Yeah, I've been to UTEPs stadium, it was several years ago, it's beautiful with the mountains, very clean, I watched a awesome game between Tulsa and UTEP, I'm a lifelong diehard BAMA fan but was visiting my daughter and son in law in El Paso Texas, my son in law was in the military at that time, but that was a impressive stadium beautiful, btw UTEP won the game in the 4th qtr gg
Played a high school football playoff game there in 1992. Wow! Wanted to play college football there but y my height and speed (or lack of) got in the way . . . even for UTEP.
I had to skip the Baylor part because it was clear he didn't know anything he was talking about. And I'm not even a Baylor fan. Ya they went 6-6 last year, but they were one score away in three games from being 9-3. And even this year if they played Utah better they'd be 3-2 with a T25 win. So this "if they were better talk maybe they'd enclose the stadium" was nonsense. The stadium was designed that way for a reason.
@@ReinSouls I appreciate the guys effort with the videos but zero consistency. He likes Oklahoma State because it's one level then flags Ole Miss because it's one level. Ole Miss doesn't need an 80,000 seat stadium which would be the only reason to add a level.
I saw the Giants play the Jets in a pre-season game at the Yale Bowl when Namath was still the QB for the Jets. At the game, they announced that the Giants would soon be building a new stadium at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Amazing to think that that stadium is already gone...I'm old.
I played my home games at Michie Stadium (MIKEY) and played games in four others. Falcon Stadium used to have natural grass and it was the most well kept field outside of a golf course. The surface was the best field that I ever experienced as a player. When we played Yale, we spent halftime inside one of the tunnels near the endzone, and if I remember the Yale team stayed in the opposite endzone. It was like a high school atmosphere and not much coaching could happen. It was so very cool to say that I played on the same field as the Four Horsemen, and other college legends. Incredible overall experience as a player, but having to share the restroom at halftime with fans was very odd.
I am an Army fan since 1957,saw General Dawkins play. I am a 10 year Army Vet who had the honor of training cadets at both Buckner and Natural Bridge in the 70's. Michie is the best,BEST! During Lacrosse season we tailgate at Lusk,on the rocks.Beat Navy!
Very nice list. I do like most of these stadiums because of their locations. Also, Louisville's stadium kind of reminds me of an NFL Stadium. Not surprising because the Yum Center is an NBA caliber arena.
Can't knock down Gallagher-Iba arena next to Boone Pickens Stadium. That's the building you were saying they should knock down. It probably wasn't a good idea to build the football stadium right next to the basketball arena like that. There's no room for the stadium to expand. It's the same situation at Kansas State.
That's where Lewis Field was/is (which you can still catch glimpses of the 1920's stone walls of here and there) so not much choice unless they moved off campus. Eventually they'll have to add an upper deck if they want to expand seating capacity.
Was there in 1982 for the Arizona State game. Rain early in the day but by the time the game started the sun was popping out. Rays coming through the cloud openings lit up the best view you will ever see. The Golden Gate Bridge. Alcatraz and the San Francisco skyline were lit up by sunlight with the rain clouds still hanging up there.
Failed to mention that at Harvard Stadium you sit on the concrete risers - no seats or benches! Very cold in Winter. 😮 And it (or Yale Bowl?) has no locker room for either team.
0:26 - Yale 1:25 - Air Force 2:31 - Baylor 5:06 - Harvard 6:12 - App State 7:17 - Sun Bowl 8:46 - Ok State 10:18 - Cincinnati 11:24 - Army 12:15 - Louisville
I really like McLane Stadium. It's taken inspiration from European stadiums but not too much to copy them, keeping the North American horseshoe stadium shape. An actual fresh American style of stadium that isn't just dull grey concrete.
