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re: What is the general consensus here on ranking of SEC campuses based on scenic beauty?
Posted on 4/16/23 at 6:14 pm to Bama Bird
Posted on 4/16/23 at 6:14 pm to Bama Bird
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Georgia's campus is nice for like half an acre but the rest of the campus is like a Soviet disaster site
Yeah now you're trolling b/c nobody believes this.
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Posted on 4/16/23 at 6:51 pm to iglass
Just went to Auburn Friday and disagree. Looked very nice.
Yet Alabama still has … Coleman Coliseum. That place is a dump housing Soviet helicopters.
Yet Alabama still has … Coleman Coliseum. That place is a dump housing Soviet helicopters.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 6:57 pm to Slippy
Love my pigs… and area beautiful
But our campus is comprised of an architectural collection of buildings that look like three different period war lords took over leaving their mark.
There’s Old Main and … yeeesh.
Need to call in an air strike at 1:00 AM on Christmas when everyone gone and take out the corner of campus with Science and Eng Building, Mech Eng building, Kimbell Hall, Business School, Yokem dorm, Humphries dorm, and let the aftermath take out everything down the hill, including Gladson-Ripley dorm, Pomfret dorm, HPER, and Barnhill.
That’s about 1/3 of the campus … that looks about as bad as you will find anywhere.
But our campus is comprised of an architectural collection of buildings that look like three different period war lords took over leaving their mark.
There’s Old Main and … yeeesh.
Need to call in an air strike at 1:00 AM on Christmas when everyone gone and take out the corner of campus with Science and Eng Building, Mech Eng building, Kimbell Hall, Business School, Yokem dorm, Humphries dorm, and let the aftermath take out everything down the hill, including Gladson-Ripley dorm, Pomfret dorm, HPER, and Barnhill.
That’s about 1/3 of the campus … that looks about as bad as you will find anywhere.
This post was edited on 4/16/23 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 4/16/23 at 7:03 pm to Slippy
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1. Georgia
2. Arkansas
3. LSU
4. Ole Miss
5. Florida
6. Alabama
7. Kentucky
8. Auburn
12. (tie) State
12. (tie) Vanderbilt
12. (tie) A&M
16. Tennessee
Agree with #1.
Can't agree with Tennessee at 16. I want to, but I can't.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 7:22 pm to TutHillTiger
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“State is an ugly campus. I can only rate the ones I have been too and I haven’t been to Arkansas or Georgia but here they are beautiful.
Ole Miss
LSU
Alabama
Auburn
Tennessee
Texas AM
Miss State
Florida
Missouri”
State is definitely not an ugly campus. Though I think there needs to be a distinction between urban, metropolitan campus’ like LSU, Tennessee, SCAR, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Florida as those are sitting in medium to large cities.
Arkansas, Bama, A&M, Georgia used to be in small cities but have grown exponentially over the 20-30 years.
State, Ole Miss and Auburn are still in towns though even those are growing quickly these days.
If State is not the most beautiful, it is by far the best tended and landscaped in the Conference.
Beauty also includes how the grounds are manicured and maintained.
“State is an ugly campus. I can only rate the ones I have been too and I haven’t been to Arkansas or Georgia but here they are beautiful.
Ole Miss
LSU
Alabama
Auburn
Tennessee
Texas AM
Miss State
Florida
Missouri”
State is definitely not an ugly campus. Though I think there needs to be a distinction between urban, metropolitan campus’ like LSU, Tennessee, SCAR, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Florida as those are sitting in medium to large cities.
Arkansas, Bama, A&M, Georgia used to be in small cities but have grown exponentially over the 20-30 years.
State, Ole Miss and Auburn are still in towns though even those are growing quickly these days.
If State is not the most beautiful, it is by far the best tended and landscaped in the Conference.
Beauty also includes how the grounds are manicured and maintained.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 7:25 pm to GoldenDawg
I found a thread about the size of each campus from the rant a dozen years ago. Kind of interesting.
SEC schools by acreage
UPDATED: From Largest to Smallest:
1. Mississippi State - Main campus is approx 2,000 acres plus. State lists their campus size at 4,200 acres, but they include off-campus research facilities like The R. R. Foil Plant Science Research Center which is approximately 750 acres. Last time I was I was there I walked the length and breadth of the main campus and found it no larger than LSU's. But whatever, print the tee shirts.
