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re: What is yalls opinion about neutral site rivalry games?
Posted on 9/26/19 at 4:34 pm to Kidcube1
Posted on 9/26/19 at 4:34 pm to Kidcube1
Georgia/Florida still does theirs in Jacksonville
There used to be several neutral site rivalry games:
LSU @ Arkansas was played in Little Rock
Alabama vs Auburn was played in the Iron Bowl in Birmingham
I think one of the Mississippi schools rivalries used to be played in Jackson.
The reason most of these ended was that the home stadiums of these schools became much larger and nicer than the fields at the neutral sites. The original reason for these neutral sites was that they were played in large cities with large stadiums, but most of the big SEC stadiums now hold at least 80k, so that doesn’t make much sense anymore.
There used to be several neutral site rivalry games:
LSU @ Arkansas was played in Little Rock
Alabama vs Auburn was played in the Iron Bowl in Birmingham
I think one of the Mississippi schools rivalries used to be played in Jackson.
The reason most of these ended was that the home stadiums of these schools became much larger and nicer than the fields at the neutral sites. The original reason for these neutral sites was that they were played in large cities with large stadiums, but most of the big SEC stadiums now hold at least 80k, so that doesn’t make much sense anymore.
This post was edited on 9/26/19 at 4:38 pm
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Posted on 9/26/19 at 5:13 pm to kingbob
State-Ole Miss was in Jackson from 1973-1990. Otherwise it has been Oxford-Starkvegas with a few exceptions in the early 1900’s when it moved around some.
Neutral site games need to go the way of 8 track stereo with a few exceptions.
The WLOCP is a great one and I would be sad to see it move from JAX. The Red River Shoot Out belongs in DFW with UT-OU. Army-Navy will always be in PHL, NYC or BAL.
Beyond that and some of the early classic games in ATL, MCO, CLT, DFW etc. the neutral site games are gradually going to go away.
This year State played ULL in the Superdome on Labor Day weekend and that was a great trip for the fans. In 2016 we played UMASS in Gillette Stadium which was really cool and a lot of fun for the fans.
But back to the original topic, you will not see any rivalry games moving to neutral sites anymore and some of the existing ones will probably move to campus in the future.
Neutral site games need to go the way of 8 track stereo with a few exceptions.
The WLOCP is a great one and I would be sad to see it move from JAX. The Red River Shoot Out belongs in DFW with UT-OU. Army-Navy will always be in PHL, NYC or BAL.
Beyond that and some of the early classic games in ATL, MCO, CLT, DFW etc. the neutral site games are gradually going to go away.
This year State played ULL in the Superdome on Labor Day weekend and that was a great trip for the fans. In 2016 we played UMASS in Gillette Stadium which was really cool and a lot of fun for the fans.
But back to the original topic, you will not see any rivalry games moving to neutral sites anymore and some of the existing ones will probably move to campus in the future.
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