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re: Toughest Places To Play In The SEC Entering The 2026 Season
Posted on 7/15/26 at 6:28 pm to captdalton
Posted on 7/15/26 at 6:28 pm to captdalton
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The three programs with the highest all-time home winning percentages are Alabama, Oklahoma, and Georgia.
You're factoring the quality of the home team disproportionately high instead of just looking at stadium environment (noise, layout), fans (fervor, attendance), and just bad juju from the history of a place
Only home venue from your list that qualifies IMO is Georgia, that place gets loud and scary whether the game is played at day or night
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 6:30 pm to gamecockman12
LSU at number one????
breathe
Get LSU down by 10 points and you will hear cemeteries with louder crowd noise. I've seen buildings on fire clear out slower than Dead Valley when LSU is down by a two touchdowns. .
breathe
Get LSU down by 10 points and you will hear cemeteries with louder crowd noise. I've seen buildings on fire clear out slower than Dead Valley when LSU is down by a two touchdowns. .
This post was edited on 7/15/26 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 7/15/26 at 6:45 pm to 719Rockie
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lorida, LSU, and Auburn get to another level
…… especially at night
Posted on 7/15/26 at 6:51 pm to gamecockman12
From attending these venues, these are my top 5:
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 6:52 pm to cadillacattack
Posted on 7/15/26 at 7:13 pm to GarnetNBlack
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Place is insane and is easily the most underrated in the conference. I'll take the feedback from an SEC ref who's been to every venue.
Former SEC official Matt Austin joined Alyssa Lang as she hosted The Paul Finebaum Show on Monday and South Carolina football got plenty of love as one of the topics that came up for the long-time official was, “What’s the loudest stadium he’s ever officiated?”
“I tell people the truth, and they get really surprised, and it’s South Carolina,” Austin said.
“It was so loud, I couldn’t hear myself talk at the coin toss,” he said.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 7:28 pm to gamecockman12
South Carolina beat one of Alabama’s best rosters in history because of 1) Stephen Garcia’s coke dealer, 2) the crowd in Bryce-Williams.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 7:40 pm to gamecockman12
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“I tell people the truth, and they get really surprised, and it’s South Carolina,” Austin said. “It was so loud, I couldn’t hear myself talk at the coin toss,” he said
I saw a graphic recently that listed the decibels for crowd noise, and Williams-Brice was tied for 2nd. It’s loud and boisterous.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 8:23 pm to captdalton
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South Carolina beat one of Alabama’s best rosters in history because of 1) Stephen Garcia’s coke dealer, 2) the crowd in Bryce-Williams.
South Carolina doesn’t get many wins against Bama but that one sure felt good. The Ol’ Ball Coach didn’t see eye-to-eye with Garcia very often but that was one game where Garcia showed his toughness and ability. Good game, for sure.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 8:40 pm to bigDgator
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We have a great atmosphere, but it has not been a tough place to play due to our shitty team.
I felt this in my soul...
Posted on 7/15/26 at 8:44 pm to Drydock
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It will be interesting to see what Faurot will be like now that it's fully enclosed
Nobody will care.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 8:47 pm to cadillacattack
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especially at night
Zion Young thinks otherwise
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South Carolina beat one of Alabama’s best rosters in history because of 1) Stephen Garcia’s coke dealer, 2) the crowd in Bryce-Williams.
Lmao true
Posted on 7/15/26 at 8:55 pm to navynuke
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especially at night
Zion Young thinks otherwise
Congrats on beating sub-.500 team in October while y'all were a one-loss team.
How did the only Mizzou/AU game that mattered go? You got 59 hung on you.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 8:59 pm to IAmNERD
You lost at home...at night. Cope harder
Posted on 7/15/26 at 9:03 pm to navynuke
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You lost at home...at night. Cope harder
Not the first time.
Not the last.
Hugh frickin' Freeze was the coach.
Mizzou got skull-dragged in every important game in their SEC history.
59 points.
Damn.
This post was edited on 7/15/26 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 7/15/26 at 9:06 pm to IAmNERD
Dont let that distract you from the fact Auburn is 0 for the last 2 vs Mizzou.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 9:07 pm to Texas Man
quote:As a Texas fan, I readily admit it's not as raucous an environment as a lot of SEC stadiums. CFB just doesn't have top billing in Austin. That said, the better slate of conference games has helped.
Will Anderson said DKR was the loudest stadium he’s ever been in when Alabama played Texas in 2022.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 9:11 pm to bigDgator
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We have a great atmosphere, but it has not been a tough place to play due to our shitty team.
I can never assess LSU on these lists because I'm one of the people yelling when Tiger Stadium is going bonkers. So, with that in mind, I've never heard deafening noise comparable to what I've experienced multiple times at Auburn and Florida.
This post was edited on 7/15/26 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 7/16/26 at 6:33 am to BevoBucks
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As a Texas fan, I readily admit it's not as raucous an environment as a lot of SEC stadiums. CFB just doesn't have top billing in Austin. That said, the better slate of conference games has helped.
I've always said that part of OU and Texas' problem with docile home crowds is that they don't get to play each other at home. And other than A&M for Texas... nobody that they play is very high on the "hate" meter.
Obviously when Bama came to Texas... that got everybody excited because it was such a rare treat for the fans. Ohio State ought to be able to bring that same energy out of the fans at DKR...
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