2. LSU lists their campus at 2,000 acres plus. I don't know the exact figure, but I'll take their word for it. Probably has more trees than any other campus.
3. Florida at 2,000 acres. Listed as almost identical in size with LSU, but my impression when walking around it was that it was closer to Auburn's size than LSU's. Not sure why, perhaps it's just the way it's laid out.
4. Auburn at 1,843 acres. Needs more trees IMHO.
5. Alabama at 1,800 acres acres. This includes recently purchased adjacent land containing Bryce Hospital.
6. Ole Miss at 1,200 acres. This figure does not include the marijuana farm and other acreage. Still a very respectable size, and larger than most fans probably expect it to be.
7. Kentucky at 784 acres. Pretty much in line with the size of most urban campuses around the country.
8. Georgia at 615 acres. This was a surprise to me. I honestly thought it was bigger.
9. Tennessee at 550 acres. This one I could see. Hilly and cramped, although it has a nice river view. Not bad for an urban campus size wise.
10. South Carolina at 359 acres. This was a surprise as well, but since it's sometimes difficult to tell where the campus begins and ends, it's hard to eyeball the size. It is an urban campus though.
11. Arkansas at 345 acres. Biggest shocker to me in the list. But the one time I was in Fayetteville, it was cold and overcast and I was in a hurry to get to Baum. Is there truly no room to expand?
12. Vanderbilt at 330 acres. No surprise here. Fairly typical for an urban campus in a big city. It's a very well maintained campus, and as an LSU fan I appreciate the landscaping, since that's one of the things I like about our campus. Some very nice buildings as well.
this was done by an LSU fan so TIFWIW.
SEC schools by acreage
UPDATED: From Largest to Smallest:
1. Mississippi State - Main campus is approx 2,000 acres plus. State lists their campus size at 4,200 acres, but they include off-campus research facilities like The R. R. Foil Plant Science Research Center which is approximately 750 acres. Last time I was I was there I walked the length and breadth of the main campus and found it no larger than LSU's. But whatever, print the tee shirts.
2. LSU lists their campus at 2,000 acres plus. I don't know the exact figure, but I'll take their word for it. Probably has more trees than any other campus.
3. Florida at 2,000 acres. Listed as almost identical in size with LSU, but my impression when walking around it was that it was closer to Auburn's size than LSU's. Not sure why, perhaps it's just the way it's laid out.
4. Auburn at 1,843 acres. Needs more trees IMHO.
5. Alabama at 1,800 acres acres. This includes recently purchased adjacent land containing Bryce Hospital.
6. Ole Miss at 1,200 acres. This figure does not include the marijuana farm and other acreage. Still a very respectable size, and larger than most fans probably expect it to be.
7. Kentucky at 784 acres. Pretty much in line with the size of most urban campuses around the country.
8. Georgia at 615 acres. This was a surprise to me. I honestly thought it was bigger.
9. Tennessee at 550 acres. This one I could see. Hilly and cramped, although it has a nice river view. Not bad for an urban campus size wise.
10. South Carolina at 359 acres. This was a surprise as well, but since it's sometimes difficult to tell where the campus begins and ends, it's hard to eyeball the size. It is an urban campus though.
11. Arkansas at 345 acres. Biggest shocker to me in the list. But the one time I was in Fayetteville, it was cold and overcast and I was in a hurry to get to Baum. Is there truly no room to expand?
12. Vanderbilt at 330 acres. No surprise here. Fairly typical for an urban campus in a big city. It's a very well maintained campus, and as an LSU fan I appreciate the landscaping, since that's one of the things I like about our campus. Some very nice buildings as well.
this was done by an LSU fan so TIFWIW.
This post was edited on 4/16/23 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 4/16/23 at 7:30 pm to bigDgator
I find it pretty funny that people think they can go to a campus for a football game and walk around and see everything. You are going to need an electric bike or scooter if you want to see a decent amount.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 7:36 pm to Numberwang
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The architecture has never followed a consistent pattern, so Arkansas campus is chopped up into areas that don't resemble the others.
