Besides Neyland

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The Grove pre-game has to be experienced. The stadium has been improved, but doesn't match up to Neyland. Never will!!!
 
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IDK why, but for some reason I always imagined Ole miss Auburn and UGa to be pretty similar. I will go ahead and except the title stupid if someone feels the need to call me that. I dont even know why that is my thought process.
 
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bentenn said:
id like to see a game at wisconsin, when the whole stadium gets into "jump around" it looks pretty fun
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I've often wondered the samething. I know they haven't won as many titles as other big ten teams, but their atmosphere looks to be much more enjoyable.
 
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My brother, brother in law, father in law, and myself all went to Florida this year and had a great time. It was my first road game and, besides the fans, it was awesome. The campus was pretty nice (all the jokes about jorts and mopeds are 100% true), the stadium was pretty neat, we had a fly over, and the weather wasn't too bad. This year im looking forward to going to Athens and maybe to the dome for the nc state game.

PS we left chattanooga at 1 in the morning, drove all the way down to Gainesville and parked about a block from the stadium. We hung out until the game started, went in and watched, got back in the truck when it was over and drove back to chattanooga.
 
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DjCrenshaw said:
What other stadiums are a great place to watch a game? I was kinda wondering on the basis of how nice does the stadium look. How about traditions, stadium electricity, and just a fun all around trip?

Just trying to get a feel for some cool road trips in case the vols go.
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There's other stadiums?
 
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As for most of my experience with Pac-12 schools...

Washington - Spectacular setting, know where to go and all of downtown Seattle's great establishments can easily fill in for tailgating. Gets pretty loud, but the stadium is under renovation for the next year IIRC. Not sure if the Huskies will be playing at Century Link Field next year or not.

Washington State - Pullman blows. Skip it.

Oregon - The fact that the Ducks have no real program tradition actually does reflect on the fans, but a good time nonetheless. The tailgating is alright, not great. You go, drink, shoot the breeze then go into the stadium. The games are another matter, they are insanely loud. It's been corroborated by virtually every visiting coach and player, it's not just pound for pound loud, that 55k crowd is hands-down the loudest in the country. You'll lose count of how many false starts the visiting team racks up.

Oregon State - Definitely a humble stadium, but I obviously have a soft spot for it. The one thing anybody can really say for it is that the absolute void of bandwagoners makes for a great experience with everybody there. Every person you meet is either a student or alum, and so is half their family, who are also all there. It feels more like a family reunion with 30,000 people than a tailgate.

I've only visited the stadiums of the four California schools in passing. The bay area is always a great place to be. The Coliseum is old and beat and not a great place to watch a football game, but the whole time you're there you do appreciate the history behind it, both with Olympic tradition and the history of USC football. Same goes for the Rose Bowl.

ASU fans are pretty bandwagon, and though I'm generally not a fan of the state of Arizona, Tempe is pretty exceptional and Sun Devil stadium is, no discussion allowed, the prettiest setting for a stadium in the country. Also probably the best party school on Earth, and more than enough eye candy to go around.

Tucson is quite the opposite... Kind of a mix of the worst elements of a college town, urban area and a border city. Consensus among Pac-12 fans is that's the one place you don't go to watch a game, many many reports of their fans being total jerks.

Have yet to visit SLC or Boulder.
 
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I wish the Cotton Bowl was still at the Cotton Bowl. Jerryworld sux to watch a college game old school style.

The Horseshoe is cool to walk around and see how they just expanded and kept old parts of the stadium. West Pt is an amazing campus wish the navy game were played there that would be amazing. Deaf Valley is a must see. Went to twice to see the Vols play. Great time. May go to Bama game next yr down in BR. Georgia is ok but cool town. Ben Griffin is a crazy atmosphere 1-1 there watching the Vols play. Vandy obviously sux.. Austin is a fun town stadium is ok. I went to the last bonfire the aggies had and that was cray cray. Didn't get to go to the game but that's one I will pay high dollar to go see when the Vols go down there.

Was looking forward to going to Autzen when we play but that's no more. Hopefully Okla and Neb stay on schedule in the next few yrs so I can go to those.
 
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milohimself said:
As for most of my experience with Pac-12 schools...

Washington - Spectacular setting, know where to go and all of downtown Seattle's great establishments can easily fill in for tailgating. Gets pretty loud, but the stadium is under renovation for the next year IIRC. Not sure if the Huskies will be playing at Century Link Field next year or not.

