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re: Southern pigskin ranks the best venues in the SEC

Posted on 6/26/09 at 10:38 am to
Posted by Auburntiger
BTR area
Member since Mar 2005
14470 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 10:38 am to
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There's no way Razorback Stadium is the 8th best looking in the conference.

Our stadium is beautiful inside and out.




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Posted by Crimsonpanther13
Somewhere in Avoyelles Parish
Member since Oct 2008
7318 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 10:49 am to
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There's no way Razorback Stadium is the 8th best looking in the conference.

Our stadium is beautiful inside and out.


I agree. One thing about that stadium you guys need to change though is that endzone with the screen. That big screen is nice and all but this is the SEC man. Close that endzone up and put some seats there. Arky needs to hold about 85,000 at least.
Posted by LouisianaLonghorn
Austin, Texas
Member since Jan 2006
15675 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 10:59 am to
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That is one reason in the last couple of years Auburn turned down the opportunity to be on J-P

I thought that every SEC school had to agree to appear on J-P (or whatever it is now) at least once per season, if they were approached by the network. After the first time, then they can decline. At least that's how it used to be.
Posted by The Ramp
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2004
12785 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:00 am to
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There's no way it would make it look worse. Both upper decks stretch a little ways into the south endzone. One stretches a little more than the other. The north part of the upper decks are even and don't stretch into the north endzone at all. It's just off balance and if the south endzone is closed it would put it back in balance.


dude...where have u been? that pic is several years old. the decks are even now
Posted by FightingTigersLSU
Member since Jun 2009
140 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:01 am to
Whatever..LSU is old and it looks it. But I think that is what is the most appealing. I would take a big cement stadium with renovated dorm rooms any day over a modern upgraded "generic" football stadium that looks like all the rest in the country.

Posted by LouisianaLonghorn
Austin, Texas
Member since Jan 2006
15675 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:08 am to
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Whatever..LSU is old and it looks it. But I think that is what is the most appealing. I would take a big cement stadium with renovated dorm rooms any day over a modern upgraded "generic" football stadium that looks like all the rest in the country

Your reply has nothing to do with my post. But since you brought it up, based on pure asthetics, Bryant-Denny wins hands down. I love that Tiger Stadium has that old-school look, but it's dirty and badly in need of some repair and renovations. The concourses need painting, the bathrooms are a colossal disgrace, and that chain link fence outside needs to go. That being said, there is no topping its noise and intimidation factor when LSU is winning.
Posted by TigerStripes06
SWLA
Member since Sep 2006
30032 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:08 am to
i didn't think any stadium could be as loud (or louder) than TS...then i made the trip to BHG...that guy got it right, that place is fricking loud...especially when they are dropping 50 points on our tigers.
Posted by The Ramp
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2004
12785 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:09 am to
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Your reply has nothing to do with my post. But since you brought it up, based on pure asthetics, Bryant-Denny wins hands down. I love that Tiger Stadium has that old-school look, but it's dirty and badly in need of some repair and renovations. The concourses need painting, the bathrooms are a colossal disgrace, and that chain link fence outside needs to go. That being said, there is no topping its noise and intimidation factor when LSU is winning.


can't really argue any of this. ugly and loud...i'll take that
Posted by TigerStripes06
SWLA
Member since Sep 2006
30032 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:11 am to
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can't really argue any of this. ugly and loud.


when did we start talking about bama fans?

i kid, i kid.
Posted by Tiger n Miami AU83
Miami
Member since Oct 2007
45656 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:17 am to
For aesthetics, I am taking Razorback stadium and Bryant Denny. After that probably Samford then Jordan Hare.

For noise I agree that Bryant Denny has been louder since Saban got there than I have ever heard it. Still I think AU, UF, and LSU are the top three and in no particular order. I agree last year's AU/LSU crowd was one of the loudest EVER.
Posted by deaux68
Tuscaloosa
Member since Dec 2007
5283 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:17 am to
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the bathrooms are a colossal disgrace


I have sat everywhere in Tiger Stadium except the student section and the lines are the worst of any stadium I've been to. It takes forever to pee in there. The first time I went which was in '98 I saw a guy pee in a bottle.

I should've taken hint.
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
13962 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:18 am to
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I thought that every SEC school had to agree to appear on J-P (or whatever it is now) at least once per season, if they were approached by the network. After the first time, then they can decline. At least that's how it used to be.
Right. But Auburn had been getting stuck playing two home games on J-P there for several years, typically one early on and one later in the year.

In 2007 we had played on game on J-P at the start of the season and they wanted the Auburn/Ole Miss game as well. Since we had fulfilled the contractual obligation with the first game, we turned down the second and the AU/OM game was on pay per view.
Posted by tuck
Member since Oct 2007
12653 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:18 am to
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For aesthetics, I am taking Razorback stadium and Bryant Denny. After that probably Samford then Jordan Hare.

For noise I agree that Bryant Denny has been louder since Saban got there than I have ever heard it. Still I think AU, UF, and LSU are the top three and in no particular order. I agree last year's AU/LSU crowd was one of the loudest EVER.
I agree 100% with this.
Posted by The Ramp
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2004
12785 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:21 am to
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lines are the worst of any stadium I've been to. It takes forever to pee in there


u obviously have never been to vanderbilt's stadium. they have exactly 32 urinals for the entire stadium. i'm not kidding
Posted by Crimsonpanther13
Somewhere in Avoyelles Parish
Member since Oct 2008
7318 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:27 am to
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dude...where have u been? that pic is several years old. the decks are even now


I didn't realize this had been fixed. I haven't been in TS since '06 and if it was fixed then, I just didn't notice it. I still think it would look better completely closed in on that endzone.
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
13962 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:29 am to
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u obviously have never been to vanderbilt's stadium. they have exactly 32 urinals for the entire stadium. i'm not kidding
That's two per fan on an average Saturday up there.
Posted by scrimpdog
Member since Jun 2008
652 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:43 am to
This person has obviously not been to these stadiums....Before you write an article ranking these stadiums, you should attend a game there. As I haven't been to all of them, I can't say but I from my many friends who have been to Tenn...they are ranked way too high
Posted by deaux68
Tuscaloosa
Member since Dec 2007
5283 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 11:45 am to
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u obviously have never been to vanderbilt's stadium.


I have. I just don't drink as much before an 1130 game.
Posted by oxpatchreb
Mandeville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
866 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 12:12 pm to
I've been to TS during a few of the loudest games on record, but when we snagged that pick-6 in 2003, VH tore itself apart. I was screaming with all of my might directly into my friends ear from about an inch away and he still couldn't hear me when I yelled "We're gonna win!!!". Freakin' loud.


Obviously, the sports Gods heard me and we got bitch slapped.
Posted by superman
Member since Mar 2008
8079 posts
Posted on 6/26/09 at 12:20 pm to
That list is completely off on a lot of different aspects. I challenge anyone to make a logical argument (including Southern Pigskin) as to how Tiger Stadium is ranked #2 in loudness, and how there are 3 teams more aesthetically appealing than Bryant Denny Stadium, and why Razorback Stadium is ranked 8th aesthetically. No offense and no flame intended towards Auburn fans,Jordan Hare, or other SEC fans...but Bryant Denny and Razorback Stadium are in their own world in terms of aesthetics.
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