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Jul 5, 2010 12:15 AM
Check out the pics of all the stadiums. Saw this on the LSU site. Pretty neat.

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Big10
Ohio Stadium






The Big House




Beaver Stadium



Camp Randall



Kinnick Stadium



Ryan Field




Ross-Ade Stadium



Memorial Stadium(IU)




TCF Bank Stadium




Spartan Stadium




Memorial Stadium(Illinois)




And Soon...
Memorial Stadium(the Real one)



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The SEC
Tiger Stadium




Ben Hill Griffin



Bryant Denny



Davis Wade




Vaught-Hemingway


Razorback Stadium



Commonwealth Stadium



Sanford Stadium



Vanderbilt Stadium



Neyland



Jordan-Hare



Williams-Brice
Jul 5, 2010 12:15am
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Jul 5, 2010 12:30 AM
The remodeled Big House looks solid, especially considering the shape it was in.

On Tiger Droppings they made it a Big Ten vs. SEC thing...

I'd say in terms of the top tier/big stadiums, the Big Ten easily takes the cake with Ohio Stadium, Michigan Stadium, etc.
In terms of the full body of work, most all of the SEC schools have nice places, while some of the small and shitty Big Ten ones definitely get pretty rough.
Jul 5, 2010 12:30am
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Jul 5, 2010 12:43 AM
Just one among many reasons that the Big 10 is better than the SEC, and we don't even cheat!

LOL
Jul 5, 2010 12:43am
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Jul 5, 2010 1:11 AM
ts1227;411137 wrote:
On Tiger Droppings they made it a Big Ten vs. SEC thing...
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Yeah, I know.......no sense in arguing over conferences since we all know who is the cream of the crop, lol. :)

I noticed that the overall average attendance for conferences had the SEC with more attendance even though the Big 10 has 3 stadiums that are bigger than any SEC stadium.
Jul 5, 2010 1:11am
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Jul 5, 2010 1:38 AM
cats gone wild;411162 wrote:Yeah, I know.......no sense in arguing over conferences since we all know who is the cream of the crop, lol. :)

I noticed that the overall average attendance for conferences had the SEC with more attendance even though the Big 10 has 3 stadiums that are bigger than any SEC stadium.

That's because most people in Big 10 country have jobs. LOL
Jul 5, 2010 1:38am
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Jul 5, 2010 3:03 AM
sleeper;411172 wrote:That's because most people in Big 10 country have jobs. LOL

Northern Ohio, Western PA, and most all of Michigan beg to differ.

Of course, most of them decided to join the Mafia instead of go to college.
Jul 5, 2010 3:03am
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Jul 5, 2010 12:30 PM
sleeper;411172 wrote:That's because most people in Big 10 country have jobs. LOL
This is quite comical given that Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania are in worse shape than almost anyone in the country.
Jul 5, 2010 12:30pm
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Jul 5, 2010 12:34 PM
Azubuike24;411304 wrote:This is quite comical given that Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania are in worse shape than almost anyone in the country.

There's too much competition up here for the few remaining jobs that exist. The talent isn't the problem, it's the availability of jobs, but there's plenty for the taking in the south, which is where most Big Ten grads are dominating. LOL
Jul 5, 2010 12:34pm
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Jul 5, 2010 1:12 PM
Now that's certainly one way to look at it sleeper. But couldn't one say the Big Ten alumni ran the region into the ground and the jobs simply moved to states that weren't so poorly run, and then with that argument point out those states are better economically and the Big Ten alumni are scurrying to the south to work for someone who will actually give them opportunity?

The answer lies somewhere in the middle.
Jul 5, 2010 1:12pm
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Jul 5, 2010 2:23 PM
cats gone wild;411162 wrote:Yeah, I know.......no sense in arguing over conferences since we all know who is the cream of the crop, lol. :)

I noticed that the overall average attendance for conferences had the SEC with more attendance even though the Big 10 has 3 stadiums that are bigger than any SEC stadium.

probably because of having better weather in the later months, casual fans of shitty teams are more likely to attend games in the SEC
Jul 5, 2010 2:23pm
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Jul 5, 2010 2:34 PM
LJ;411367 wrote:probably because of having better weather in the later months, casual fans of shitty teams are more likely to attend games in the SEC

partly true, but Northwestern, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Purdue, Michigan St. and even Iowa don't sell out in the first half of the season. I've seen all of those teams play in front of a lot of empty seats.
Jul 5, 2010 2:34pm
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Jul 5, 2010 2:51 PM
TheMightyGators;411378 wrote:partly true, but Northwestern, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Purdue, Michigan St. and even Iowa don't sell out in the first half of the season. I've seen all of those teams play in front of a lot of empty seats.

purdue and Iowa I have to say you are wrong. the others you are partially right. when northwestern plays indiana, no one goes.
Jul 5, 2010 2:51pm
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Jul 5, 2010 4:55 PM
LJ;411387 wrote:purdue and Iowa I have to say you are wrong. the others you are partially right. when northwestern plays indiana, no one goes.

