,119, making it one of the largest in the nation

Largest Crowds at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
1. 101,437 UCLA 2010
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Everything is bigger in Texas, except when it's not

Facts about Tenn., the fucking Vols call themselves that because they went to the Alamo, that is true, of course, but when I visited the Alamo in the '70's I noticed that while more Tenn boys were at the Alamo the men from Kentucky got there first and had farther to go.

Texas ought to try and get in the SEC then they would have real chops.

[lazarus]

24. have to say this

not everyone in Alabama is a redneck. I lived there for years. None of my friends were rednecks, and most of my family are not rednecks, either.

And the fans at Tennessee are apparently thugs, from what my sister tells me. She used to go games there, but got tired of being assaulted, along with her husband, verbally and, a time or two, physically. Cheering for your team and against your opponent is one thing, but assault is something else.

And, to return to the main point, every state in the union has its share of rednecks. Even my new state of California.

[madinmaryland]

25. Yeah. Even dark blue Maryland has a KKKlan presence.

[Condem]

26. No offense, lazarus.

Absolutely correct. Got 'em here in Ioway. Fer shur. But in ol' Bama the apple doesn't fall far from the poisoned tree. BTW. My father went to Bama.

[lazarus]

33. it's all cool

sometimes I get a bit sensitive about my home state. There are a lot of 'em there, i'll admit that.

:hi:

[madinmaryland]

6. Ohio State is Number 3.

Interestingly, the only stadium I've been to is Michigan. We drove 15 hours from CT to buy scalped tickets! 20 bucks for some good seats! 1983!

[Condem]

7. I'd love to see the 'Shoe, mad.

It will happen. When I retire, I'll fucking hit 'em all!

[1gobluedem]

11. It's not a horseshoe anymore

I think Ohio Stadium lost a lot of character when they filled in the horsehoe.

Around here it's referred to as 'the snakepit.'

[madinmaryland]

12. HEH! That's because Michigan gets their asses bit every time the

come down to play us!

:D

[1gobluedem]

15. Pendulums swing back, Mad

Let's not forget the Cooper era, one I look back on with particular fondness.

[MadBadger]

9. The BIg House is the most overrated Stadium in the nation...or so I've heard

ITs probably cuz the way they built it, sound just doesnt stay in

[1gobluedem]

10. Have you ever been there?

First, the sheer size of it is intimidating. It doesn't look very big from the outside but then you realize that you enter at row 78 and it just goes down forever.

As for the noise, since the luxury boxes and new press box, which rise above the bowl, have been built they hold the noise in much more now. It's a LOT louder.

[madinmaryland]

13. When I was there in 1983 the crowd was pretty timid. Hell, I even was

able to get a ticket to get in to the game when I walked up! Pretty pathetic!

[Condem]

14. I was at the Beaver back in '85. It was huge then.

In the middle of nowhere. I remember tailgating in a big field by the stadium and thinking how fucked you were if it rained. It rained. Oh, yeah. Been to West Point. That was pretty cool. A little staid for my tastes, though.

[JonLP24]

16. List is hard to dispute, I guess.

I haven't been to any of these stadiums. I think Husky Stadium is probably the most scenic, USC Stadium has a very nice structure. My personal favorite is Sun Devil Stadium. Sentimental value there.

[RT Atlanta]

17. SEC Grad here - I've been to the following:

Auburn - Jordan Hare (my "home" school & team)
LSU
UA-Tuscaloosa - Bryant-Denny-Sabear
UF - Ben Hill Griffin (loudest stadium I've ever been in!)
Georgia - Sanford
Tenny-C - Neyland (the "quietest" large stadium I've ever been in)
Army - Michie
Air Force - Falcon
UW - Husky Stadium - glorious place on the the lake in Seattle!
USC Gamecocks - Williams Brice

[KamaAina]

18. There are stadiums outside the FBS, you know

specifically, the Yale Bowl, built in 1914 (!) and briefly host to the NFL Giants while Yankee Stadium was being renovated in 1973-74. I was there at The Game (that's the one where we play Hahvahd) in '83, leafletting outside for Students for Nuclear Disarmament. Then at halftime the guards left and we all just walked in.

[madinmaryland]

19. Don't forget Dial-Roberson Stadium on the campus of

Ohio Northern University!!



:P

[madinmaryland]

20. I've actually gone to a game at the Yale Bowl.

I saw them play UConn in 1987 or 88. There was maybe 20-25% attendance.

[KamaAina]

21. Always 100% for The Game

and besides, that was when UConn was still I-AA.

[madinmaryland]

22. I think UConn won the game, too!

[a la izquierda]

27. I've been to:

FSU, Rutgers (not on the list), Texas (I puked in my mouth a little the whole time I was on campus-which was a long time considering I was in the library doing research: that whole fucking campus is ugly orange. Hee hee, I'm only kidding. It is a nice campus) and of course Oklahoma. My graduation will be held in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in a little over 2 months.

[Condem]

28. Where to, a la?

Man. To leave Okiehomie would be a travesty. Maybe head to New Jersey or something.

[a la izquierda]

29. No idea yet...

No job. Staying in Oklahoma until I get a job because we can't afford to go anywhere else. I'm saddled with student loans and until some of these businesses create jobs with their tax cuts:sarcasm: so that Junior can pay tuition, universities are cutting back.

All's not lost, I'm still waiting to hear back from a few. Here's hoping.

[Condem]

30. All the best.

Keep us informed.

[a la izquierda]

31. My husband has considered my suggestion...

of moving to Mexico. We could work with our natural talents: my husband would run bike tours of the area, and I could lead guided tours of historical and archaeological sites.

It would beat the rat race. But I'd really like to be a professor.

[HuckleB]

32. In other words, college football stadiums suck.

That's one pitiful list of nothing.

[lazarus]

34. I disagree with Bama's rating, of course

I think our architecture is quite nice, especially with the new addition. Definitely prettier than the architecture in Tennessee and Auburn, which are ranked equally.

Auburn has an ugly campus, btw.