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- blackdrivel, on 05/23/2008, -1/+21College football stadiums tower over the NFL!
- andyboyd, on 05/23/2008, -2/+13I consider it quite peculiar that college football is so popular in the states. For the sake of comparison: the typical university football match here in the UK would have a couple of hundred spectators ... and that's on a good day!
- davidfinch, on 05/23/2008, -3/+13Watching pro football is fine at home, but nothing beats watching a college football game at Michigan or Tennessee.
- CigarJack, on 05/23/2008, -2/+12I didn't realize college stadiums we bigger than all the NFL ones. I guess college is so much more about tradition.
- Nayson, on 05/23/2008, -1/+9I think you have just compared apples and oranges mate.
- JMowery, on 05/23/2008, -5/+12Pretty impressive as to how many people you can squeeze in to a single area. Beaver Stadium just missed out on the #1 spot. Go Penn State!
- BloodWenis, on 05/23/2008, -3/+10no, its THE Ohio State Buckeyes. You put the emPHAsis on the wront syllABle.
- tarquell, on 05/23/2008, -0/+7im english and friends that lived in the states have always raved about the atmosphere at college football ...im off to alabama vs auburn this year.....cant wait!
- roflganker, on 05/23/2008, -1/+7What color is the sky in your world?
- SoxFanNH, on 05/23/2008, -0/+6They actually are #1 since Michigan had to remove some seats.
http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/p ... - SoxFanNH, on 05/23/2008, -1/+7Michigan is no longer #1, they had to remove some seats so now Beaver is the largest...
http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/p ... - inactive, on 05/23/2008, -1/+6I agree...as a Buckeye I thoroughly enjoyed watching Appalachian State at Michigan last year.
- SOS84, on 05/23/2008, -1/+6If you were to take the average seat size at Michigan Stadium and apply that to Neyland or Beaver Stadiums, both would get a 5,000 plus seat boost.
- Seventus, on 05/23/2008, -0/+5Why does TN outrank OH? The 'Shoe held 105k at the max, and TN is can hold 102k and decreasing? Apparently the author never learned how to compare numbers.
5 < 2 ! - 1807, on 05/23/2008, -5/+10take your lame sport somwhere else girly man.
- Oppslagsverk, on 05/23/2008, -2/+7But can the noise and supporter groupings match soccer in Europe and South America? Supporters in the eastern Europe is crazy!
- TheSabre, on 05/23/2008, -0/+5@alanr19: I'm guessing that you were either picked on by jocks when you were younger or you went to college to play sports and they cut you...
- Fullvinyl, on 05/23/2008, -0/+4Okay, Wembley has hosted, like, ONE single, solitary throwball game, and MAY host another, if the NFL is ***** stupid like they always are and don't hold it at Twickenham, which has thicker grass. That NFL Europe mention is misleading crap; it was the World League of American Football (specifically the London Monarchs), and their games were held at OLD Wembley, which is long gone. New Wembley has NEVER hosted a NFL Europa game; the league was dissolved before New Wembley was ever opened.
And SamTara is right, La Maracana is ***** cavernous...hell, Camp Nou in Barcelona has a larger capacity than Wembley. - chrispix, on 05/23/2008, -0/+4Well from personal experience @ #15 (Kyle Field), there is nothing like standing up the entire game on the 3rd deck in the nose bleed section while everyone sings the Aggie War Hymm and the stadium actually sways. It is an amazing feeling to know that people together can move a stadium. Not to mention when watching on a TV you don't necessaraly hear the fans. Back when A&M was 'decent' in the early / mid 90's, the stadium would be so loud, that quarterbacks on opposing teams could not yell out their calls/audibles loud enough for all their team mates to hear, and usually caused a broken play / false start. That is what you call Home Field Advantage.
- 3fingersalute, on 05/23/2008, -1/+5Beaver Stadium is quite an exciting place to be on a game day. I don't have a lot to compare it to because its the only college stadium I've ever been to, but I've been to steelers games and they don't hold a candle to the enthusiasm packed into the Happy Valley!
GO PSU! - inactive, on 05/23/2008, -0/+4Dumbest response of the day....95% of US college students are not athletes.
Way to make a "wanker" of yourself. - schnikies79, on 05/23/2008, -1/+5Most US college students are not athletes, way under 10%.
Enough with the *****, thanks. - Y2JCrisis, on 05/23/2008, -1/+5Yeah we don't kill each other at our sporting events in the states. it's not part of the allure. Sorry Soccer.
- thedrizzle21, on 05/23/2008, -0/+4Death Valley, home of the LSU Tigers is by far the best place to watch a game.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=death%20vall ...
you have no idea how loud it gets in there. - Nayson, on 05/23/2008, -0/+4Seriously impressive buildings.
It looks odd to someone who lives in rainy old Britain to see so many stadia without roofs though!
The international ones make me smile though. Of all the pictures of Murrayfield that exist, they chose one where extensive renovation is taking place.. - inactive, on 05/23/2008, -1/+5Why do people go to bars when they can drink at home? Atmosphere.
- inactive, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3I can't wait until football season.
