You know what really grinds my gears?

Submitted by Purkinje on

How all of these articles about the Big House's new capacity say things like "making Michigan Stadium the world's largest football stadium."  None of them can be bothered to mention that the only reason Penn State was "biggest" for two years is because WE lost some seats during renovations. AND, we've had the highest attendance even with the few hundred lost seats. So there.

That's all.

MgoViper

July 15th, 2010 at 3:40 PM ^

that one has numbers under it(Narrwald), while the other has customized it with his name in it. Removing the "Michigan" and inserting "Witchitan" with a blue box border. I like them both, the way they are. Though i can see how one might get confused.

kevin holt

July 15th, 2010 at 3:52 PM ^

The pictures are different. No, not the part under the block M. look closer at Wichitan's block M.

Takes a sec to notice it. At first glance, yeah, they're too similar, so still worth changing.

 

edit: noticed the guy above me said almost the same thing. Sorry guuuise

My name ... is Tim

July 15th, 2010 at 4:23 PM ^

Where in the Bible does it say that a man can't fire off some knuckle children in the privacy of his own neighbor's living room while his neighbor's at work because I don't have a DVD player? Well, I don't know where it says it because the Bible is way too long to read!

 

EDIT: So people don't think this quote from the Grind Your Gears portion of Family Guy is funny? I'm not sure I understand the negging.

Blazefire

July 15th, 2010 at 2:14 PM ^

The only people that even care are those that already know. I didn't hear any Penn State fans going around making a big deal about it after the first couple of weeks, because they knew it was temporary.

joeyb

July 15th, 2010 at 2:30 PM ^

A few weeks ago when someone posted a video for NCAA 11 on Facebook, there was someone who commented stating that Beaver stadium was the biggest and posted the size.

I was going to correct him, but I thought I'd let him have his moment as he probably will never have it again.

jg2112

July 15th, 2010 at 2:58 PM ^

Oh. That argument.

See, the OP said "World's largest football stadium," so, in other countries, what they call football, also has to be counted. Because in North Korea, or India, or Prague, what Denard Robinson plays is called "gridiron" or "American Football.'



K, Thanks.

uminks

July 15th, 2010 at 2:22 PM ^

I have some PSU friends who let me know about beaver stadium's capacity surpassing the big house.  Now it is pay back time.  I think we'll have to put an outer bowl around the big house to keep up with Texas A&M future stadium capacity around 120K!

I Bleed Maize N Blue

July 15th, 2010 at 3:23 PM ^

U of T planning future South end zone expansion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_K_Royal_%E2%80%93_Texas_Memorial_S…

 

The final planned phase of the stadium's expansion includes the construction of permanent seating and an upper deck in the south end zone, completely enclosing the playing field. The stadium's seating capacity is expected to be between 115,000 and 120,000 once the south end zone is fully enclosed, which would mean DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium would surpass University of Michigan's Michigan Stadium, the largest football stadium in North America.[24] However, the date of the final construction phase to fully enclose the south end zone has not been set nor have any funds been raised.

Njia

July 15th, 2010 at 3:42 PM ^

Here's a press release from a very reliable source:

ANN ARBOR, MI - MGoBlogger, Njia, today announced plans for a second full tier of bleacher seating in Michigan Stadium. "I'd heard about the University of Texas proposal to go to 115,000 to 120,000 seats in their stadium, and I was, like, 'No way. Not gonna happen on my watch.'" Njia was quoted as saying to no one in particular.

Plans call for building the second tier of seating in the end zones between the ends of the recently completed club level seating and suites. When asked about the plans, University of Michigan Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, David Brandon, claimed to be unaware of Njia's plans, saying, "Who is 'Njia'?"

When asked about architectural renderings or other visual aids that might provide some clues as to the look of the stadium following his proposed renovations, Njia remarked, "Well, my 10 year-old son did build a really cool version of it out of Legos. Have you seen the new 'Lego City' models? Its kind of like that."

Njia did not disclose the start date for the proposed construction, but did say that funding had not yet been secured.

jcgary

July 15th, 2010 at 2:41 PM ^

Just to clear something up we didn't lose seats due to the construction.  We lost seats because the school lost the lawsuit against them that they needed more handicap seating and so they had to take away a bunch of bench seating to add handicap seating along the entire east side of the stadium. 

wolpherine2000

July 15th, 2010 at 4:31 PM ^

...in our offense.  With two more recruiting classes, Coach Rodriguez should have successfully transformed the Big House into the fastest football stadium in the world.