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re: When someone says “football program in downtown Atlanta” what do y’all think of?
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:13 am to Pettifogger
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:13 am to Pettifogger
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You know I hate UGA so I'm biased
But Grant Field is better than Sanford
Opinions are obviously subjective but unless one is simply a big fan of cozy and quaint little settings and/or views of office buildings there really isn't any metric that would support that.
-Sanford is much bigger
-It's nicer looking
-It also has a "unique view" but it's looking out at campus and trees rather than skyscrapers
-It's louder
-It's in a much nicer area/surrounding
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Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:14 am to tylerdurden24
I think of Georgia State
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:19 am to dlc83
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GT, given it's location, with the right coaching staff, can be a dangerous team. It's located in the epicenter of college football.
It would take a coach like Urban Meyer or Nick Saban to make that a dangerous program. This ain’t your daddy’s Ga Tech. They’re turning more into Duke/Wake Forest every year.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:23 am to WG_Dawg
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Not to mention you have to refuse double digit amounts of beggars and homeless from your walk to get to it.
Nah, midtown isn't near as bad it was 20 years ago.Ga State and old Turner Field is far worse
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:25 am to tylerdurden24
Cringe so hard
Why any man would choose coaching as a career knowing he would have to suck up to teenagers is beyond me
Why any man would choose coaching as a career knowing he would have to suck up to teenagers is beyond me
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:36 am to WG_Dawg
I can't agree with you on much of that except it being bigger and louder. For a stadium its size, however, Sanford is not loud.
Grant Field is a little tighter but I think it's equally as comfortable and has as good or better sight lines. It has much better views. It's surrounding area is fine IMO. It's near the better parts of the Tech campus. I think Grant Field is nicer looking and has a far more cohesive design. I think both stadiums are a little difficult to navigate.
Sanford is like JHS in that both suffer from being built out and designed across multiple decades which leaves it looking disjointed/inconsistent and too often cheap/ugly. I like JHS better, obviously, but I think both suffer from similar issues.
Grant Field is a little tighter but I think it's equally as comfortable and has as good or better sight lines. It has much better views. It's surrounding area is fine IMO. It's near the better parts of the Tech campus. I think Grant Field is nicer looking and has a far more cohesive design. I think both stadiums are a little difficult to navigate.
Sanford is like JHS in that both suffer from being built out and designed across multiple decades which leaves it looking disjointed/inconsistent and too often cheap/ugly. I like JHS better, obviously, but I think both suffer from similar issues.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:40 am to hawgfaninc
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Why any man would choose coaching as a career knowing he would have to suck up to teenagers is beyond me
Same reason almost everyone chooses a career - $$$$$.
But having to throw up gang signs as a middle aged suburbanite in an effort to look cool is a little much.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:44 am to tylerdurden24
no. I think of all those UGA players in lockup, awaiting their court dates.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:44 am to Pettifogger
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nicer looking and has a far more cohesive design
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Sanford is like JHS in that both suffer from being built out and designed across multiple decades which leaves it looking disjointed/inconsistent and too often cheap/ugly.
You sure you’re not thinking of some other stadium? Because Bobby Dodd Stadium is as piece meal and disjointed as they come.
This post was edited on 6/13/19 at 11:45 am
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:46 am to tylerdurden24
Tech isn't even downtown. They're in Midtown.
I think of Ga State.
I think of Ga State.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:46 am to tylerdurden24
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:50 am to Pettifogger
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I can't agree with you on much of that except it being bigger and louder. For a stadium its size, however, Sanford is not loud.
Your judgment might be clouded by hate, but you are not wrong on this one. Sanford is not a great stadium, and does not trap noise the way many others do for some reason.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:50 am to Pettifogger
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When someone says “football program in downtown Atlanta” what do y’all think of?
I can't agree with you on much of that except it being bigger and louder. For a stadium its size, however, Sanford is not loud.