Other stadiums I'd add to this list: - Maverik Stadium, Utah State - War Memorial Stadium, Wyoming - Albertsons Stadium, Boise State - Canvas Stadium, Colorado State - Mountain America Stadium, Arizona State - Martin Stadium, Washington State - Kinnick Stadium, Iowa - Huntington Bank Stadium, Minnesota - Rice-Eccles Stadium, Utah - Peden Stadium, Ohio - Husky Stadium, Washington - BB&T Stadium, Wake Forest
Fun fact: Yale Bowl, Harvard Stadium, and Nippert Stadium all hosted NFL games. And the Louisville stadium does look cool. It could host Cincinnati Bengal games if something happened to Paycor. Here at SIU Carbondale, we have one of the smallest stadiums there must be. But it's functional and could be expanded if the Salukis and the university got bigger.
The Eagles played at Penn's Franklin Field, the Steelers played at Pitt Stadium, the Seahawks played at Husky Stadium, the Saints played at Tulane Stadium, the Cardinals played at Sun Devil Stadium, the Vikings played at Vikings played at Huntington Bank Stadium, the Oliers played Jeppeson (U Houston), Rice, Liberty Bowl (U Memphis), & Vanderbilt Stadiums, the Patriots played at Boston U & Boston College stadiums, the Bears played at the Univ of Illinois. It hasn't been uncommon since college football existed long before the NFL & AFL.
I'm surprised that you're surprised that McLane Stadium in Waco left one end zone open. They build this near the water, and they left the water side open for the view. Obviously, it was intentional.
Nice choices. As an Okie, I am biased towards Boone Pickens in Stillwater, Ok... but I really like the lightning bolt pattern in the seats of Falcon Stadium for Air Force.
Roy Stewart Stadium, home of Murray State, is pretty interesting…huge seating on just one side of the field. They also have their first live mascot, a horse, buried on the grounds
Fun fact about Nippert Stadium: Before TQL Stadium was built, Nippert Stadium was also home of FC Cincinnati in MLS for its two years of existence. Then when it comes to Falcon Stadium it hosted an NHL Stadium Series in 2020 between the LA Kings & the Avalanche.
I love App State! Best atmosphere for a football game! Been to stadiums like Notre Dame, South Carolina, Georgia, Wake Forest, UNC, and many others. App State is definitely the best! Super loud and super fun. Nice campus. I will be there for their sold out Tuesday night matchup with Coastal Carolina tomorrow night!
The great thing about Air Force (5-0 right now) is that it is open and spacious, great place to take your young kid, because you can wander around WHILE WATCHING THE GAME. Plus the extras of flyovers, parachute teams, the half-time peregrine Falcon dive bombing the crowd, your kid can pet the falcons, or sit in an AF training glider and chat up a cadet or two. Food trucks IN the stadium, plus AF wins 75% of home games and has a “”small-town” feel to it, lots of military people so lots of “where were you deployed and teasing along Air Force/Army/Navy rivalry.
I go to at least one or two Air Force games a year when Colorado does not have a home game. I love the openness of it and the flyovers are unbeatable. My only gripe is that outside of the cadets the atmosphere is so tame. I don't think the west side of the stadium is allowed to cheer.
4:20 they play 11 AM games because in order to build that stadium, Baylor had to purchase land off campus across the river in the hood on MLK Blvd... you don't want to be in that neighborhood at night.
looking at Baylor, a ton of the texas teams left or tried to leave an endzone part of the stadium at least partly open. I'm pretty sure it's to let airflow in so the fans don't bake for the first half of the season. Even OkSt somewhat does it as well leaving the corners open by the building.
“Add suites to the Yale bowl “ ??? No ! No ! ….some stadiums (more than one in this top 10) are perfect the way they are , C’ mon D.G. Stop shilling for the stadium building lobby 😆😜😳 P.S. you’re right , 2021 Sun Bowl kicked off @ 10a.m.
Seems like you assume LaVell Edwards Stadium at BYU is not underrated. It generally isn't. But man there are some dogs on that list of yours. I do love that Harvard and the Yale Bowl are listed. Louisville is relatively new (25 years) but butt fugly in my opinion.
