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re: College Football Hall of Fame opens today!
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:46 am to tylerdurden24
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:46 am to tylerdurden24
Thanks for the report 
I will be going in a few weeks...
I will be going in a few weeks...
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Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:53 am to LanierSpots
Lanier, shoot me an email real quick so I'll have yours.
In a few weeks we'll coordinate something for getting together.
Wgontd@gmail
In a few weeks we'll coordinate something for getting together.
Wgontd@gmail
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:56 pm to Indfanfromcol
Tyler is right. Very cool experience and this is a niche market compared to the aquarium. Everyone wants to see whale sharks. Only true CF fans want to go here.
I will say it is extremely interactive and there are zero busts or plaques (which to be honest makes it less stuffy and more fun for the less hardcore fans)
Tyler, if you saw and auburn guy with a LSU girl walking around that was us.
I will say it is extremely interactive and there are zero busts or plaques (which to be honest makes it less stuffy and more fun for the less hardcore fans)
Tyler, if you saw and auburn guy with a LSU girl walking around that was us.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:57 pm to flyAU
Glad it's no longer in fricking south bend.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 1:10 pm to TbirdSpur2010
It never belonged there with those GDIs
Posted on 8/23/14 at 1:52 pm to DoubleBubbleTrouble
Posted on 8/23/14 at 2:26 pm to flyAU
For the Aggies
Jars not included
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 8/23/14 at 2:35 pm to flyAU
That trophy design though 
Posted on 8/23/14 at 2:38 pm to diddydirtyAubie
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Opening day to anything sounds miserable.
Opening day to your girl's V was packed.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 2:41 pm to flyAU
Did you see the Chuck Oliver?
Posted on 8/23/14 at 2:43 pm to Korin
Didn't see chuck. Saw mark lemke though.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 2:46 pm to WG_Dawg
Incoming
Posted on 8/23/14 at 2:47 pm to LanierSpots
Proper way to end the day in the lucky Marietta district after the HOF
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:28 pm to flyAU
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Proper way to end the day in the lucky Marietta district after the HOF
Der Biergarten is amazing (ate there today as well).
We went by the CFB HoF this afternoon around 4pm and it wasn't crowded at all. Apparently, everyone showed up before lunch. The Dream Cars exhibit at the High was much more crowded, which was a bit surprising.
EDIT: If you do make the trip, be sure the watch the movie on the second floor. It's shown on a huge stretched movie screen (think IMAX but not as big/vertical). If that video doesn't get you pumped up, you're not a sports fan (good bit of UGA/LSU footage).
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 11:07 pm
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:11 pm to CaymanUA
Do I have to read things? I will go if I do not have to read things.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:19 am to CaymanUA
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CaymanUA
Nice!
you were probably there the same time we were (biergarten). We went in the HOF at opening and after making our way through it, we had a couple old world of coke tickets that we decided to walk over to use. Ended up at der biergarten around 2-4. The Lucky Marietta district is a blast with all the things to do and eat. The HOF was certainly not crowded which was a happy surprise to me. They timed it perfectly so that they will be up and running a week before the big kickoff games hit. Great addition to that part of the city.
ETA: how was the dream cars exhibit? I have been really interested in it and i know it is ending soon.
This post was edited on 8/24/14 at 12:21 am
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:56 am to flyAU
I figure I should give my rundown on my thoughts.
When you enter you see all of the helmets of the hundreds of schools associated with football. This is not an NCAA affiliated museum, just to be clear.
You are given a lanyard with a pass attached to it. (you can see above the one I was given. Everyones is the same except yours will say "fan" instead of "VIP"). These passes have a code on the back of them. You walk up to a registration kiosk and enter in your information including name, school affiliation and email. Once someone with a school affiliation signs in, the helmet on the big helmet wall lights up (i assume it is a daily scenario so that you can see all the different fans that have been there so far that day).
It has three levels.
Bottom has a 50 yard(?) field where kids can do field goals, passes etc. It also has the gift shop.
2nd floor is the meat of the museum. Most of the pictures I included are in the second floor. They discuss everything from the evolution of tailgating to the evolution of gear and things such as the stories of legendary coaches and the way they coached their teams.
This is an EXTREMELY interactive museum. That pass around your neck has an RFID chip in it which senses when you walk up to one of the interactive activities. It pulls up your name and the team you affiliate with. It also keeps "achievements" of the different things you have interacted with. There are great exhibits that show rivalry traditions, and another that show playbooks from the past. I had a good time looking at questionnaires filled out during a football camp by Wuerfel and Peyton Manning.
The second floor also has a really great movie that lasts about 10 minutes which really gets your blood pumping for football.
3rd floor has some other exhibits but to be honest my wife and I were a bit done at that point which we went down to the exit which of course is through the gift shop. There are some cool things in the gift shop but they are very over priced.
