Washington Grizzly ranked 10th in FCS stadiums

[EverettGriz]

Top Ten Reasons WaGriz could be rated so low:



10. The dude visited the weekend of the North Oklahoma State Junior College Panhandlers game.

9. No one would give the guy free hotdogs at the tailgates for fear he was a player's 3rd cousin.

8. He spent Friday night at Reds and the Mo Club and was far too f-cked up Saturday to even get to the game.

7. He drank nearly as much as I do during the first half, then found that god awful line at the men's room during half time.

6. He never played the game.

5. He kept saying, "Where are the f-cking sky divers??"

4. The cannon hurt his ears. LOUD NOISES!!!

3. A bad case of second hand ganja smoke emanating from the guy playing Tupperware drums on the footbridge led to hallucinations that the guy was actually in Bozeman.

2. He got stuck talking to PR in the tailgates for 6 hours.



And the Number One reason WaGriz may have been rated so low:


1. One word: Mo.

 

[1Griz_Fan]

Maybe they attended a game and were told to sit down and shut up by some of the old timers...lol. Seriously though, there is only one stadium that can compete with Wash-Griz and that is App St. Anyone who says otherwise, show us any thing comparable to the game day atmosphere of App St 2009 or when the Griz played there last year. NDSU is in the top 10 but they don't even compare.

 

[CatsAttack]

who are the charlotte 49ers??? your friend, yogi

Apparently they're moving up to FBS for 2015...I've never heard of them either

Just in case...I'll play. The Charlotte 49ers are also know as the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (so as not to get confused with the dirty feet up in Chapel Hill).

A little 26,000+ student commuter school. 2013 was their first year of football since 1948. Playing a glorified high school schedule, they went 5-6. That's the bad. They're playing as an FCS indepedent until 2015, when they'll join Conference USA (already in Conference USA for all other sports). Brand new stadium funded in large part by Jerry Richardson (owner of the Panthers) and Hugh McColl (former CEO of Bank of America). Stadium currently seats 15,000 and will be expanded to 40,000 by the time they complete the FBS jump. Basically, they're another version of ODU...a school that started in FCS because they had to, with the intention always being a quick move to FBS.

Now that I got that out of the way...the rankings in the original post are God-awful. I've been to most of the southern stadiums that are listed above WGS, and it's not even close. I would put Kidd-Brewer above WGS (yes, even with the track), but not Paulson. And DEFINITELY not some of the others...

 

[CatsAttack]

Taking out Kidd Brewer and Georgia Southern, since they are now FBS..

Here's my unbiased Top 10

1. Washington-Grizzly Stadium (Even most HONEST MSU fans know it's true), Montana

2. Fargo Dome, North Dakota State

3. Bridgeforth Stadium, James Madison

4. Bobcat Stadium, Montana State

5. Delaware Stadium, Delaware

6. BBVA Compass Stadium, Texas Southern

7. Cowboy Stadium, McNeese State

8. Finley Stadium, UT-Chattanooga

9. Jerry Richardson Stadium, UNC Charlotte

10. Alex G. Spanos Stadium, Cal Poly

Now, THAT'S more like it. I would flip a few, mainly because of the surrounding area...I personally think that only an insane person could possibly enjoy a trip to Lake Charles over a trip to SLO or Charlotte, but this is a solid list. I dont' really agree on Delaware and probably wouldn't include Spanos in the top-10 (would lean towards Jeld-Wen in Portland based on personal preference and would probably include an Ivy or two), but this is strong work.

:thumb:

 

[MrTitleist]

Exactly as expected.

 

[Grizzly Oredigger]

My wife went to Samford and I've been by the stadium...pretty campus, but lets just say that Carroll College wouldn't trade them

 

[reinell30]

This ranking should finally bring to light that...Our Mascot sucks, the fans aren't noisy anymore, too many fans sitting on their hands not screaming, the food vendors have all but disappered, long bathroom lines, no more winning big games, home team dominance attitude gone. pre-game lack luster!, not more sky divers, lights with no night games, poor locker rooms............really folks, just ask yourself what you have done to make griz stadium better in the last 4 years, the year that started this down turn 2010.

