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Best all-around athletic facilities in the country?

Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:03 pm
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:03 pm
As I was walking down Skip Bertman drive after the game, I turned around near the west side of the football practice facility to look at the campus for no particular reason. From that location, as you turn from counter-clockwise, you can see the either the lights or actual facilities of the softball field, the soccer complex, the baseball field, the football practice facilities, Tiger Stadium, the PMAC, and the track lights. It is an impressive panorama. LSU is one of the few places that I have ever been where all of the major sports have such first-class venues. It is also one of the few that I can remember having such an immense spread of athletic facilities. Obviously LSU has been blessed with the tremendous fan support coupled with the available real estate to the southwest of campus.

In my experiences, albeit mostly limited to the SEC, LSU has the perfect combination of tradition, grandeur, and modernization.

My question to those who have traveled more extensively than myself, specifically to other campuses, is whether LSU has the best all-around athletic facilities in the country?

Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2005
73146 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:04 pm to
Oregon FTW
Posted by WITNESS23
Member since Feb 2010
13722 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:05 pm to
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LSU has the perfect combination of tradition, grandeur, and modernization.


+1
Posted by LSUdm21
Member since Nov 2008
17486 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:06 pm to
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Oregon FTW


Maybe but a lot of their shite looks like it's right out of the Jetsons. I like the more traditional look we give everything at LSU. Pretty much the entire SEC builds more traditional facilities.
This post was edited on 11/22/10 at 12:06 pm
Posted by locotiger
Dallas
Member since Jun 2008
3561 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:06 pm to
quote:

Oregon FTW
Posted by DeafJam73
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
18451 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:07 pm to
LSU is different in that it is the most modernized for the number of athletes it supports. It's the most efficient and one of the nicest in the country.
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:07 pm to
Our T&F, Gymnastics, Tennis, and Swimming/Diving teams disagree with this assessment.

And the Basketball teams did up until about 8 months ago.
Posted by bayouprophet
North Carolina
Member since Feb 2006
801 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:09 pm to
My father in law is in the Athletic Hall of Fame at Ohio State, so we go up there with some regularity -- I think their facilities are awesome on the whole. Not as "close" as LSU's. Also, Northern teams have a harder time with baseball than sun-belt team, but with this exception, tOSU is a great set of athletic facilities.
Posted by Tiger Vision
Mandeville
Member since Jan 2005
3705 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:09 pm to
quote:

Nike FTW


FIFY
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
84995 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:11 pm to
quote:

Our T&F, Gymnastics, Tennis, and Swimming/Diving teams disagree with this assessment.


I knew someone would bring up a sport that does not have top facilities, and that is understandable. It seems like Oregon has a pretty good reputation, but I would imagine even the Ducks have a few teams that feel as though their venues could be upgraded. Every school is this way, hence why I asked for all-around.

It would be easy to pick 1 or 2 sports that have great venues, but LSU has at least 5 sports that have top-notch venues (Football, Boys/Girls Basketball, Softball, Baseball).
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:13 pm to
quote:

I knew someone would bring up a sport that does not have top facilities, and that is understandable.


Until 2008 we had top notch facilities for one sport: Football

Now we have done a great job adding Baseball, Softball, Soccer, Golf and Basketball to that list.

But we are still the only SEC Tennis team without an indoor facility and while the Track resurfacing will go a long way they get the short end of the stick for how successful they have been.
Posted by extremecheddar
Lake Charles, LA
Member since Jan 2007
664 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:16 pm to
The University of Texas and Arkansas have very nice facilities across the board.
Posted by rintintin
Life is Life
Member since Nov 2008
16182 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:19 pm to
quote:

Our T&F, Gymnastics,...disagree with this assessment.


True that. Maddox field house is atrocious. Everything else is pretty legit though.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
84995 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:21 pm to
quote:

University of Texas and Arkansas have very nice facilities across the board.



Agreed.

Posted by rabend1
Denham Springs
Member since Nov 2008
257 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:21 pm to
Add to the list of shitty facilities mens and womens tennis. I played intercollegiate athletics in both the SEC and ACC. LSUs facilities for football and baseball I would categorize as top notch. Basketball was one of the worst in the conference but is improving. Non-revenue facilities are deplorable.
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:22 pm to
The natatorium is horrendous and tennis needs an indoor facility.
Posted by ForeLSU
The Corner of Sanity and Madness
Member since Sep 2003
41525 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:24 pm to
quote:

albeit mostly limited to the SEC, LSU has the perfect combination of tradition, grandeur, and modernization.


we don't have a statue of Saban though...
Posted by Tiger HouTX
H-Town
Member since Nov 2007
3518 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:45 pm to
quote:

Non-revenue facilities are deplorable


you summed it up with that statement.

Money talks.
Posted by wilfont
Gulfport, MS on a Jet Ski
Member since Apr 2007
14860 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:50 pm to
In time Oklahoma State will be the standard by which facilities are judged. T. Boone Pickens is pouring tens of millions into the program.
Posted by ThisWayChad
Member since Nov 2009
2531 posts
Posted on 11/22/10 at 12:53 pm to
quote:

we are still the only SEC Tennis team without an indoor facility


it surprises me that the other 11 schools have an indoor facility
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