Washington State - Pullman blows. Skip it.

Oregon - The fact that the Ducks have no real program tradition actually does reflect on the fans, but a good time nonetheless. The tailgating is alright, not great. You go, drink, shoot the breeze then go into the stadium. The games are another matter, they are insanely loud. It's been corroborated by virtually every visiting coach and player, it's not just pound for pound loud, that 55k crowd is hands-down the loudest in the country. You'll lose count of how many false starts the visiting team racks up.

Oregon State - Definitely a humble stadium, but I obviously have a soft spot for it. The one thing anybody can really say for it is that the absolute void of bandwagoners makes for a great experience with everybody there. Every person you meet is either a student or alum, and so is half their family, who are also all there. It feels more like a family reunion with 30,000 people than a tailgate.

I've only visited the stadiums of the four California schools in passing. The bay area is always a great place to be. The Coliseum is old and beat and not a great place to watch a football game, but the whole time you're there you do appreciate the history behind it, both with Olympic tradition and the history of USC football. Same goes for the Rose Bowl.

ASU fans are pretty bandwagon, and though I'm generally not a fan of the state of Arizona, Tempe is pretty exceptional and Sun Devil stadium is, no discussion allowed, the prettiest setting for a stadium in the country. Also probably the best party school on Earth, and more than enough eye candy to go around.

Tucson is quite the opposite... Kind of a mix of the worst elements of a college town, urban area and a border city. Consensus among Pac-12 fans is that's the one place you don't go to watch a game, many many reports of their fans being total jerks.

Have yet to visit SLC or Boulder.
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Amazing break down, thank you. I would really like to catch a game in that region, maybe 2013 who knows. I have heard that boulder has a great game day experience. I would guess it would be magnified if their team was a little better these days. I have heard from several people that USC is in the run down part of town and is a little shady. I still would like to go and experience a vol game there someday.
 
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Colorado is cool, the mountains as a backdrop. Ralphie (running Buffalo) is one of the best traditions when you see it up close. Hilarious the way they start out with about 10 handlers and always end up with only 2-3 standing at the end.

Swamp and between the hedges (UGA) rank up there though fans are tough.

Death Valley (Clemson) is cool too. Stadium is not well maintained but view is awesome with the lake above the stadium. Running down the hill and touching the rock is a really cool tradition. Really good tailgating and I like the fans for the most part. Also nice to see so much Orange even if it isn't the right shade.

Carter-Finley (NC State) - a smaller stadium but has some cool statues around it. Pretty cool tradition is all the fans hold up their hands wiggling their fingers and
wait for the announcer to yell first down moving their arm and in hand in the direction of the drive. Hope we don't see that too much in September. Have been surprised at how cool the tail gating is. Their fans are pretty cool too. Course it is an engineering school so bit geeky.

Gotta disagree with those bout Bama. Had miserable experiences there, some of the worst fans in the world. Also don't care for Columbia (Chickens). Some really douche-bag fans, even when they suck and get pounded.

All in all, nothing comes close to college football! Big night game at Neyland and running through the T tops all!
 
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I've been to Alabama, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt. My plans to miss only one road game in 2011 fell through a little.

Alabama was fun. No problems with the fans, excellent game dame experience.

Kentucky was kind of sad. I thought the stadium was going to collapse when they jumped up and down during Zombie Nation. The fans were mostly okay, but their were some who were rather annoying. Probably in basketball form.

Vandy was Neyland West...if Neyland was a high school football stadium.

Hope to make it to Columbia and Athens in 2012.
 
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brianlsanders said:
carolina plays that annoying space song and the crowd gets loud.they also chant "game"-"cocks" both pretty lame
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Not to mention the crowing sound. But nothing is as annoying as the spirit fingers at Arkansas followed by woo pig suey. Gay as hell
 
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DjCrenshaw said:
Amazing break down, thank you. I would really like to catch a game in that region, maybe 2013 who knows. I have heard that boulder has a great game day experience. I would guess it would be magnified if their team was a little better these days. I have heard from several people that USC is in the run down part of town and is a little shady. I still would like to go and experience a vol game there someday.
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Vols at Ducks, 2013 :thumbsup:

I'm encouraging all who visit to at least spend a day or two in Portland though, there's really nothing special about Eugene.
 
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