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Postby donovan » Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:54 pm

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billybud wrote:Orange Bowl?... It has peeling paint, signs of deteriation everywhere, and smells of spilled beer and stale urine.





I was concerned it was spilled urine and stale beer.....

......very important if you have a catheter in your hand....
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Postby Spence » Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:56 pm

Is it really that bad? I have heard it was in a run down area, but I thought that the stadium itself wasn't terrible. The Orange Bowl committee doesn't clean it up for the Orange Bowl? What do they do with all the money?
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Postby Spence » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:15 pm

I think this is just for the coolest stadiums, not the loudest.
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Postby billybud » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:30 pm

LOL...a PSU guy..sure...

But ask folks who play at Doak...the Gators, Canes, etc...they'll tell ya it's loud.

I, myself, have heard that Happy Vally is pretty tame...not like the football crazies in the south....
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Postby Swamp Daddy » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:13 am

1. Kenan (NC)
2. Alummni Stadium (Boston College)
3. Orange Bowl (Miami)

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Postby billybud » Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:40 pm

Well..PSU fella...smack is smack...and loud is loud...and nobody who plays at Doak really believes it isn't one of the toughest venues in football...the crowd screaming, the warchant blaring...

Oops...no little white hankies being waved like up at PSU...but even PSU's Robinson said that playing the Noles was loud...even at a neutral site...the ever present warchant was often drownd out by the snap and pop of his linemen being smacked into the backfield and the rumble and hot breath of maddened FSU defenders on his heels as he hot footed it towards the sideline.
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Postby billybud » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:18 pm

There was no criteria for ranking given....only lil ole pictures taken at different angles of stadiums (stadia if you would like to stay with the correct latin plural)...

I look at:

1..Architectural beauty..style, proportions, being well kept

2..setting...room for tail gating close by, on campus/off

3..ambiance...(loudness is part of the ambiance, as is the feel of seats (crowded vs ample), as well as what makes an enjoyable football experience...quality of vended products, friendliness of fans, etc)..
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Postby ..fanatic » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:30 pm

1. Lane
2. FSU
3. Clemson
4. UVa
5. NC State
6. Maryland
7. Duke
8. Wake
9. Miami (one of the worst venues in any sport). Location, sight lines, facilities (and a large percentage of the fans) are horrible. The place should have been imploded 20 years ago.
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Postby ..fanatic » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:33 pm

Spence wrote:Is it really that bad? I have heard it was in a run down area, but I thought that the stadium itself wasn't terrible. The Orange Bowl committee doesn't clean it up for the Orange Bowl? What do they do with all the money?



The Orange Bowl hasn't been played at the Orange Bowl for years. It's played at Dolphins Satdium.
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Postby Spence » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:05 pm

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Spence wrote:Is it really that bad? I have heard it was in a run down area, but I thought that the stadium itself wasn't terrible. The Orange Bowl committee doesn't clean it up for the Orange Bowl? What do they do with all the money?



The Orange Bowl hasn't been played at the Orange Bowl for years. It's played at Dolphins Satdium.


Ok that makes since then.
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Postby Spence » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:21 pm

I have only been to Happy Valley one time. I liked the stadium. As far as loudness goes, it is always louder if the home team is winning.

I found most Penn State fans to be alright. Every place has their idiots. The bigger the venue the higher percentage of idiots. As far as stadiums go in the B-10 I have been to all but a couple and I like the Horseshoe best (at least part is my bias), I get goosebumps every time I go in.

Aside from Ohio Stadium, I think Camp Randall is the hardest place to play. The cheeseheads always show up, win or lose. Penn State is way up on the list. The "Big House" is the quietest 110,000 people you will ever hear. Fans will bail if Michigan isn't winning.

Most B-10 stadiums aren't modern entities. They have been standing for almost 100 years. Aside from Indiana, though, none of them look like large highschool venues. They are all pretty cool places to watch a football game.
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Postby Eric » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:37 pm

Yeah, Michigan isn't very loud. I think with the new extensions though, it could be the largest football stadium in the country. I believe I read somewhere around 120,000.
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Postby Eric » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:39 pm

I couldn't find the page I was looking for, maybe it is fewer than 120K, but it is somewhere in the upper teens :?
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Postby Spence » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:47 pm

I think it is already the largest.

Why do you think that Michigan isn't louder? As rival stadiums to visit it isn't bad either. You don't take as much abuse as you would expect. Do the students have good access to tickets or is it just so low into the ground that the sound is muffled.
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Postby Eric » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:47 pm

And the winner is.........

Kenan Stadium!

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