- TheSabre, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3See, there's this concept called "being social". I know many people on the Internet don't understand it. They'd rather stay at home and do everything online or watch something on TV. But some of us actually like getting out of the house. I'd take nosebleed seats over a couch any day.
- SOS84, on 05/23/2008, -2/+5I have been to many of these stadiums on the least for football games and can honestly say, nothing can beat college football. The three loudest stadiums that I have been to are on this with Death Valley leading the way, followed by Neyland and Beaver Stadiums. Ironically, the quietest stadium on this list is the largest. Michigan Stadium for all its size is never loud. Spartan Stadium in East Lansing is louder despite having 30,000 less seats.
- inactive, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3It's mostly based on tradition. We didn't have meaningful pro-sports here in the US except in baseball until the 1950s and 1960s, college football and basketball were all people had to watch (and bet on) for 50 years. College baseball, which did have a pro counterpart, is not nearly as big a sport as college football/baseball... the dramatic majority of college baseball teams just get those couple of hundred spectators.
- kidathinnes, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3if they did not wear helmets they would die first of all. have you ever seen the types of hits they put on each other??? Rugby players tackle, they rarely have head on head collisions. I'm pretty sure they had no padding when the game was first played and the injuries were too extreme. They have all this padding and helmets and people still get paralyzed all the time. And who gives a ***** if you use your hands more than feet, what the ***** does that mean? And you used to think American football was cool until you knew the rules. So you thought something was cool that you knew nothing about. You are a tool. And you call football players pussies, hahaha. Look at soccer. How many pussies in that sport take dives and ACT like they are hurt. They whine and bitch and cry. Talk about pussies. (I love soccer by the way, but don't talk about american football players being pussies because they want to prevent major brain damage and death.)
- Nayson, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3Its a list of stadiums that have hosted Gridiron though, not just one of the biggest stadiums.
- 9bpm9, on 05/23/2008, -1/+4Or the fact that half the campus is probably going to the games no matter if they suck or not. In the pros you have to perform to get attendance most of the time, in college you can blow and still draw big.
- mr5150, on 05/23/2008, -1/+4While more than three million people visit the ground annually, the highest official attendance at the MCG was 121,696 for the VFL/AFL Grand Final decider between Carlton and Collingwood in 1970. The MCG also holds the world record for the most people to ever attend a baseball match during the 1956 Olympic Games.
Thats a world record which still stands.....so I call bogus on the international #1 1. Wembley Stadium, London with a capacity of 90,000.
Impressive Stadiums though! - tattertech, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3Reading is overrated for non-Americans.
- inactive, on 05/23/2008, -2/+5We just have better weather. Sorry.
- inactive, on 05/23/2008, -1/+4Well until you give specific reasons for thinking America's most beloved sport is crap, your opinion is crap.
- GreenAlien, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3Strange analogy. You're comparing being a spectator with doing the activity.
- m0nte, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3GO TIGERS!!!!!!!! L S U! L S U !!!
- Minarchian, on 05/23/2008, -2/+5I think these stadiums are cool and all that...but I resent the fact that it's the taxpayer who puts the most money into them, and then are forced to pay hundreds of dollars to go there to watch the games.
- bwiney, on 05/23/2008, -1/+4dugg for the beav
- Nayson, on 05/23/2008, -1/+4Read the article ftw?
Its stadiums outside of America that have hosted American football. - LetsGoHokies, on 05/23/2008, -1/+4You can't buy beer at any "collegiate" stadium. If it is a Pro stadium that a college team plays in, (like a bowl game) then you can sometimes buy beer. I am pretty sure it is NCAA rules.
- diothar, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2It is, in fact, the atmosphere. I went to a Baylor- Nebraska football game my freshman year at Baylor. It was cold, rainy, windy, and we lost. But I was there with half of my dorm cheering anyway. It is still one of my fondest college memories. Being there is so much different than watching it on TV (granted most Baylor games are not on TV).
- inactive, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2The Penn State scoreboard is so large they had to use 2 big cranes to build the huge crane (I remember hearing it was one of the largest cranes in the world) to put it in. I have no idea how they got the damn thing there.
- bpwwhirl, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2That picture of Sanford Stadium is at least 4 years old. They've added a whole 'nother gigantic section of seats on the North side.
You can see it here: http://dixieugadawg.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/sa ... - Y2JCrisis, on 05/23/2008, -5/+7Lambeau is the best NFL stadium. But the NFL is nothing compared to the college game.
- Crosshare, on 05/23/2008, -1/+3Right, because expecting receivers to get both feet in bounds and great defense is inferior football.
- SOS84, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2As an alum, I have been there many times. I have also been to Knoxville, Baton Rouge, Gainesville, Ann Arbor, Columbus, Lincoln and Austin for football games as well as South Bend. The atmosphere is Beaver Stadium is right up there with the best of them but it could be louder. If you were at the 02 Nebraska or 05 OSU game, you would know how loud Beaver Stadium can get. That is basically a night game in Baton Rouge and they have a lot of night games. I saw a rather blah game in Knoxville against Bama and that stadium was as loud as Beaver Stadium. While it is loud, it is not as loud as Neyland or Death Valley but still easily the loudest in the Big Ten.
- inactive, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2The who?
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