 

[GrizPony]

Top Ten Reasons WaGriz could be rated so low:



10. The dude visited the weekend of the North Oklahoma State Junior College Panhandlers game.

9. No one would give the guy free hotdogs at the tailgates for fear he was a player's 3rd cousin.

8. He spent Friday night at Reds and the Mo Club and was far too f-cked up Saturday to even get to the game.

7. He drank nearly as much as I do during the first half, then found that god awful line at the men's room during half time.

6. He never played the game.

5. He kept saying, "Where are the f-cking sky divers??"

4. The cannon hurt his ears. LOUD NOISES!!!

3. A bad case of second hand ganja smoke emanating from the guy playing Tupperware drums on the footbridge led to hallucinations that the guy was actually in Bozeman.

2. He got stuck talking to PR in the tailgates for 6 hours.



And the Number One reason WaGriz may have been rated so low:


1. One word: Mo.

That Carell scene from Anchorman is pure gold. Nice touch Ev.

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[biga75]

Double Post

 

[biga75]

who are the charlotte 49ers??? your friend, yogi

Apparently they're moving up to FBS for 2015...I've never heard of them either

Just in case...I'll play. The Charlotte 49ers are also know as the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (so as not to get confused with the dirty feet up in Chapel Hill).

A little 26,000+ student commuter school. 2013 was their first year of football since 1948. Playing a glorified high school schedule, they went 5-6. That's the bad. They're playing as an FCS indepedent until 2015, when they'll join Conference USA (already in Conference USA for all other sports). Brand new stadium funded in large part by Jerry Richardson (owner of the Panthers) and Hugh McColl (former CEO of Bank of America). Stadium currently seats 15,000 and will be expanded to 40,000 by the time they complete the FBS jump. Basically, they're another version of ODU...a school that started in FCS because they had to, with the intention always being a quick move to FBS.

Now that I got that out of the way...the rankings in the original post are God-awful. I've been to most of the southern stadiums that are listed above WGS, and it's not even close. I would put Kidd-Brewer above WGS (yes, even with the track), but not Paulson. And DEFINITELY not some of the others...

:shock:
Will they be able to fill that?
The whole situation seems like quite the plunge for a program in its infancy to take.

 

[SaskGriz]

Seibert Stadium is shaped like a bulldog!!!!

 

[Raider]

If ever a tread needed to die before it was born it’s this one.

Then again, it’s the offseason so foot traffic is at a premium.

 

[Blgs Griz Fan]

Another informed opinion...

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"This (WaGriz) has got to be the tops."

 

[statler & waldorf]

Who the hell is this Swaney guy. Ah, yes! A pen name for Gwen Florio.

 

[get'em_griz]

:lol: This list is comical! And there's absolutely NO bias here whatsoever... I mean, the guy who reviewed WGS came all the way from Lawrence, Kansas. The guy who reviewed Bobcat Stadium came all the way from... Belgrade, MT. :lol: :roll:

 

[jodcon]

Pretty hard to objectively compare stadiums when you have 15 different guys rating 15 different stadiums, you can't compare one to another that way, it's one guys opinion. If I go to Arrowhead Stadium and watch a game, can I then rate it higher or lower than Lambeau Field even though I've never been there?

This poll is a f'ing joke.

 

[CDAGRIZ]

You have to question a ranking that puts Fitton Field ahead of Coffey Field! Also, Welcome Stadium at #78, really? Percy W. must be rolling over in his grave.

 

[Darryl Dunphy]

..I have no idea what the criteria for this poll was. But to me. Jeld Wen in Portland is the best stadium in the FCS. Perhaps not the atmosphere, And nobody cares about PSU. But that stadium is a freekin professional arena. The author failed to mention the Yale Bowl, and Franklin field. Both IMO should be in the top 10...

 

[EverettGriz]

..I have no idea what the criteria for this poll was. But to me. Jeld Wen in Portland is the best stadium in the FCS. Perhaps not the atmosphere, And nobody cares about PSU. But that stadium is a freekin professional arena. The author failed to mention the Yale Bowl, and Franklin field. Both IMO should be in the top 10...

Yes. It's a professional arena. For baseball. The football sight lines are marginal at best.

 

[cclarkblues]

I think we would have been ranked a lot higher if Hammer's tailgate weren't so far away.