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Posted on 6/15/23 at 9:46 am to Nitrogen
Been to both. OU a few times. Texass a lot. Both are great when the opposing teams come to town with good teams and fans. Never had any issue going to either. Fans are fine.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 9:51 am to Chingon Ag
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OU is just a bland experience all the way around.
Hard to stay amped up all day when you're drubbing a team 77-0 in the third.....
Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:00 am to Nitrogen
My only real critique of DKR is not the stadium or the backdrop but the production team that crams every game full random marketing gags.
For a few years in the 20 oughts it had an almost arena football league feel with all the Taco Bell Gongs, smoke blasting, etc. The actual tradition got drowned out by the audio visual onslaught.
My wife dragged me to a game last year and it was somewhat improved. The pre-game stuff, as mentioned, is fun. Traffic access to DKR is an absolute nightmare as well. The Dean Keeton exit off 35 is the 9th circle of hell starting 3 hours prior to game time.
For a few years in the 20 oughts it had an almost arena football league feel with all the Taco Bell Gongs, smoke blasting, etc. The actual tradition got drowned out by the audio visual onslaught.
My wife dragged me to a game last year and it was somewhat improved. The pre-game stuff, as mentioned, is fun. Traffic access to DKR is an absolute nightmare as well. The Dean Keeton exit off 35 is the 9th circle of hell starting 3 hours prior to game time.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:01 am to BoomerFNSooner
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Hard to stay amped up all day when you're drubbing a team
I totally agree
I forgot how easy it is to troll chokelahoma fans
Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:02 am to Buster83
Johnny had a day that day, for sure.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:03 am to Nitrogen
DKR is better but it’s also the quietest large stadium I’ve ever been to
Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:15 am to Chingon Ag
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OU is just a bland experience all the way around.
A genuinely accurate representation of life in Oklahoma.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:24 am to Krampus
Lol at A&M calling anyone else bland. That school, fanbase and town are just the epitome of ho-hum. You literally have a graveyard for collies.
I do agree that OU's gameday experience has been lacking recently due to our fanbase's indifference to most of our home opponents. But we get good feedback from every big OOC opponent and our fans are much more rowdy in the Cotton Bowl when facing UT. So I expect us to bring the noise for teams like Bama, LSU, Tennessee, UGA, UF, Auburn etc. Similarly, I went to UT vs Maryland and UT vs LSU in DKR--the atmosphere for the latter was 10x what it was for the former. I'm sure LSU gets rowdier for Bama than it does for ULM.
Edit: Also, I've lived in Austin/Houston and now live in OKC. Not really much different in the grand scheme of things, and OKC actually has key advantages over the Texas cities (especially when you're not 25 anymore).
I do agree that OU's gameday experience has been lacking recently due to our fanbase's indifference to most of our home opponents. But we get good feedback from every big OOC opponent and our fans are much more rowdy in the Cotton Bowl when facing UT. So I expect us to bring the noise for teams like Bama, LSU, Tennessee, UGA, UF, Auburn etc. Similarly, I went to UT vs Maryland and UT vs LSU in DKR--the atmosphere for the latter was 10x what it was for the former. I'm sure LSU gets rowdier for Bama than it does for ULM.
Edit: Also, I've lived in Austin/Houston and now live in OKC. Not really much different in the grand scheme of things, and OKC actually has key advantages over the Texas cities (especially when you're not 25 anymore).
This post was edited on 6/15/23 at 10:28 am
Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:30 am to Yokelhoma
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OKC actually has key advantages over the Texas cities (especially when you're not 25 anymore)
Blandness confirmed.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:36 am to Krampus
Lol touche. That was more of an Austin comment, Dallas and Houston don't really have great nightlife tbh.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 10:37 am to Rebel Land Shark
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DKR is better but it’s also the quietest large stadium I’ve ever been to
DKR can be both a funeral and an insane asylum.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:30 am to PerrillouxToTexas
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DKR is better but it’s also the quietest large stadium I’ve ever been to
DKR can be both a funeral and an insane asylum.
Funerals at the 11:00am hotter than hell kicks. Asylum for the night games with big time opponents.
