re: So what nickname would fit Bryant Denny Stadium

In reply to Mister Titus Pullo:
Ancient History...Like the Italian race car driver when asked why he didn't have a rear view mirror on his car. He said, "Whata is a behind a me makes a no difference!

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102>101

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For the 13th year in a row, the SEC led the nation in attendance in 2010. Six SEC schools ranked in the Top 10 nationally. Nine are among the Top 25.

Below is the entire Top 25 list for 2010 with average attendance in parentheses:

1. Michigan (111,825)
2. Ohio State (105,278)
3. Penn State (104,234)
4. Alabama (101,821)
5. Texas (100,654)
6. Tennessee (99,781)
7. Georgia (92,746)
8. LSU (92,718)
9. Florida (90,511)
10. Auburn (86,087)
11. Nebraska (85,664)
12. Oklahoma (84,738)
13. Texas A&M (82,477)
14. Notre Dame (80,795)
15. Southern Cal (79,907)
16. Wisconsin (79,862)
17. Clemson (77,469)
18. South Carolina (76,668)
19. Michigan State (73,556)
20. Florida State (71,270)
21. Iowa (70,585)
22. Arkansas (68,932)
23. Washington (66,264)
24. Virginia Tech (66,233)
25. Kentucky (66,070)


Neyland downsized a few years ago and when they found out that Bryant Denny would surpass them, they went with a "stadium capacity" instead of a "seating capacity"

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Before the start of the 2010 season, UT added about 1,800 seats to what is called the west side terrace. Simply adding that to last year’s listed capacity would give UT a 101,811 capacity, or 10 shy of Bryant-Denny’s new capacity.

Bud Ford, spokesman for UT athletics, said the plan all along was to switch Neyland's official capacity from "seating capacity" to "stadium capacity" when the five-year renovation project was finished. A stadium capacity includes every person in the stadium from souvenir and concession workers to ushers and security, whereas a seating capacity lists just that, the number of seats in the stadium. The change was not done to ensure Neyland stayed larger than Bryant-Denny, Ford said.

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Robert neyland > bear Bryant

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Both are great men and Coach Bryant considered Coach Neyland a great man.

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Paul W. "Bear" Bryant, 38 years, 425 games 323-85-17, 0.78000

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Neyland, Robert R. "Bob", 21 years, 216 games, 173-31-12, 0.82870

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Major College All-Time Coach Rankings:
1Paul W. "Bear" Bryant,
2Joe Paterno
3Bobby Bowden
4Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner
5Amos Alonzo Stagg Sr.

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cfbdatawarehouse All-Time Coaching Records

National and Conference championships:

Coach Neyland -
1927 Southern Conference Champions
1932 Southern Conference Champions
1938 National and SEC Champions
1939 SEC Champions
1940 National and SEC Champions
1946 SEC Champions
1950 National Champions
1951 National and SEC Champions
TOTAL - 4 National Championships (1 AP, 1 UPI); 7 SEC Championships

Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1957)
4x SEC Coach of the Year (1936, 1938, 1950–1951)
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Coach Bryant -
1950 National and SEC Champions (Kentucky)
1956 Southwest Athletic Conference Champions (Tex A&M)
1961 National and SEC Champions
1964 National and SEC Champions
1965 National and SEC Champions
1966 SEC Champions
1971 SEC Champions
1972 SEC Champions
1973 National and SEC Champions
1974 SEC Champions
1975 SEC Champions
1977 SEC Champions
1978 National and SEC Champions
1979 National and SEC Champions
1981 SEC Champions
TOTAL - 6 National Championships (5 AP, 4 UPI); 1 SWC championship; 14 SEC championships

3x AFCA Coach of the Year (1961, 1971, 1973)
12x SEC Coach of the Year (1950, 1959, 1961, 1964–1965, 1971, 1973–1974, 1977–1979, 1981)
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Nice quote from Ford BTW. It actually doesnt make any sense because the capacity will be 102,5?? I know for a fact there are far more than 700 workers in the building. I love how Bama wants to have a seating capacity war 10 years after we let Michigan have it.

I dont see us doing it either. I see an Alabama article with no quote.