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2/16/2009 10:44:41 PM

im not really sure where to put this but does anyone have any updated pictures of the construction at CF?

5/11/2009 3:07:01 PM

Wasn't one of the State blogs doing updates on it?

5/11/2009 3:17:56 PM

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"more like they're there because 70k people don't want to go to green fucking bay in late jan/early feb"

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

5/11/2009 3:20:26 PM

^^^Here's the latest one that I've seen, found it over on PP.

5/11/2009 3:26:15 PM

FTW

5/11/2009 3:32:04 PM

What do you think are the prettiest stadiums in college football?

5/11/2009 4:51:48 PM

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Rose Bowl
Husky Stadium
Doak Campbell

5/11/2009 5:01:42 PM

thanks for the picture

5/11/2009 5:05:01 PM

Michie Stadium is one of my favorites and has one of the best settings in all of college football with the Hudson River right beside it.

5/11/2009 6:07:57 PM

Mmmmm big TV aaahhhhhhgghhhaarrrrhhgggglle

New Cowboys 60yard long jumbo tron







[Edited on May 12, 2009 at 9:02 AM. Reason : 2 more]

5/12/2009 8:58:49 AM

BYU's LaVell Edwards Stadium has a nice setting, with the mountains in the background, and a nice design. It has to be home to the soberest (is that even a word) crowd in all of college football though.

5/12/2009 4:17:25 PM

Kenan Stadium, commonly thought of as one of the most picturesque stadiums in college football, is home to the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. Set among tall Carolina pines, this facility right in the middle of campus, is one of the ACC's nicest. Fans who attend games here are often noted for their shiny silver t-shirts.



Wallace Wade Stadium, shown here during a home football game in the 2007 season, is best known for being next to Cameron Indoor Stadium.

[Edited on May 12, 2009 at 4:24 PM. Reason : x]

5/12/2009 4:24:41 PM

^lulz, the pine trees surrounding kenan stadium make it an intimidating atmosphere for visiting teams

5/12/2009 4:36:52 PM

I need to go to more soccer games in foreign countries.. their fans suck so much less dick than ours :x

5/12/2009 4:45:12 PM

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"Fans who attend games here are often noted for their shiny silver t-shirts."

lulz

5/12/2009 4:48:45 PM

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"their fans suck so much less dick than ours "

Have fun! Hope you aren't beaten to death outside the stadium!

5/12/2009 6:04:52 PM

Unrelated, I worked concessions at Army's Stadium a few times in junior high. Good times.

5/13/2009 11:12:27 PM

My dad went to Wyoming to see Louisville play Wyoming at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, WY several years ago and said it was a really cool place to watch a game.

5/14/2009 2:05:57 AM

Highest altitude for a stadium in college football.

5/14/2009 7:56:38 AM

I'm a pretty big supporter of Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone

5/15/2009 12:26:31 AM

don't you mean "the Rock"

5/15/2009 12:52:47 AM

does the whole state show up to watch games in Wyoming?

also i guess i'll add to the thread the coolest stadium i've ever been to, unfortunately not during a football game lax was being played

Harvard Stadium at Harvard University was built in 1903 and holds a capacity of 30,323. It is also the first massive reinforced concrete structure ever built.

stadium as it looks today



The stadium once had temporary steel stands that increased capacity to 57000





[Edited on May 16, 2009 at 4:22 AM. Reason : .]

5/16/2009 4:11:21 AM

There are no bleachers/seats at Harvard Stadium iirc. You have to sit on the cold concrete stands.

5/16/2009 12:39:02 PM

I figure to help pass the time till football season I'm going to profile every BCS stadium out there. I'll start doing them by conference. I figure what better way to start this out then by starting with the SEC, which has the best of everything. They've usually got the best teams, the best stadiums, best traditions, best tailgating, and lest we not forget the best dressed co-eds (yay for drunk girls in sun dresses).

