Rivalries and Conferences (Split from LSU v. OSU Offensive Personnel Thread)

[-LSU-]

Originally Posted by Deety

that's pretty damn funny right there.

[NFBuck]

Originally Posted by JohnLSU

No, I've never been to a game at Michigan Stadium. But I'd never expect it to be a great game day experience. Everyone who I know who has been to Michigan Stadium says the fans aren't too passionate. When I was talking about it being a great stadium, I was just talking about how it looks from the inside, the nice, smooth shape of the bowl, with no decks -- and the sheer size of it, it is the largest stadium in the Midwest, if not the U.S.

As for Notre Dame Stadium, I have been to a game there. And the fans weren't too passionate there either (and the women were not that attractive). But I still think ND has a great stadium.

But back to Michigan, you have to admit that this is beautiful:

It's no wonder that of all the stadium in the world, Notre Dame choose to copy Michigan Stadium when building their own:

Meh. I see that everytime I take a leak.

[muffler dragon]

Originally Posted by JohnLSU

I was just talking about how it looks from the inside, the nice, smooth shape of the bowl, with no decks -- and the sheer size of it, it is the largest stadium in the Midwest, if not the U.S.

Dat [censored]ter is very nice.

[jwinslow]

But back to Michigan, you have to admit that this is beautiful:

I don't think there's anything beautiful about it. It's big, and round. Meh. Different story once the renovations are complete.

Photos of Michigan Stadium are taken inside, or of the gate. How many people take photos of the outside of the stadium? It's quite bland. It took me awhile just to find this pic on flickr:


When I think of great stadiums, I think of atmosphere, architecture and unique traditions. UM has team tradition, but the stadium is pretty mundane in those categories... besides pioneering 'big' long before it's time. Note: Their uniforms sicken me a bit, but I can acknowledge how tremendous they are in terms of design & unique tradition.

If round bowls are your cup of tea, I think USC has a lot more character:



How does Michigan Stadium compare to this type of architecture?



Or this?



Or this? (Kyle Field is nothing if not intimidating, if only from a disturbing standpoint). The stadium and fans are wildly odd, but truly unique.



Even this has some serious character...



I guess to me the fans play too big of a role in the stadium. There are a million gorgeous pro stadiums out there, with varying levels of tradition, but they are just large collections of metal without tremendous fans.


Another example... the Orange Bowl is chock-full of history. But the fans are so lousy that I have never had any desire to attend a game there.

[AKAKBUCK]

I guess to me the fans play too big of a role in the stadium. There are a million gorgeous pro stadiums out there, with varying levels of tradition, but they are just large collections of metal without tremendous fans.

As such, do we need a pretty stadium thread?

I mean... Miami has a piece of junk in a bad neighborhood that they're gonna implode... but... they have somehow managed to play some good football in the past.