http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/14733939/dodd-top-25-college-football-stadiums
Wow wow wow wow, I mean really? Wow
I sense a rise in sales at Ann Arbor Torch and Pitchfork, Co.
I mean, who cares what Dodd says and all but I'm trying to figure out a way to type all the bad words at once...or come up with some new "uber" curse word to describe how I'm feeling
edit: Michigan Stadium is 15th for those who don't want to click..LSU #1, tsio#3, PSU, WIS & NEB all tied at #7
Meecrob. It worked for Cartman, and was on a runestone.
thank you
I am being healed by laughter...my blood pressure is stabilizing
ALWAYS remember the golden rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules
double reply
my apologies
ALWAYS remember the golden rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules
The Runestone of Gaelic!
The Runestone of Gaelic! Where did you get this?
The only weird thing is that SEC schools weren't 1 thru 12...
...and that CBS bothered to mention anybody at all outside of the SEC.
architecture....
he has to have not seen it lately...the stadium, as it looks now, is GORGEOUS...I haven't seen a bunch of others, but I'd be shocked if there are many other better looking stadiums from the outside in the country...
The architecture is growing
The architecture is growing on me. I didn't like it at first because one of the things I liked about Michigan Stadium was that it didn't really tower over the surrounding area. If you drove by on Stadium or Main, you could shake your head in disbelief that it holds so many people. Now, there is no doubt that it is big. I like how they tried to maintain the 30ish look to it though. I just wish they would have kept the 30ish font "Michigan Stadium" on the outside.
I sense a rise in sales at
I sense a rise in sales at Ann Arbor Torch and Pitchfork, Co.
You're giving CBS too much credit. Few fans will even read this article.
touche!
well played sir
ALWAYS remember the golden rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules
That's true. In fact, you
That's true. In fact, you probably just tripled that site's traffic by posting the link here.
Also, it is Dennis Dodd, after all. He hates Michigan, so it isn't really a surprise. Also, based on his comment, it sounds like he was unaware of the stadium renovations so, ya know...
Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.
Yeah, you get the feeling he's never been here,
much less been here since the renovations.
M'Dog
It's blasphemy that USC is
It's blasphemy that USC is even on this list, let alone ahead of us. I don't really see why Notre Dame is ahead of us either.
I'd like to see another one of these lists after our night game with ND. I think it may change some minds.
If I'm not mistaken ND copied
If I'm not mistaken ND copied our bowl design back in the day and yet they are ranked ahead of us?!
For all intents and purposes,
For all intents and purposes, ND Stadium is just like the Big House, but smaller. Similar atmosphere, similar traditions, similar styled stadium (before ours was renovated). It's just 2/3 the size, or so.
I'd include ND stadium but
I'd include ND stadium but only BEFORE they added more seats and blocked the view of Touchdown Jesus. Now, it's only mini-Big House
All of what you said, BUT...
...they put the tunnel in the wrong spot.
No shit. USC is maybe the
No shit. USC is maybe the best team on that list over the last 10 years and they still can't fill 90,000 seats for a Pac Ten game. And their fans are weak. And the Coliseum is like 100 years old and a piece of shit. I can't think of one good thing about that stadium, and the atmosphere is average at best.
Bad and/or lazy journalists
Bad and/or lazy journalists just make lists like this to troll for website hits. Linking to this is (in a small way) making the problem worse and feeding the trolls.
Are you a park ranger at Yellowstone? Say hi to Yogi Bear for me. - the_big_house 500th
I may not be a 70 year old man. - Herm
well, i figured
it was noteworthy, and I didnt want to get slammed for not posting a link, therefore, I made a unilateral decision to link.
ALWAYS remember the golden rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules
Bull fucking
Shit.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
Michigan has a repuation for
Michigan should be higher. The stadium is beautiful now. Not to mention that it inspired ND's stadium. Although the whole atmosphere and fans thing really does hurt it. I once gave some flak to an old alumni wearing a red jacket during the OSU game. He said he didn't care because he likes his jacket and keeps him warm. He was wearing other UM gear and that's all that matters. That whole experience sums up a lot of the game day atmosphere outside the student section (which at least in my day, even there it was tough to get even a half-assed Maize out it seemed). That kind of stuff, I feel, would literally get you killed in Columbus if you wore yellow.
I don't get the tradition
I don't get the tradition rating.
If you have ever been to Penn State, you won't get how the archtitecture rating comes close to ours. PSU was put together in sections over the years and looks it.
I really do wonder if the guy has been at the Big House since the renovation.
I haven't been to any BCS
I haven't been to any BCS conference stadiums other than Michigan's (I have been to the Carrier Dome for a basketball game, great experience, great venue), but I can't imagine that we're not in the top ten at the very least. Nothing compares to a sunny, September Saturday afternoon in the Big House with the good guys out in front.
Other than Michigan I've been
Other than Michigan I've been to PSU, Texas, Cincinnati, Pitt and Northwestern. Not all for games, but Texas Memorial was the only one I thought could hold up to the Big House.
Go Blue!
PSU isn't slightly
PSU isn't slightly comparable, at least?
Eh. I'm sure on game days
Eh. I'm sure on game days it's fun, but Beaver Stadium itself wasn't that great, in my opinion.
Edit: I've been to Ohio Stadium too but...fuck Ohio State.
Go Blue!