We'll start out with Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Bryant-Denny Stadium - Capacity: 92,138 - Opened: October 5, 1929

Bryant-Denny Stadium exemplifies the lavishness that has taken hold of college football in the past 10 years. Home to the 12 time national champion Alabama football program, it is the 4th largest stadium in the SEC, 7th largest on-campus stadium, and 18th largest stadium in the world. It was originally named Denny Stadium, in honor of former Alabama president George Hutchenson Denny. In 1975, the stadium's name was amended to Bryant-Denny Stadium after the Alabama legislature chose to honor famed Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant as a partial namesake. An approved expansion to the South endzone will bring the stadium's capacity to approximately 101,000, and will be ready for the 2010 season. This expansion will mirror the 2006 expansion of the North endzone that brought capacity from 83,818 to its present capacity. The expanded south end zone will include a two level South Zone club with a total of 1,700 seats and 36 skyboxes to bring the total number of skyboxes in Bryant-Denny Stadium to 159, as well as an 8,500 seat upper deck. The entire stadium's audio/visual system will be upgraded including two new video boards in both corners of the south end zone. It will cost an estimated $65.6 million.

The Crimson Tide owns a 187–32–3 all-time record at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Bear Bryant accumulated a 72–2 record while head coach of Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The low number of games at Bryant-Denny Stadium is due to the fact that prior to 1998 the Alabama program played many of their games at the larger Legion Field in Birmingham.

5/19/2009 10:34:35 PM

Next up is Arkansas.

Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium - Capacity: 76,000 - Opened: September 24, 1938

With the 2001 expansion and renovation, Razorback Stadium became one of the nicest football stadiums in the entire country. The huge jumbotron, called PigScreen, was the largest in college football when it was built, and still ranks near the top. The athletic center in the North endzone is named after former Arkansas coach and athletic director Frank Broyles, who led the Razorbacks to seven Southwest Conference championships, two Cotton Bowl wins, and a National Championship (1964). Although Razoback Stadium is Arkansas' primary stadium, they do play 2-3 games each year at the smaller War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, b/c politicians and businessmen in Little Rock, many of whom went to Arkansas, want the economic boost that Arkansas games give to the city. Big time Arkansas boosters such Warren Stephens (Stephens, Inc.) and Joe Ford (CEO of Alltel) also politicked for games to continue to be held at War Memorial Stadium. Truthfully the debate is stupid, and I think they should play all of their games at Razorback Stadium. The University of Arkansas and Fayetteville community have no reason why they should continue to allow games that bring a lot of money to them to be played 190 miles away. The university has to lose a lot of money b/c of everything that is involved. There are over 20k less seats at War Memorial Stadium, plus the university has to plan for travel and lodging costs for the players and staff.

Hmm...it looks like Arkansas was the ones that got our old, green temporary bleachers.








[Edited on May 20, 2009 at 8:59 AM. Reason : ]

5/20/2009 8:58:58 AM

What a great practice facility. Looks like they have 2 full outdoor fields, and an indoor facility. Its nice how it backs up seamlessly to the stadium

5/20/2009 10:45:12 AM

For some reason I thought Arkansas had a shithole stadium, not sure why

but that looks hella nice

keep up the good work Brass

I'm thinking about starting a similar thread about baseball stadiums in a week or so to get us thru the slow summer months

5/20/2009 10:47:59 AM

^ its ok... kind of patch work looking in a few places. Bryant Denny is definitely nicer

5/20/2009 11:00:52 AM

Dude, Bryant denny looks far better, I just think its nice how the facilities are next to each other like that. I've never been, but its a good looking stadium for 75k, and a good model for carter finley's future

5/20/2009 11:02:24 AM

Well Bryant-Denny's updates are newer. I know that a few NFL teams came to Fayetteville in the years after their 2001 renovation just to check it out and take ideas from it when they decided to upgrade their facilities or build a new stadium.

Slave Famous you could just add the baseball stadiums to this thread if you wanted. I really like the look that Camden Yards. I also like how PNC Park has a view of the Pittsburgh skyline even though a minor league team plays there.

[Edited on May 20, 2009 at 11:11 AM. Reason : ]

5/20/2009 11:08:42 AM

I'm going to Citi and new yankee stadium this weekend so I'll take pics and start off with those two, then work my way clockwise around the country

5/20/2009 11:21:25 AM

The only knock I have on Bryant-Denny is there seems to be an unnecessary amount of space between the sidelines and the stands. At least the endzone stands are close to the field.

