My least favorite stadiums are the generic ones... I get that "fan experience" plays into things...for instance, I "like" Lincoln Financial field when the Eagles are playing there, but it's terrible when you're sitting in it with 7k Temple and 15k Cincinnati fans...I enjoy stadiums that have a personality to them.

So, for instance, I don't really like Marshall's Joan C. Edwards stadium...it's dirty and grimy and it's made up of generic, erector set stands. Yeah, OK, the seats are green...got it. But it could be any number of other stadiums, really. And the one, distinguishing factor is the "South" endzone stands which are crammed in there at a weird angle that doesn't fit the rest of the stadium, which is (IMO) not attractive. So I give it a low score for the times I have been there...both rooting for Marshall (I used to live near Huntington) and as a Bearcat fan.

I'll take an opposite example: Notre Dame stadium. It's not the "capacity" that makes this stand out: the WHOLE stadium is incredible. It's set on Campus--you can't get there without getting into the "Notre Dame" experience. The expansions were tastefully done and "fit" the original Stadium's mystique. And, most importantly, you KNOW when you're in Notre Dame stadium...it's unique, special.

Nippert is like that: it's a "one of a kind" stadium. It's part of the Campus. It is, quintessentially, "Cincinnati." It doesn't matter that it "only" seats 40k: in fact, that's part of the appeal (to me). It oozes history...both the good and the bad. You're never going to confuse Nippert with any other place.

Again, I'll counter-balance here. I've never been to ECU's Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, but I don't see much interesting there. It's a generic, bowl stadium. Yeah, it's got purple seats and they'll play Jimmi Hendrix as the team runs out, but it's just a big-ish bowl. Pirate fans love the place but I just always get a "Meh!" feeling about it. ECU folks will always counter with the "Capacity" argument, but...

If I were going to point out the "lowest" stadiums in the P conferences, I'd look at Kentucky (SEC), Duke (ACC), Kansas (B12) [it's being renovated, I know], Utah (PAC/B12) [I liked their OLD Stadium better], and both Michigan and Michigan State and Purdue (Big 10) as pretty boring and uninspiring stadiums.

(04-01-2024 01:05 PM)doss2 Wrote:  I agree that Legion Field was BAD. My wife said they did not even have toilet paper in the ladies toilets. That said the Papa John's Bowl began a nice run for UC.

The Rubber Bowl sucked but we won as I recall.

Both have been demolished.

Legion Field is still there, I believe.

The funniest thing about the Papa John's Bowl was that they didn't even have Papa John's Pizza for sale at it. Somewhere I have a bootleg shirt I bought for $3 after the game that mispelled Cincinnati as well, lol.

(04-01-2024 01:15 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(04-01-2024 01:05 PM)doss2 Wrote:  I agree that Legion Field was BAD. My wife said they did not even have toilet paper in the ladies toilets. That said the Papa John's Bowl began a nice run for UC.

The Rubber Bowl sucked but we won as I recall.

Both have been demolished.

Legion Field is still there, I believe.

The funniest thing about the Papa John's Bowl was that they didn't even have Papa John's Pizza for sale at it. Somewhere I have a bootleg shirt I bought for $3 after the game that mispelled Cincinnati as well, lol.

Bearcat Lair (the precursor to Bearcat Journal) had a bus trip to the Papa Johns Bowl which absolutely rocked. It was a quick there and back thing, with one night in a hotel. But the bus was a party all the way down.

It's also the place where I met subflea for the first time at the hotel before my friends and I headed out for BBQ then to the Birmingham bars the night before the game.

(04-01-2024 01:38 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Bearcat Lair (the precursor to Bearcat Journal) had a bus trip to the Papa Johns Bowl which absolutely rocked. It was a quick there and back thing, with one night in a hotel. But the bus was a party all the way down.

It's also the place where I met subflea for the first time at the hotel before my friends and I headed out for BBQ then to the Birmingham bars the night before the game.

I met him there as well, but outside the game. A couple friends and I jumped in a car super early that morning, went to the game, then stayed the night before driving back on Xmas Eve. Ran into my 8th grade math teacher as well, lol.

Drove to Birmingham the day before. Met Terrill Byrd's family at BBQ Joint. Asked them about fellow Colerain FB guy Mr. Simpson. His mother said "That boy has problems." His uncle said "She is being kind."

Mr. Simpson had great talent, left Michigan after one year. I think he never played a down at UC. Chemical problems. Dead at age 36.

(03-31-2024 12:39 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(03-31-2024 11:59 AM)doss2 Wrote:  https://boxingnews.com/cl/uncovering-the...3y9nQs69uw

I was surprised to see so many B12 stadiums on the list.

ISU 15
CU 17
BU 22
KU 23
BYU 25
TTU 27
TCU 35

Not having been to any I cannot express an opinion, but was shocked by 7 of 16 being listed.

Of others on the list I have been to:

Miami OH #2 I agree
Tulane #7 I do not agree
Marshall # 11 ambivalent
Toledo #24 I agree
Memphis #29 ambivalent

Seriously? Not one Big 10 school. Better check the credentials of the ones writing this.

Vanderbilt has the crappiest conditions of any SEC school, yet they pick on Miss State and Missouri?

The small schools listed were a travesty because they have what they can afford. Kudos to them for not wasting money on seats that would be empty or improvements in concessions which weren't necessary.

In the Big 10 take your pick. Purdue, Indiana, Minnesota, Maryland, even Michigan State. Yet not 1 Big 10 school on the list. But they trash small schools in Texas, rag on the Big 12, find of couple of SEC schools to criticize, rag on Marshall and some MAC schools and toss in Duke which while small is nice, FSU which has been renovated and don't mention Pitt, B.C., or Wake.

They lost their cred when Purdue and Vanderbilt didn't pop up in the top 10 and all credibility when neither got mentioned.

Chuckle, it’s from Boxing News, y’all. Click bait and nothing more.