In total, I would give the museum a 8/10
Last thoughts: This is an absolute blast for college football fans. It is an interactive and lively environment which will be a lot of fun for many fans.
I will say that this is more of a Museum of college football than it is a Hall of Fame. I walked out not knowing anyone who was actually a part of the hall of fame (granted I may have missed an exhibit that did display this). They decided to leave all the plaques and busts up in South Bend in order to be a more fun and interactive experience. I will be honest and say that I am not the football expert that would have fun looking at plaques and busts. There are some that will not like this fact and I can understand that.
In all this is a shrine to the game of college football. It is something that visiting fans should 100% come to see when visiting as it correlates exactly to what we love about college football.
When you enter you see all of the helmets of the hundreds of schools associated with football. This is not an NCAA affiliated museum, just to be clear.
You are given a lanyard with a pass attached to it. (you can see above the one I was given. Everyones is the same except yours will say "fan" instead of "VIP"). These passes have a code on the back of them. You walk up to a registration kiosk and enter in your information including name, school affiliation and email. Once someone with a school affiliation signs in, the helmet on the big helmet wall lights up (i assume it is a daily scenario so that you can see all the different fans that have been there so far that day).
It has three levels.
Bottom has a 50 yard(?) field where kids can do field goals, passes etc. It also has the gift shop.
2nd floor is the meat of the museum. Most of the pictures I included are in the second floor. They discuss everything from the evolution of tailgating to the evolution of gear and things such as the stories of legendary coaches and the way they coached their teams.
This is an EXTREMELY interactive museum. That pass around your neck has an RFID chip in it which senses when you walk up to one of the interactive activities. It pulls up your name and the team you affiliate with. It also keeps "achievements" of the different things you have interacted with. There are great exhibits that show rivalry traditions, and another that show playbooks from the past. I had a good time looking at questionnaires filled out during a football camp by Wuerfel and Peyton Manning.
The second floor also has a really great movie that lasts about 10 minutes which really gets your blood pumping for football.
3rd floor has some other exhibits but to be honest my wife and I were a bit done at that point which we went down to the exit which of course is through the gift shop. There are some cool things in the gift shop but they are very over priced.
In total, I would give the museum a 8/10
Last thoughts: This is an absolute blast for college football fans. It is an interactive and lively environment which will be a lot of fun for many fans.
I will say that this is more of a Museum of college football than it is a Hall of Fame. I walked out not knowing anyone who was actually a part of the hall of fame (granted I may have missed an exhibit that did display this). They decided to leave all the plaques and busts up in South Bend in order to be a more fun and interactive experience. I will be honest and say that I am not the football expert that would have fun looking at plaques and busts. There are some that will not like this fact and I can understand that.
In all this is a shrine to the game of college football. It is something that visiting fans should 100% come to see when visiting as it correlates exactly to what we love about college football.
This post was edited on 8/24/14 at 1:00 am
Posted on 8/24/14 at 9:59 am to CaymanUA
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EDIT: If you do make the trip, be sure the watch the movie on the second floor. It's shown on a huge stretched movie screen (think IMAX but not as big/vertical). If that video doesn't get you pumped up, you're not a sports fan (good bit of UGA/LSU footage).
After seeing all the trophies when we walked up the stairs after entering, this was the very next thing we did. I'd heard all about how great it was going in and, dammit, it exceeded expectations. I actually teared up watching it. It is just that awesome.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:09 am to flyAU
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3rd floor has some other exhibits but to be honest my wife and I were a bit done at that point which we went down to the exit which of course is through the gift shop. There are some cool things in the gift shop but they are very over priced.
quote:
I will say that this is more of a Museum of college football than it is a Hall of Fame. I walked out not knowing anyone who was actually a part of the hall of fame (granted I may have missed an exhibit that did display this). They decided to leave all the plaques and busts up in South Bend in order to be a more fun and interactive experience. I will be honest and say that I am not the football expert that would have fun looking at plaques and busts. There are some that will not like this fact and I can understand that.
The 3rd floor is the actual Hall of Fame
The first floor is the entrance/gift shop/interactive field area
The second floor is the museum
The third floor is the Hall of Fame, which (as you said) does not feature busts or plaques. Instead, it is a circular room (the top portion of the football you see from outside) with many of these touch screen stands. You can look up any HoFer from any school, but the stands will initially pull up the guys from your school based on your RFID chip. The stands swivel and rotate, so you pan it left an right to reveal all the players and coaches. When you see one that interests you, you tap the player on the screen and it will pull up biographic info, video clips, pictures, etc.
It's a spectacular exhibit and really does everyone enshrined in there justice.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 2:50 pm to tylerdurden24
Hahaha. They were all crowded so I didn't get it see the actual HOF screens. Makes sense now.
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