On now with Auburn.

Jordan-Hare Stadium - Capacity: 87,451 - Opened: November 10, 1939

Originally named Auburn Stadium, it was later renamed to Cliff Hare Stadium in 1949, and then renamed again to Jordan-Hare Stadium in 1973 after legendary Auburn coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan. It the first time in the US that a stadium was named in honor of an active coach. In 2005 the field was named Pat Dye Field in honor of the former Auburn coach. Prior to the 2006 expansion of Bryant-Denny Stadium, it was the largest stadium in Alabama. For the 2007 season a $2.9 million HD video screen was installed in the South endzone, making Auburn the first SEC school to have an HD video display, and second in the NCAA to Texas. The screen is 30 feet high and 74 feet wide. One of college football's greatest traditions is during Auburn's pre-game when an eagle leaves from a ramp in one of the corners of the stadium and flys around the stadium while the entire stadium yells "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR EAGLE, HEY" with the crowd yelling eagle when the eagle touches down at the 50-yard line.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjTuemF1Rd4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBSdjZN32IQ&feature=related





What the stadium looked like in 1975

Larger sizes available here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcdavidphoto/3181716336/sizes/m/

5/24/2009 4:27:04 PM

^Do you know what the significance of the eagle is/where it came from? Just wondering since their mascot is the tiger.

5/24/2009 10:10:58 PM

^ what? cant tell if you are joking or not

5/24/2009 10:21:25 PM

^^http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Eagle

[Edited on May 24, 2009 at 10:28 PM. Reason : its okay Jaybee, not everyone is an SEC honk.]

5/24/2009 10:28:03 PM

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"There are many stories surrounding the origins of Auburn's battle cry, "War Eagle." The most popular account involves the first Auburn football game in 1892 between Auburn and the University of Georgia. According to the story, in the stands that day was an old Civil War soldier with an eagle that he had found injured on a battlefield and kept as a pet. The eagle broke free and began to soar over the field, and Auburn began to march toward the Georgia end-zone. The crowd began to chant "War Eagle" as the eagle soared. After Auburn won the game, the eagle crashed to the field and died but, according to the legend, his spirit lives on every time an Auburn man or woman yells "War Eagle!" The battle cry of "War Eagle" also functions as a greeting for those associated with the University. For many years, a live golden eagle has embodied the spirit of this tradition. The eagle was once housed on campus in The Eagle's Cage, but the cage was taken down and the eagle moved to a nearby raptor center."

For more info on Auburn's War Eagle tradition see this link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Eagle

5/24/2009 10:34:43 PM

dammit, I knew I should have quoted something.

5/24/2009 10:49:24 PM

This is my future college basketball home for the next 4 years.

Large version
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JYHHDIeK424/SaXB15tsx7I/AAAAAAAACpI/wfUHVln00oQ/BoysBballTempleDSC_0318.jpg


Large version
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1152/746150858_e29e02a82b_b.jpg

6/1/2009 6:58:39 PM

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field aka The Swamp - Capacity: 88,548 Largest crowd: 90,833 - Opened: 1930

It's not the loudest stadium in America, but it is one of the most spirited and intimidating (and for the record it's pretty damn loud). The stands are some of the closest to the field in college football. In some areas the fans are a mere 10 feet from the playing area. The Swamp has been called "the loudest, most obnoxious and notorious piece of real estate" in college football. The student section is on the side opposite the press box and goes from one 25 yard line to the 50 yard line, and goes from the field to the top of the stands. Originally seating only 22,000, that capacity has swelled and The Swamp now ranks as the 12th largest stadium in college football. It actually was the site of the 1973 Tangerine Bowl and the 1994 Gator Bowl. The stadium may be best known as "The Swamp." In the early 1990s, then-Coach Steve Spurrier noted that ". . . a swamp is where Gators live. We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous. Only Gators get out alive." While the Gators are somewhat of a newcomer to college football's elite (they weren't really known as a great program until the 1990s), the Gator fans have sold out every home game since 1979. One tradition that I love is their use of the two bits chant. Even though everyone knows the chant where else besides UF is this classic chant used in college football?