Purdue's capacity is 62,500. 47,551 in attendance for home opener against Toledo last year.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292482509

Iowa's capacity is 70,585. 67,989 in attendance for week 5 game last year against Arkansas St.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292762294

I will say, you could be right about Iowa. This was the game I remember watching and seeing some empty seats, but seemed like a lot more than that. Could have been season ticket holders not going.
Jul 5, 2010 4:55pm
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Jul 5, 2010 5:18 PM
TheMightyGators;411378 wrote:partly true, but Northwestern, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Purdue, Michigan St. and even Iowa don't sell out in the first half of the season. I've seen all of those teams play in front of a lot of empty seats.

Went to Mich State game the last year OSU played in east lansing there were a few empty seats in upper corner of upper deck. A friend scalped tickets for 10$
Jul 5, 2010 5:18pm
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Jul 5, 2010 5:54 PM
TheMightyGators;411495 wrote:Purdue's capacity is 62,500. 47,551 in attendance for home opener against Toledo last year.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292482509

Iowa's capacity is 70,585. 67,989 in attendance for week 5 game last year against Arkansas St.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=292762294

I will say, you could be right about Iowa. This was the game I remember watching and seeing some empty seats, but seemed like a lot more than that. Could have been season ticket holders not going.

That was the only game that Iowa had that wasn't at capacity last season, lol
Jul 5, 2010 5:54pm
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Jul 5, 2010 6:45 PM
LJ;411554 wrote:That was the only game that Iowa had that wasn't at capacity last season, lol

Wasn't sold out, and you were a little off on Purdue weren't ya?
Jul 5, 2010 6:45pm
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Jul 5, 2010 6:49 PM
Why would people pay to watch Toledo or Arkansas State?
Jul 5, 2010 6:49pm
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Jul 5, 2010 6:54 PM
sleeper;411609 wrote:Why would people pay to watch Toledo or Arkansas State?

Good point. I wouldn't pay to watch Purdue or Iowa either.
Jul 5, 2010 6:54pm
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Jul 5, 2010 7:29 PM
TheMightyGators;411604 wrote:Wasn't sold out, and you were a little off on Purdue weren't ya?

Their attendance is like a roller coaster. Didn't use to be like that, but it's crazy, like of course Notre Dame is a large crowd, but they had large crowds at other stupid games, but their attendance died at the end of the season. The problem is, when your school sucks, people don't pay as much money to see them play another shitty team.

BUT, how surprised would you be if I told you that Minnesota sold out every home game last season?
Jul 5, 2010 7:29pm
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Jul 5, 2010 7:31 PM
and Illinois only had 2 games under cap, and those were in Nov and Dec
Jul 5, 2010 7:31pm
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Jul 6, 2010 7:09 AM
LJ;411671 wrote:Their attendance is like a roller coaster. Didn't use to be like that, but it's crazy, like of course Notre Dame is a large crowd, but they had large crowds at other stupid games, but their attendance died at the end of the season. The problem is, when your school sucks, people don't pay as much money to see them play another shitty team.

BUT, how surprised would you be if I told you that Minnesota sold out every home game last season?

Not that surprised. They built a small stadium, and the excitement of a brand new stadium will wear off after 2-3 years. They didn't sniff selling out the Metrodome on probably over 90% of their games.
Jul 6, 2010 7:09am
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Jul 6, 2010 10:08 PM
not on campus, but this is home of the Florida Georgia game







Jul 6, 2010 10:08pm
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Jul 15, 2010 5:52 PM
Azubuike24;411304 wrote:This is quite comical given that Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania are in worse shape than almost anyone in the country.

but all 3 schools still put 100,000 plus in the stadiums can't be 2 bad
Jul 15, 2010 5:52pm
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Jul 15, 2010 6:24 PM
Middle class, blue collar industrial cities have the best, or at least most loyal, football fans of any in the country.
Jul 15, 2010 6:24pm