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If every Rice grad attended football games, they still wouldn't fill up their stadium
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:27 am
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:27 am
Living Alumni: 51,961
Total Seating Capacity (with end zones uncovered): 59,000
Was built to seat 70,000
Total Seating Capacity (with end zones uncovered): 59,000
Was built to seat 70,000
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Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:31 am to jbraua
What's your take?
Just wondering the reason for this post?
Just wondering the reason for this post?
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:34 am to jbraua
Why did they build such a large stadium?
70k is enormous for a school of that size and that level of football
70k is enormous for a school of that size and that level of football
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:35 am to SammyTiger
Maybe they had some bodies to hide, and concrete columns are good at doing that. 
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:35 am to SammyTiger
quote:
Why did they build such a large stadium?
70k is enormous for a school of that size and that level of football
Rice back in the 50s and 60s was a pretty decent football power who could fill that stadium...
a lot like old Tulane Stadium and a couple of places in the Ivy League
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:36 am to SammyTiger
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Why did they build such a large stadium?
To host a Superbowl, of course.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:40 am to vl100butch
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Rice back in the 50s and 60s was a pretty decent football power who could fill that stadium... a lot like old Tulane Stadium and a couple of places in the Ivy League
even in the early 70s it was one of the better road trips.
Houston was the largest LSU Alumni Group outside the state and they had lots of activities.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:41 am to jbraua
I went to a first round high school football game there back in ‘88 and there were 44,000 fans there.
Yates vs Willowridge
That same night that was a game at Cowboy Stadium was Dallas-MacArthur high school and there were 55,000 people there.
If I’m not mistaken, that was the same year that Friday night lights was written about.
Yates vs Willowridge
That same night that was a game at Cowboy Stadium was Dallas-MacArthur high school and there were 55,000 people there.
If I’m not mistaken, that was the same year that Friday night lights was written about.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:42 am to SammyTiger
Everything is bigger in Texas.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:43 am to rbdallas
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even in the early 70s it was one of the better road trips.
Houston was the largest LSU Alumni Group outside the state and they had lots of activities.
Yeah, it was always one of the more likely road games Tiger fans would attend when they played there.
I'd imagine a lot of its size also had to do with Rice being in the old Southwest Conference, and the fact that there were so many alumni of the other big Texas schools in Houston who would likely outnumber Rice fans when they played.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 11:48 am to Y.A. Tittle
Ah the ole Sam Houston Institute of technology. shite Univeristy better know as rice.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 12:02 pm to jbraua
Posted on 11/16/18 at 12:08 pm to TigerNlc
Lots of nice men's dress shoes in that pic. Nice leather soles and uppers. Real class and the kind of shoes that you'd need to have hand-made today if you wanted a pair.
That's out of my reach so I just wear my Crocs everywhere.
That's out of my reach so I just wear my Crocs everywhere.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 12:25 pm to Champagne
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That's out of my reach so I just wear my Crocs everywhere.
quote:
Real class
I've met a lot of pretty trashy but very well dressed people. By the same token I've plenty of casually dressed people who are pure class.
I've also met plenty of folks who perfectly convey their essence via the manner in which they present themselves.
Point is, one can't always judge a book by its cover, so to speak.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 12:27 pm to TigerNlc
No doubt, JFK's favorite big Texas city.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 12:29 pm to jbraua
They need to do like Stanford did and contract the seats and reduce capacity
No need for upper decks anymore there
No need for upper decks anymore there
Posted on 11/16/18 at 12:34 pm to SammyTiger
quote:Misplaced optimism.
Why did they build such a large stadium?
Posted on 11/16/18 at 12:34 pm to SammyTiger
quote:
Why did they build such a large stadium?
There was no NFL team in Houston at that time. When it was built, it was second in Texas only to the Cotton Bowl, and was the second largest Southwest Conference stadium.
Posted on 11/16/18 at 12:44 pm to jbraua
SB VIII
Posted on 11/16/18 at 1:35 pm to jbraua
Of the 230,000 living LSU alums worldwide, how many do you think could return for all home games every year? You think there would be 102,000?
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