SI Top 10 College Sports Venues

Bleedinbluengold · Post by **Bleedinbluengold** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:01 pm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multim ... ent.1.html

WTF is up with #5-#10....someone needs to pee in a cup.

If you're going to include college hockey - at least realize that The Ralph (www.theralph.com) is 10x Mariucci.

I would put LSU's Tiger Stadium ahead of The Big House. To me, "Venue" means the overall experience as opposed to just "really big place to watch a college game". The LSU venue includes a 3-day party.

Billings_Griz · Post by **Billings_Griz** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:27 pm

Pretty lame list, IMO. I agree w/ bleedinbluengold for the most part. How the heck can "The Ralph" not be on there? Wow. Also, WGS.

See the golf course on the left side of this photo? I just golfed there last Monday. Brookshire it's called. The courses (2) are used for parking for the Rose Bowl. Course was pretty amazing for being a parking lot.

Bleedinbluengold · Post by **Bleedinbluengold** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:47 pm

how ironic....I parked there a few years back! Well, not parked, but tailgated.

1BadBobcat · Post by **1BadBobcat** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:53 pm

Sorry, you can have your "humongous" stadiums, I could care less. I would never buy a season pass, let alone a single game ticket, to a sporting event where I would need binoculars to watch the game. I'll take our venues in good ole' Montana over the Big House or the Rose Bowl anyday.

Cat Grad · Post by **Cat Grad** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:04 pm

I was going to leave this alone--but?????----the Head of Charles number NINE???? Gotta be some princeton puke that wrote this! Sheettt, even UDub has a decent rowing tradition, and it's not...nevermind...why bother.

PortlandCat · Post by **PortlandCat** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:47 pm

1BadBobcat wrote:Sorry, you can have your "humongous" stadiums, I could care less. I would never buy a season pass, let alone a single game ticket, to a sporting event where I would need binoculars to watch the game. I'll take our venues in good ole' Montana over the Big House or the Rose Bowl anyday.

Pony up for good tickets and you won't need the binoculars.

Hard to believe they left off Notre Dame Stadium.

gtapp · Post by **gtapp** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:54 am

PortlandCat wrote:
1BadBobcat wrote:Sorry, you can have your "humongous" stadiums, I could care less. I would never buy a season pass, let alone a single game ticket, to a sporting event where I would need binoculars to watch the game. I'll take our venues in good ole' Montana over the Big House or the Rose Bowl anyday.
Pony up for good tickets and you won't need the binoculars.

Hard to believe they left off Notre Dame Stadium.

And Dornblaser Field!

94VegasCat · Post by **94VegasCat** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:33 am

If you look at the pic of Michie Stadium from Army, is that what was at one time proposed for one of our end zones to look like. In the pic it is on the right side of the frame.

Billings_Griz · Post by **Billings_Griz** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:30 am

Bleedinbluengold wrote:how ironic....I parked there a few years back! Well, not parked, but tailgated.

And you didn't even see the golf course?

El_Gato · Post by **El_Gato** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:13 am

I played that course as well, billings; back in the 90's. Don't honestly remember much about it specifically as I had only been playing seriously for about a year and spent more time looking for my ball than I did checking out the course!

GrizinWashington · Post by **GrizinWashington** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:13 am

El_Gato wrote:I played that course as well, billings; back in the 90's. Don't honestly remember much about it specifically as I had only been playing seriously for about a year and spent more time looking for my ball than I did checking out the course!

I played Torrey Pines in San Diego (where the 2008 US Open will be held) earlier this spring. For some dam$ reason, we decided to play it from the championshiop tees, which makes it loooonnnnggggg. When people ask me what I thought of the course, I tell them that the area between the championship tees and the white tees is very nice, but since that's where I spent most of my time, that's all I can really speak to.

whizonthegriz · Post by **whizonthegriz** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:02 pm

I loved the Rose Bowl and the tailgaiting, too. I played some frisbee on the golf course. I been to a few games there and thought the seats were pretty easy to see. The last game there we sat on the first row in the endzone My infant son was on the jumbo tron there for about 2 minutes the camera just zoomed on him. He is now seven, but he was always a magnet for the jumbo tron. I guess he just has good genes.