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"George Edmondson ("Mr. Two Bits"), wearing his trademark yellow oxford shirt, blue seersucker trousers, orange-and-blue tie, and black-and-white saddle shoes, traveled around the stands for almost 60 years leading fans in the old "Two Bits" cheer ("Two bits! Four bits! Six bits! A dollar! All for the Gators, stand up and holler!"). Edmondson began the tradition in 1949 and "retired" to become a regular fan after his 50th season in 1998. However, he couldn't stay in his seat and continued to lead the cheer during pre-game festivities and (occasionally) in the stands during games. On November 22, 2008, at the last home game of the season, Mr. Two Bits was again honored with a retirement ceremony. That contest pitted Florida against The Citadel, which happens to be Edmondson's alma mater "

6/21/2009 12:46:35 AM

Sanford Stadium "Between the Hedges" - Capacity: 92,746 - Opened: October 12, 1929

Sanford Stadium is the fifth largest stadium in college football. It is known for its signature privet hedges, which have stood around the field, originally in 1929, but removed in the summer of 1996 for the Olympics; new hedges were restored in the fall of 1996. At the end of the 1995 season many fans got their own piece of the hedges, so some of the work removing them was already done for UGA. The idea to put hedges around the field came from the Business Manager of the UGA Athletic Department, Charlie Martin. Martin claimed to have received inspiration for the idea during a visit to the Rose Bowl, where he saw the hedge of roses in that stadium. Roses were not a suitable choice for the climate in Athens, so privet hedges were used instead. 6 other SEC Stadiums now boast hedges. Sanford Stadium was built so that GT, whose Grant Field (later named Bobby Dodd Stadium at Grant Field) held many thousands more than UGA's Sanford Field, couldn't almost exclusively host the annual series between the two in-state rivals. The push was made by Dr. Steadman Vincent Sanford.

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"In those early years of football, Georgia played a series of controversial games against in-state rival Georgia Tech. Tech's Grant Field in Atlanta held thousands of spectators, and Georgia was forced to play those match-ups almost exclusively at Tech's stadium. Sanford wanted Georgia to have a venue that would equal Tech's, and the "final straw" came in 1927 when UGA's undefeated (9–0) team traveled to Tech and lost 12–0. It was alleged that Tech watered the field all night to slow UGA's running backs. Afterwards, Sanford vowed to "build a stadium bigger than Tech," and play the game at Athens every other year."

They called upon the architect TC Atwood of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who had designed Kenan Stadium. The stadium sat 30,000 when it opened. The first game involved perennial powerhouse Yale who played their first game in the South. UGA defeated Yale 15-0 in front of a capacity crowd. Yale actually donated their half of the proceeds to help UGA pay off the stadium. That would be almost unheard of nowadays. Georgia's deceased mascots (UGAs I-VI, all descendants of the original white Bulldog) are actually buried or entombed in the southwest corner of the stadium.

6/22/2009 2:23:30 PM

Commonwealth Stadium - Capacity: 67,606 Largest crowd: 71,024 - Opened: September 15, 1973

Kentucky's Commonwealth Stadium is the youngest stadium in the SEC. The Wildcats opened the stadium by defeating the Virginia Tech Hokies 31–26. Original capacity for the stadium was 57,800. In 1999 both ends of the stadium were enclosed and 40 suites were added, bringing the stadium up to its current capacity. The total cost of the expansion was $27.6 million. On November 1, 2003, an NCAA record tying 7 OTs were played at Commonwealth when the Wildcats lost 63-71 to the Arkansas Razorbacks.






Pre-expansion

7/1/2009 5:41:57 PM

honestly, i have no idea how we get recruits when we go up against any SEC team, except maybe USC, and even then we lose some. Those stadiums are ridiculous. Seems like on TV you never get the full glory. Alabama and Auburn, woah. UT's is even bigger.

7/1/2009 5:57:45 PM

I've seen several ASU home games on TV, but never noticed (or just didn't remember) that it was practically in the middle of a mountain.