Grant Field is a little tighter but I think it's equally as comfortable and has as good or better sight lines. It has much better views. It's surrounding area is fine IMO. It's near the better parts of the Tech campus. I think Grant Field is nicer looking and has a far more cohesive design. I think both stadiums are a little difficult to navigate.
Sanford is like JHS in that both suffer from being built out and designed across multiple decades which leaves it looking disjointed/inconsistent and too often cheap/ugly. I like JHS better, obviously, but I think both suffer from similar issues.
And like I said I think this just boils down to what your own individual preference is in a stadium. I mean hell take it a step further, why not say you prefer vandy over the big stadiums? It's small and cozy too, and there truly isn't a bad seat in the house. It's in a big city setting with a "city vibe" surrounding the immediate area. Easy to get around the concourses adn the fans are hospitable. Do you prefer that one over the 6digit seat mega stadiums as well?
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:55 am to tylerdurden24
Worst thing for Tech's design is the sharp angles + metal and concrete, but Auburn has the latter (and Sanford, I think).
Overall I think there is a very prevalent, almost cheesy (I don't know how else to described it) 90s/00s feel to parts of Sanford/JHS that I just don't get at Tech. It just feels more like a historic stadium than either of ours.
I really want Auburn to either pick to be a modern stadium and do the A&M type overhaul that requires, or to embrace steel and concrete and quit trying to make modern piecemeal aesthetic upgrades that clash. I know I'm overthinking this stuff but I love stadium design/architecture.
Overall I think there is a very prevalent, almost cheesy (I don't know how else to described it) 90s/00s feel to parts of Sanford/JHS that I just don't get at Tech. It just feels more like a historic stadium than either of ours.
I really want Auburn to either pick to be a modern stadium and do the A&M type overhaul that requires, or to embrace steel and concrete and quit trying to make modern piecemeal aesthetic upgrades that clash. I know I'm overthinking this stuff but I love stadium design/architecture.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 11:57 am to WG_Dawg
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And like I said I think this just boils down to what your own individual preference is in a stadium. I mean hell take it a step further, why not say you prefer vandy over the big stadiums? It's small and cozy too, and there truly isn't a bad seat in the house. It's in a big city setting with a "city vibe" surrounding the immediate area. Easy to get around the concourses adn the fans are hospitable. Do you prefer that one over the 6digit seat mega stadiums as well?
I mean purely as a spectator - wouldn't you?
But we both want the intangibles of a bigger and louder stadium. I'm not claiming I want to trade JHS for Bobby Dodd but I enjoy watching games there.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 12:04 pm to Pettifogger
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I mean purely as a spectator - wouldn't you?
But we both want the intangibles of a bigger and louder stadium. I'm not claiming I want to trade JHS for Bobby Dodd but I enjoy watching games there.
You're going along with what I'm saying here. If you were putting together some kind of ranking list of "best stadiums" you would be crazy to put tech over sanford. If I'm a visiting fan? Sure I guess I'd prefer to go to vandy than JHS mainly because it's much lower key, lower stress, less hassle, etc. Would I take vandy's stadium over sanford as my home stadium? A million times no.
Posted on 6/13/19 at 12:13 pm to NYCAuburn
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404 and 678 are the only downtown codes and 678 is newer.
Imma 770 and proud...
Posted on 6/13/19 at 12:20 pm to chillmonster
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Tech isn't even downtown. They're in Midtown.
See my response a page back.
ETA: it’s kind of startling how many people in this thread have given actual answers to what amounts to a rhetorical question poking fun at a goofy picture of Tech coaches
This post was edited on 6/13/19 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 6/13/19 at 12:39 pm to tylerdurden24
MSB
Posted on 6/13/19 at 1:18 pm to Pettifogger
Been to games at Tech a couple times. My brother was in the home office for Coke so we had good seats. Once in the stadium I enjoyed watching a game there. It does seem a little pieced together.
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