This has always irritated me about our campus. Such a weird, disparate mix of different architectural styles and eras.
It's like a neighborhood with zero rules on house builds that ranges from 3 story Victorian to boxy ultramodern.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 7:38 pm to bigDgator
It depends on how they report the acreage. UGA is also an AG school and has thousands of acres, not just in Athens, but in satellites. For the main central campus, 6 to 700 hundred acres sounds about right. How much bigger do you really need for academic buildings, administrative buildings, and oak trees?
Posted on 4/16/23 at 7:41 pm to bigDgator
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I find it pretty funny that people think they can go to a campus for a football game and walk around and see everything. You are going to need an electric bike or scooter if you want to see a decent amount.
Agreed. Lots of visiting fans will get parking passes on UGA south campus and accurately describe it as a horrible ugly East Berlin campus, and never set foot on the pretty and historical parts of campus that are north of the stadium.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 7:44 pm to bigDgator
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SEC schools by acreage
Texas would have the busiest feel. Main campus downtown is only 431 acres, but closing in on 54,000 students.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 7:56 pm to BevoBucks
Sounds like a Concentration Camp more so than a college campus.
But that fits in with what Austin has become.
But that fits in with what Austin has become.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 7:59 pm to Godawgs4
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But that fits in with what Austin has become.
Yeah, it’s basically a prison camp. So, please don’t come. And tell everyone you know the same thing. Literally, everyone.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 8:08 pm to Jake88
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they are in similar condition to many buildings on LSU's campus.
You say State is beautiful and trash LSU, saying the buildins are moldy and falling apart. But when someone points out State's faults, you say the buildings are in similar condition to LSU.
You contradict yourself. Your opinion is thus totally invalid.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 8:38 pm to Numberwang
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a metro of 600K people
There's one unrivaled distinction about the Fayetteville metropolis. It's the only city in America with a metro population of greater than 300,000 that's located more than 30 miles away from the nearest river, or other natural waterway.
How did y'all get that big?
Posted on 4/16/23 at 9:21 pm to bigDgator
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11. Arkansas at 345 acres. Biggest shocker to me in the list.
Is there truly no room to expand?
No. They offered to buy Fayetteville High School which is adjacent to the campus for $50MM 20 years or so ago, but it was declined. The rest is bordered by downtown and residential areas.
Pretty much has the same footprint when I was there with 15k students. It’s now well over 30k. And I thought parking was a problem then.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 9:46 pm to tarzana
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There's one unrivaled distinction about the Fayetteville metropolis. It's the only city in America with a metro population of greater than 300,000 that's located more than 30 miles away from the nearest river, or other natural waterway.
How did y'all get that big?
Firstly, the White River does run through the SE side of Fayetteville. It is small over on this side of the state, though. It isn't navigable, but I look at the Trinity River in DFW and wonder which river has more consistent water in it.
Secondly, we got this big because of a big university, and a handful of crazy-smart entrepreneurs. Waltons, Tysons and Hunts, to name a few.
Fayetteville was a college town pre-civil war. The Arkansas College campus was burned down in the Battle of Fayetteville, along with much of the town. The University of Arkansas was founded in 1871 as a land grant, but a college and a women's seminary had been here decades prior to that.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 10:10 pm to BevoBucks
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“But that fits in with what Austin has become.”
“Yeah, it’s basically a prison camp. So, please don’t come. And tell everyone you know the same thing. Literally, everyone.”
Not to worry, I thoroughly enjoyed Austin 20, 30, 40 years ago when it was a great city.
Have no reason to ever go back now. But I do have pleasant memories from the days when it was a good place to visit.
“But that fits in with what Austin has become.”
“Yeah, it’s basically a prison camp. So, please don’t come. And tell everyone you know the same thing. Literally, everyone.”
Not to worry, I thoroughly enjoyed Austin 20, 30, 40 years ago when it was a great city.
Have no reason to ever go back now. But I do have pleasant memories from the days when it was a good place to visit.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 3:41 am to Slippy
Georgia then Arkansas then everybody else.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 5:11 am to Godawgs4
Auburn would be number one. Just had the entire SEC there for a conference two weeks ago to teach all the others about landscaping. Was voted # 1 by the conference.
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