[Edited on July 1, 2009 at 9:21 PM. Reason : asdf]

7/1/2009 9:21:14 PM

id never noticed how much sanford stadium for georgia looked like a bigger/better Kenan Stadium. Thanks for pointing out the same guy created them both. i can really see it now

7/1/2009 9:35:27 PM

Tiger Stadium aka "Death Valley" - Capacity: 92,400 Largest crowd: 93,039 - Opened: November 25, 1924

Opening in 1924, Tiger Stadium had an original capacity of 12,000. In 1931, 10,000 seats were added to the existing grandstands. In 1936 capacity was more than doubled to 46,000 when the north endzone was enclosed with a 24,000-seat addition. Money was not allocated in the state budget for the seating expansion, but money was allocated for dormitories. To bypass the legislature and increase his beloved school's stadium capacity, Governor Huey P. Long ordered that dormitories be built in the stadium, with seating above the student living quarters. Until the early 1990s, the West, North and South Stadium dormitories were featured as part of student housing at LSU. The dormitories were later converted to office space for Athletic Department staff and faculty. The horseshoe look was eliminated in 1953 by the addition of the south grandstands. Unlike the existing stadium structure, they were double-decked in order to fit within the space provided. (So that's why they did that. I guess it's just another one of the oddities that you can only find in college football stadiums.) The first of the two upper decks was added to the west side of the stadium in 1978 to bring capacity to approximately 78,000. In 2000, the east upper deck seating was completed and added 11,600 seats, bringing the total capacity to 91,600. The west upper deck was torn down at the end of the 2004 season, and construction began on "The Stadium Club." The new suites contain over 3,200 special amenity seats as a well as a state-of-the-art press box. The west upper deck was completed before the 2006 season, and brought the stadium to its current capacity of 92,400.

Tiger Stadium has been called college football's most dreaded road trip. I guess that's what you get when you take every crazy cajun in Louisiana, have them tailgate the whole day (perhaps even before gameday), and put them all in one place on a Saturday night. The stadium is just pure noise and the muggy atmosphere certainly doesn't help. Perhaps the two most famous games in the stadium's history is the Billy Cannon touchdown run on Halloween night in 1959 when #1-ranked LSU scored late in the game to win against #3 Ole Miss by a score of 7-3, and the Earthquake Game against Auburn in 1988. LSU won the game, 7-6, when quarterback Tommy Hodson completed a game-winning touchdown pass to running back Eddie Fuller in the waning seconds of the game. The crowd reaction registered as a legitimate earthquake on the seismograph in the Louisiana Geological Survey office on campus. Our very own Mike Archer, Defensive coordinator for the Pack, was the head coach of the Tigers that year, a year in which they won the SEC Championship.

While most stadiums only mark the yard lines ending in 0, Tiger Stadium marks the yard lines ending in 5. Tiger Stadium is one of only three DI-A teams that have H style goal posts. The other two are Doak Campbell Stadium at Florida State and Martin Stadium at Washington State. The goal posts are also painted white rather than the traditional yellow seen across the country.







Yeah this really is snow.





Oh how I love the Golden Girls

http://lsugoldengirls.tripod.com/

[Edited on July 1, 2009 at 11:01 PM. Reason : ]

7/1/2009 11:00:54 PM

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"honestly, i have no idea how we get recruits when we go up against any SEC team, except maybe USC, and even then we lose some. Those stadiums are ridiculous."

It's b/c we've got some of the best facilities in college football (Lee Fowler just jizzed in his pants) and better academics than a lot of the SEC schools. Also we aren't located in some bumfuck of a town like some of them.

[Edited on July 1, 2009 at 11:27 PM. Reason : ]

7/1/2009 11:05:33 PM

^^ And since those pictures were taken, the Golden Band from Tigerland AKA Tigerband has moved to behind the endzone where the team runs out. This was done to make the sound project better across the stadium instead of getting caught in one end.

God I miss that place.

7/1/2009 11:17:54 PM

Were you the one with the State sign on Gameday the week of the Duke game last year?

7/1/2009 11:29:03 PM

Wow, it's odd to see Turner Field with its Olympic seating arrangement:

7/2/2009 1:07:33 PM