re: Top Ten Most Intimating CFB Stadiums Ranked by ND Fan Blog

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Auburn has got to be in the Top 5

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They were pretty damn loud last year. I remember one third down specifically where the place exploded.

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Top Ten Most Intimating CFB Stadiums

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If I suggested that your id appears to be missing, might I be intimating that there is a problem with more than your psyche?

Supposedly, the renovations made it louder. IDK, though, that's just what I read somewhere.

Meh.

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Yeah that's me, and here is the low down.

going to LSU for 6 years, and now ND for 5 years, I feel like I am qualified to give a accurate evaluation of Death Valley vs ND stadium. (of course I will admit that I am bias towards LSU, but I will try to be as fair as possible).

ND has sucked most of the time I have been here, so it is kinda like comparing ND stadium to tiger stadium in 1999 with Dinardo, but still I was there then, and can make the judgement.

Ok, so this guy tries to rate the "Intimidation factor" of each stadium. I will try to break this down into catagories.

Football Program History:
ND wins here. It is pretty intimidation for a team to walk through ND tunnel where they see all 14 (or however many they have) NC banners hangin. But then again, the last one was when?

ND wins


Stadium Architecture:
Notre Dame's architecture is based of of Michigan's stadium which is quiet (see #10).
LSU looks like the freaking Roman Coliseum (not the crappy USC one). Plus the design enhances the crowd volume.

LSU wins

Band:
ND's band has some good school tunes, and has some songs that lead the student section and pump them up. It does make them move in sync, etc. However, it does not make them louder. The ND band actually quiets the student section most of the time they play.

LSU band, esp with Pre-game makes the entire stadium errupt. This happens before the game (great intimidation factor), at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and during other critical moments of the game. ND band does not have this power at all. At ND stadium, the student section actually hushes (no lie) between the 3-4 quarters to hear the cheezy joke in the public service announcement about no drinking and driving! Meanwhile there is a football game going on, where the visting players are not intimidated by the fans.

LSU wins big


"stepping onto the field":
ok, now this was part of the qualities that this NDlaw guy wanted to rank ND over LSU in. Okay now I am sure he has no idea what it is like when players step onto the field at ND stadium, because the stadium is freaking empty at that point. ND stadium has assigned seating in the student section therefore, there is no reason for students to show up early to the game, and therefore they don't. The stadium in empty and all the students come in and barely make kickoff. No many people are there for the band pregame show, and students are definately not there when the players first step onto the field.

at LSU on the otherhand, there is no assigned seating in the student section. Therefore, the hardcore student fans arrive 2hrs before kickoff the get good seats. The LSU student section is halfway full by the time the opposing players arrive into the stadium in their travel suits. At this point, before they even put on their uniform, they are getting taunted by the rowdy intoxicated LSU fans who are chanting "Tiger Bait!" and profanities at them as they walk the field. The band is also there early playing songs and getting the students pumped hours before kickoff.

Also, another important factor here is that all the rowdy, passionate fans sit in the front closest to the field, and infront of the student section. They lead the student section in cheers and since they are all together their energy builds off each other.

ND on the otherhand has random assigned seating which distrubutes the most passionate fans around other apathetic fans who are annoyed at them by their jumping around, which dilutes their energy.

LSU wins big


Size:
ND: 80,795
LSU: 92,400
Also, LSU stadium looks a lot bigger, you can see Tiger stadium from anywhere on campus. on ND campus, many people ask me where the stadium is. Like Michigan, ND's field is dug down into the ground, therefore the height of the stadium is not that tall. I would say that Tiger stadium is about twice as high as ND stadium. (I don't have the numbers of this), measuring from ground-level, (not field level, which is below ground for ND).

LSU wins


Volume:
Ok, so this bloggers wants only to compare biggest game to biggest game, not all the games to all the game. If this was the case, ND would definitely lose. That being said, the loudest ND game I have ever been to was the Bush-Push USC-ND game. Admittingly, that was decently loud, but again, nothing compared to any LSU game I have been to. Also, the ND fans only get loud during really big 3rd down plays, and like USC's last drive, nothing more. LSU fans are loud all the time on defense.

This ND game was nothing compared to any of these big LSU home games:
To name a few: Tenn 2000, Bama (2000) - stormed the field both games. Georgia 2003.
Listen to this, you cannot hear the ESPN commentator over the crowd!
Georgia 2003, entire stadium starts chanting LSU-LSU-LSU after georgia scored! to take the led. How intimidating is that! It is like, whatever, we don't give a shite you scored, we will still kick your arse... LSU would come back to win.

also, earthquake game! Plus many more recent ones that have happened when I was not there. Auburn, Florida, etc.

LSU wins.

ok, now to compliment ND stadium a little. One thing I do appreciate about ND stadium is that the student section is always there. Win, lose, blowout, close game (even during the 3-9 season). The students are always there, got to respect ND for this.

LSU on the other hand, students leave for blowouts, (winning or losing), this is kinda embarrassing and not intimidating. (Troy last year)

+1 ND

Also, ND fans are definitely classier than LSU fans (in general). They don't yell "a-hole" and "you suck cock" in unison unlike the LSU student section, but then again, this would make LSU more intimidating even though less classy. I do respect ND for their class, you can be intimidated with class, and I wish LSU fans would be more classy in general.


So, considering all these factors, LSU stadium is definitely more intimidating than ND stadium.



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So, considering all these factors, LSU stadium is definitely more intimidating than ND stadium.

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Thanks for the input cow. Have you been to Purdue, Michigan State and other places ND plays? How would you compare those stadiums? You going to the game this saturday?

I was at the Washington game, and in all honesty, it was very, very loud. Due almost entirely to the construction of the stadium, which has a big metal roof overhanging almost the entire stadium seating area between the 20's. It's nothing but a huge sound reflecting board. Probably at least as disruptive to players on the field as the noise at Tiger Stadium.

Louie T funny your talking
tcu=losing records in bowls(all 25 of them)
only 14 top 25 fnishes
only 4 top 10
last nc in 1938
stadium holds a wooping 44,008