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    What football stadiums have you been to?

    Here are, in no particular order (other than Ohio Stadium being the best football environment I've ever been in), are the football stadiums I've seen games in over the years:

    College

    Ohio Stadium (OSU) - many games
    Nippert Stadium (UC) - a handful of games
    Yager Stadium (Miami) - Miami vs. Bowling Green
    Perry Stadium (BG) - many games
    Michigan Stadium (Michigan) - Michigan vs. OSU twice and Mich. vs. ND
    Notre Dame Stadium (ND) - Notre Dame vs. Purdue
    Commonwealth Stadium (UK) - Kentucky vs. Tennessee
    Memorial Stadium (Illinois) - Illinois vs. OSU
    Spartan Stadium (Michigan State) - MSU vs. OSU
    Neyland Stadium (Tennessee) - Tennessee vs. UC a couple of weeks ago
    Folsom Field (Colorado) - games vs. Texas Tech and West Virginia
    War Memorial Stadium (Wyoming) - Cowboys vs. Bowling Green
    Memorial Stadium (Indiana Univ.) - Indiana vs. OSU

    Rose Bowl - 1997 OSU vs. Arizona State
    Sugar Bowl (Louisiana Superdome) - 1998 OSU vs. Florida State

    NFL

    Paul Brown Stadium (Cincinnati) - numerous games
    Heinz Field (Pittsburgh) - Bengals vs. Steelers in 2003 (Bengals won; Steelers fans were awful)
    Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Browns) - Bengals vs. Browns in final game in old stadium; still have part of the seat I walked out of the stadium with


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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    Vanderbilt
    Tennessee
    Georgia
    South Carolina
    Kentucky
    Florida
    Ole Miss
    Alabama (both at Legion Field and Bryant-Denny)
    LSU

    Miami (OH)
    UC
    OSU
    Notre Dame
    Purdue
    Michigan
    Illinois (but for a Bears game the season Soldier Field was being redone)
    Western Kentucky (before they were FBS but I'm counting it!)

    Places on my list to go: the remaining 3 SEC schools plus whoever they add, Army, Penn State, Oregon.

    NFL:
    Cincinnati (old and new)
    Soldier Field (old and new)
    LP Field or whatever they call it in Nashville
    The old Hoosier Dome

    I've also been to the Georgia Dome for the SEC Championship Game.
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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    College:
    UNI Dome (Northern Iowa)
    Kinnick Stadium (University of Iowa)
    Jack Trice (Iowa State University)
    William Penn University
    Metrodome (University of Minnesota)
    Northwestern
    Eastern Illinois
    Ohio University (Not Ohio State)
    Illinois State
    Indiana State
    Chattanooga (2005 1-AA National Championship game)
    Miami (Ohio)
    Cincinnati
    Western Kentucky

    NFL:

    Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City)
    RCA/Hoosier Dome (Indianapolis)
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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    College:
    Ohio Stadium (many games)
    Michigan Stadium (2006 OSU v Michigan)
    Camp Randall (2010 OSU v Wisconsin)
    Ross Ade (2002 OSU v Purdue)
    Nippert (five or six games)
    Sun Devil Stadium (Fiesta Bowl Ohio State v Kansas State)
    Rose Bowl (several Rose Bowls and a few UCLA games)
    Los Angeles Coliseum (several games)
    Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame v Army game in 1998 I think)
    The Swamp (2001 Florida v Miami)

    Pro:
    Paul Brown
    The old Meadowlands
    Raymond James (Outback Bowl but in a pro stadium)

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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    Decided to expand on my answers a little. I will add this disclaimer: I am a Vanderbilt alum and I married a Tennessee alum.

    Best stadium (just stadium): Bryant-Denny. It's beautiful.

    Best pregame (outside the stadium): Ole Miss. Any real college football fan must spend a couple hours in The Grove at some point in their lives.

    Best pregame (inside the stadium): Tennessee or Notre Dame. Honorable mention to USC and that damn rooster crowing and the song from 2001: Space Odyssey. Makes you feel like the whole state is coming after you.

    Best band: Tennessee (yep, better than Ohio State)

    Best song: From Dixie with Love -- has been banned by Ole Miss and I agree with that, but man, that place rocked when they'd go into that song. Yea Alabama and Glory, Glory to Old Georgia are fun as well. Rocky Top can bite me, even though the Osborne Brothers version was played at my wedding reception -- I love her family.

    Most welcoming fans to opposing fans: Ole Miss and Bama. The people at Notre Dame and LSU were super also. It must be said that when you're wearing Vanderbilt gear as an opposing fan, they're usually happy to see you and extend pity and courtesy.

    Loudest: LSU. Scary loud. It feels like the place shakes. Maybe it does.