OU and Tex outside of OOC games, haven't had big time opponents for decades.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:31 am to Nitrogen
Here is how they compare by capacity and largest crowd
Team - Stadium - Capacity - Record Crowd
1) Texas A&M - Kyle Field - 102,733 - 110,633
2) Tennessee - Neyland Stadium - 102,455 - 109,061
3) LSU - Tiger Stadium - 102,321 - 102,321
4) Alabama - Bryant-Denny Stadium - 101,821 - 101,821
5) Texas - DKR Texas Memorial Stadium - 100,119 - 105,213
6) Georgia - Sanford Stadium - 92,746 - 92,746
7) Florida - Ben Hill Griffin Stadium - 88,548 - 90,916
8) Auburn - Jordan-Hare Stadium - 87,451 - 87,451
9) Oklahoma - Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium - 86,112 - *96,009 (Dallas, Texas - Cotton Bowl)
10) South Carolina - Williams-Brice Stadium - 80,250 - 85,199
11) Arkansas - Razorback Stadium - 72,000 - 76,808
12) Missouri - Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium - 71,168 - 75,298
13) Ole Miss - Vaught-Hemingway Stadium - 64,038 - 66,176
14) Kentucky - Commonwealth Stadium - 61,000 - 71,024
15) Mississippi State - Davis Wade Stadium - 61,337 - 62,945
16) Vanderbilt - Vanderbilt Stadium - 40,550 - 40,550
Average Home Capacity - 82,166 - 7 schools have a stadium capacity less than the conference average. These schools also move down 2 spots with the addition of Texas and Oklahoma. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the Little 7 (South Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt)
Big 6: Texas A&M, Tennessee, LSU, Alabama, Texas, and Georgia
Team - Stadium - Capacity - Record Crowd
1) Texas A&M - Kyle Field - 102,733 - 110,633
2) Tennessee - Neyland Stadium - 102,455 - 109,061
3) LSU - Tiger Stadium - 102,321 - 102,321
4) Alabama - Bryant-Denny Stadium - 101,821 - 101,821
5) Texas - DKR Texas Memorial Stadium - 100,119 - 105,213
6) Georgia - Sanford Stadium - 92,746 - 92,746
7) Florida - Ben Hill Griffin Stadium - 88,548 - 90,916
8) Auburn - Jordan-Hare Stadium - 87,451 - 87,451
9) Oklahoma - Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium - 86,112 - *96,009 (Dallas, Texas - Cotton Bowl)
10) South Carolina - Williams-Brice Stadium - 80,250 - 85,199
11) Arkansas - Razorback Stadium - 72,000 - 76,808
12) Missouri - Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium - 71,168 - 75,298
13) Ole Miss - Vaught-Hemingway Stadium - 64,038 - 66,176
14) Kentucky - Commonwealth Stadium - 61,000 - 71,024
15) Mississippi State - Davis Wade Stadium - 61,337 - 62,945
16) Vanderbilt - Vanderbilt Stadium - 40,550 - 40,550
Average Home Capacity - 82,166 - 7 schools have a stadium capacity less than the conference average. These schools also move down 2 spots with the addition of Texas and Oklahoma. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the Little 7 (South Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt)
Big 6: Texas A&M, Tennessee, LSU, Alabama, Texas, and Georgia
This post was edited on 6/15/23 at 11:32 am
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:41 am to TbirdSpur2010
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Holy shite, that was actually a thing? Never knew, that's crazy
They had lights, they just needed additional ones to make it look better for TV.
Notre Dame stadium had no permanent lights at all until 1987. In 1982, they played the first night game in their stadium history against Michigan using nothing but temp lighting. Also, UGA had no lighting until 1982 as well.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 11:45 am to aTmTreston
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Texas A&M - Kyle Field - 102,733 - 110,633
The largest crowd in SEC history watched Ole Miss win.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 12:07 pm to Landmass
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while 
Posted on 6/15/23 at 12:09 pm to aTmTreston
We have beaten your candy asses two years in a row and ran the ball for a cool 390 yards on y'all just a few months ago.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 1:08 pm to Boomer Sooner 1890
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This post was edited on 6/15/23 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 6/15/23 at 1:41 pm to Rebel Land Shark
quote:... and I'm guessing the HOTTEST. September games in Texas during the day are brutal.
DKR is better but it’s also the quietest large stadium I’ve ever been to
DKR is a heat sink of reinforced concrete (not structural steel), in the middle of the city, that has been sitting in the Texas sun and 90+ degree heat for 6 months. The stadium is warm before the sun comes up.
It is what it is, but night games in the fall are much different, and a better representation.
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