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Beaver Stadium was built from an Erector Set.
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I hate to say it...I've been
I hate to say it...I've been by Ohio STadium but not in it but I do like the looks of it... NOw my mouth just got a rash for saying that.
Yea, I didn't think that it
Yea, I didn't think that it was that bad (gag). I actually think it looks a little like Texas Memorial from the outside though, without the benefit of Austin.
I was in Columbus in November and Austin in late March, so that could have something to do with that assessment.
Go Blue!
No
Columbus sucks all year round!!
it sure does
and I have to move there April 1st. April Fool on me apparently
ALWAYS remember the golden rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules
Rankings such as these are a
Rankings such as these are a sham. They're designed to draw clicks and generate ad revenue more than anything else. And what accomplishes that goal better than anything else? Slighting one of the schools with one of the largest alumni bases and probably the largest online following in the world. You don't think that there's gonna be a ton of Michigan fans emailing in about the deplorable ratings? You don't think that as a fanbase, we won't repost that link, crying for blood? And all the while, we're just giving more ad revenue to CBS.
This is home...
One of the largest alumni bases?
Try the largest.
I have a Fandom Endurance III merit badge
Michigan doesn't have a 10 in
Michigan doesn't have a 10 in tradition? An 8!?!?! This guy's opinion means about as much as Mike Valenti's.
Lived the Dream. 2008-2012
Clemson has better tradition than Michigan
I wouldn't get to bent out of
I wouldn't get to bent out of shape about this. The list is just one man's opinion. The opinion, however, is stupid and the guy writing it a dipshit. Nothing beats the House.
HELLO HEISMAN!
wtf?
We're almost the worst fans of any of those venues? Is this guy for real?
I get tired of all the Michigan fan bashing.
100,000+ Michigan fans will show up for a game against a MAC school in the rain . . . week after week, year after year.
Michigan fans are loyal, knowledgeable, and classy. This is the opinion of other fan bases.
Don't fucking tell me about weak fans.
M'Dog
The stadium isn't loud
The stadium isn't loud enough....Or something like that....
I don't know, atmosphere at a stadium is more than just the fans. Although the fans help.
In related news...
Dodd is an ignorant douchebag. That is all.
I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?
8 tradition?
We aren't the winningest program in college football or anything.
Saying that we are an 8 in tradition is like saying Charlie Sheen's living situation is not ideal
CBS = SEC television network
Consider the source. CBS is the SEC television network. Notice how LSU, Alabama, Florida, and Auburn are in the top 6? Dodd probably got the list from SEC bitch Gary Danielson.
Notre Dame stadium sucks, I
Notre Dame stadium sucks, I mean sucks. It is essentially a smaller version of the Big House with tiny scoreboards. It gets no louder than the Big House, is smaller, and seriously, sucks.
I've been called the songbird of my generation, by those who have heard me. THAT GOOD
I blame the refs
If this Big Ten crew wasn't biased as hell and actually called it both ways, the stadium would rank much higher.
silly Dodd
As others have noted, it wouldn't be surprising to hear that Dodd hasn't seen the stadium since the renovations. That would likely change his opinion. (Sorry, John "Save the Big House" Pollack. Truly sorry.)
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Dennis is counting atmosphere, too, so I can understand placing a few venues (except USC ... WTF) above Michigan Stadium. Even with the new towers, it's true that the noise tends to leak out (rather than get back to the field).
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I think it's unrealistic to expect common, dimwitted college football fans outside Michigan (like Dodd) to care much about Michigan's pre-1948 accomplishments. When they think "tradition" they'll have (shudder) Bobby Bowden's streak of Top 4 finishes in mind, not Tom Harmon and Fielding Yost.
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Notice that Michigan got a 10 for history. I'm not sure why that's a category separate from tradition, but at least Dodd seems to understand that UMich is #1 all-time in wins.
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Thought exercise: Where would Michigan Stadium rank, pre-renovations, with its seating capacity reduced to 65,000? Not very high, I'm afraid. It has rarely been a loud stadium. Architecturally, it looked like a big, characterless bowl to most people. Again, I think the towers have improved its appearance.
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Let's not pretend that UM
Let's not pretend that UM hasn't done anything since 1948. Since the Bo era, we've won a national championship, 2 Heisman trophies, numerous Big Ten titles and have been to 4 BCS bowls since the BCS started in 1998. Also since 1998, we've won five bowl games against the SEC (Arkansas, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida again).
Let's not pretend like everything we've done happened 60 years ago.
recent "tradition"
That wasn't my point. Michigan's accomplishments since '48 are many. It's just that, by the thinking of CFB fans, they're merely on par with those of several other schools.
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By "several other schools"
By "several other schools" do you mean schools like Texas A&M, Tennessee, Clemson and Notre Dame, all who were rated higher than us in tradition? Do you think any of those schools have the accomplishments over the last 20 years or so that we have? Tennessee might have an argument, but probably not. Notre Dame hasn't done a thing since 1988 and Clemson hasn't done a thing, well, ever.
Yet they all have more tradition than UM, according to Dodd.
interesting point
perhaps "tradition" = "racism"
Dude's a clown.
Dude's a clown.
"So put 2 on, put 10 on, WHAT DO YOU CARE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE PAYIN' FOR 'EM!!!!?"
-Doug Heffernan, in regards to Arthur and his stamp needs
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