Jerry Richardson stadium, home of the Charlotte 49ers should be on the list, it is the smallest in FBS, but one of the nicest and we are in the process of expanding, it will be one of the best small stadiums in the country
Definitely feel like the Ivy league colleges have the coolest stadiums in college football. Mostly because they were the first to have large stadiums built in the first half of the 1900s when architects were all about Roman style buildings. My few favorite college football stadiums would have to be Pennsylvania (Penn) and the most iconic of all; The Coliseum in LA (USC)
Dang I wouldn't have thought uofl would be at the top, im local to Louisville and have gone to games for years. You can also get tickets to most games pretty reasonable, but even when uofl was in talks for the national championship in mid 2000s they still didn't get alot of love from anyone, even when Lamar won the hiesman. But I do agree its a crazy atmosphere. Tailgating is pretty dang good to. They have alot of parking right next to the stadium and yea it is a really cool experience and I guess we take it for granted when everytime you drive downtown and thats just right there on the side of the interstate
Louisville's stadium also consists entirely of chair back seats so there is lots of elbow room as opposed to bleacher seating where your crammed in like sardines in most big stadiums.
Good List. Before Boone Pickens was renovated OSU's stadium looked like a giant high school stadium. Rising bleachers on each side. The building behind the endzone used to be the arena. Love the open endzones including Baylor's. Enjoyed your video
Whats the problem with big noon? Im on the WestCoast so of course we're a few hours behind, so the start time to us could feel early but ive always been up early for CFB. If you're on EST you would pretty much be up for the game already. Daylight breaks around 6:30am-7:00am out here, where would it be dark at? Eastern states?
The "open end" at Baylor McLane Stadium has seats behind the end zone - it is visible in the picture you showed. They kept that end lower to have the river view. BTW: only college stadium you can take a ferry to the game... docks near the "open end".
Funnily enough the Yale bowl is built like my old high school u had to walk upstairs to get to the parking lot and the above the ground walkway actually level with the surrounding area
I went to Baylor's OLD stadium several times to see OU play them. Three things: 1).It was a dump. 2.) IT was on the other side of town from their campus. 3) It was more like a big HS stadium. I never bought a ticket until an hour or so before the game and I was always asked, "Where would you like to sit?" lol The NEW stadium is very nice. And, it's right off of campus.
Agreed. I was in marching band at Baylor from 2007-2010. Getting to Floyd Casey Stadium was a pain on game day. We actually had to rent a Penske truck to haul equipment for HOME games.
Always love going to games at Cardinal stadium. Hell, sometimes they host high school rivalry games here which is still a surprisingly good atmosphere.
I saw Colgate v. Army at Michie Stadium back in 1995. It is a gorgeous place to play but for game day experience it isn't the best. Parking and walking up all those hills to get to the stadium is a pain.
One of my buddies’ maps led him to a gate that civilians didn’t have access to, and everyone including him was very confused how he got there lol. I love West Point’s campus though. Highly recommend going up to Garrison by train because it pops up almost out of nowhere
I like the early games, I went to a USC game that started at 7:30 pm and didnt get home until 1 am with traffic. Id much rather wake up early on a Saturday.
It’s ironic you have Baylor’s new stadium and the Sun Bowl on this list. Baylor’s old stadium Floyd Casey Stadium is a carbon copy of the Sun Bowl minus the rocky hillside.
What an opening! My first 4 years of college were spent at App State. Loved every second of it except the ridiculous hurricane strength winds in subzero temperatures Almost unbelievable in the spring, stunning weather followed by 24 inches of snow every April (so it seemed). But we *All Go to College” for other reasons
If I were rich, I’d be on the road every Sept thru November, touring the country and checking out College games, with a little bit of NFL, MLB, and NHL in between. How fun would it be to get a map out and plot your trip?
McLane stadium looks awesome but one of the pics shows a crowd of people looking for shade under the bridge. I'm assuming it was hot as hell that day and there's no shade?
It would be nice when McLane ever hosts a women’s soccer game, maybe it needs to not only widen the field to FIFA requirement, but also eventually, forced to tear down like in Seattle, recycle the rubble for even newer stadium, still with big college football experience and home field advantage, but to make better, a Japanese-designed wooden (see Kengo Kuma architecture) domed, maybe 61,845 seat, all seater, soccer specific stadium, to prepare for bid of Women’s World Cup, and moving some marquee events like all-University Sing inside, making it year-round venue to improve utilization.