    Best tradition (and mascot): They have a live tiger at LSU. A tiger. They park it, in its' cage, outside the visitors' locker room before games. You must walk past the tiger to get into the visitors' locker room. Honorable mention to UGa and Smokey... I like dogs.

    Best "doubleheader": A day at the races at Keeneland before a night game at Commonwealth Stadium. Only the strong will survive.

    Best campus: This is the only place I'll go with my alma mater. It's like a pastoral New England campus, with magnolia trees, right in the middle of Nashville. Very cool place, all my biases aside. Notre Dame is beautiful as well.

    Underrated: South Carolina and Kentucky

    Overrated: Florida and Georgia

    Best overall: I was at the Auburn-Alabama game last year, so that colors my pick here a lot. I can't imagine a better atmosphere for a sporting event, anytime, anywhere. I'd have to say Bryant-Denny. I loved my trips to LSU and Notre Dame as well.
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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    0- I have never attended an organized football game in my life, at any level... and I dig football... just one of those things.

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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    College:
    Ohio Stadium: many times
    Northwestern
    Iowa
    Illinois
    Indiana
    Notre Dame
    Penn State
    tSUN
    Purdon't
    Sun Life Stadium (Miami,fl): a few weeks ago (bad memories)
    Kentucky

    Pro:
    Paul Brown Stadium
    Riverfront
    Cleveland Browns Stadium
    Soilder Field
    Sun Life Stadium
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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    Quote Originally Posted by Redsfan320 View Post
    0- I have never attended an organized football game in my life, at any level... and I dig football... just one of those things.

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    You gotta get to a game at Miami ... October is the best month. Great setting in Oxford.

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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    In no particular order other than as I remember them. I've been to a lot so I'm sure I'm forgetting some. My favorite gameday atmosphere by far was when I went to the Marshall vs. Army game at West Point in 1998. If you ever get the opportunity to visit the USMA for a game, do not even hesitate. It is spectacular.

    College
    Marshall
    WVU
    Pittsburgh
    Ohio State
    Ohio
    Miami (Ohio)
    Akron
    Kent State
    Ball State
    Toledo
    Clemson
    South Carolina
    Army (absolutely stunning if you can get up there)
    Cincinnati
    Colorado
    Wisconsin
    Illinois
    Northern Illinois
    Eastern Michigan
    Minnesota
    Indiana
    Central Florida
    Louisville
    BYU
    Utah

    NFL
    Cincinnati (old and new)
    Cleveland
    Pittsburgh (old and new)
    New England
    Indianapolis (old and new)
    Meadowlands

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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    Mine is going to be tiny compared to everybody elses.

    Marshall Stadium (before it expanded to Joan C Edwards)
    Mountaineer Field

    Pro:

    Riverfront Stadium

    Never been to Commonwealth Stadium or Paul Brown Stadium, sadly.
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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium
    Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
    Ohio Stadium
    Michigan Stadium
    Nippert Statium
    Paul Brown (UC v OK)
    Memorial Stadium (Champagne)
    NC State
    Commonwealth Stadium
    Eastern KY
    WKU

    Best game-day experience is in Lincoln..."Friendliest fans in football", and they lost that day.
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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    College:
    Ohio State
    Texas
    Indiana
    Purdue
    Penn St.
    UNC
    Duke
    NC State
    Ohio U.

    Pro:
    Cincinnati (old and new)
    Carolina

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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    College:

    James Madison
    Richmond
    William & Mary
    Appalachian State
    East Carolina
    Virginia Tech
    Clemson
    Tennessee
    UNC-Chapel Hill

    Pros:

    Redskins (old RFK)
    Panthers
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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    Quote Originally Posted by OSUredsFAN View Post
    College:
    Ohio Stadium: many times
    Northwestern
    Iowa
    Illinois
    Does Northwestern count as a college stadium or high school stadium. When I was there it was more like Ohio Stadium Northwest.

    But as for mine.

    College
    Ohio Stadium
    Nippert
    Northwestern
    Notre Dame
    Dayton Welcome Stadium

    Pro
    PBS
    Riverfront

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    Re: What football stadiums have you been to?

    Quote Originally Posted by bucksfan2 View Post
    Does Northwestern count as a college stadium or high school stadium. When I was there it was more like Ohio Stadium Northwest.

    But as for mine.

    College
    Ohio Stadium
    Nippert
    Northwestern
    Notre Dame
    Dayton Welcome Stadium

    Pro
    PBS
    Riverfront
    While Northwestern isn't a college and high school stadium, Welcome Stadium, ironically, is. It's home to the Dayton Flyers football team and also Dayton Public Schools high school teams.


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