Arkansas v. Tennessee 2011
Power Ranking All 124 College Football Stadiums
By Alex Callos
When it comes to college football stadiums, for some teams, it is simply not fair. Home-field advantage is a big thing in college football, and some teams have it way more than others.
There are 124 FBS college football teams, and when it comes to the stadiums they play in, they are obviously not all created equal.
There is a monumental difference from the top teams on the list to the bottom teams on the list. Either way, here it is: a complete ranking of the college football stadiums 1-124.
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Below you will see that Tennessee’s stadium is ranked #15. I can’t get out of my mine the 1998 game between #10 Arkansas and #1 Tennessee. Both teams wee undefeated at the time.
Tennessee fell behind 21-3 in the first half, but capped off a season-saving comeback with a Travis Henry touchdown run in the final seconds.
Henry had 197 yards rushing and the deciding touchdown. The key play of the game and possibly the season occurred in the 4th quarter. Arkansas was nursing a 24-22 lead late in the game and was attempting to run out the clock. DT Billy Ratliff pushed Arkansas G Brandon Burlsworth into QB Clint Stoerner, causing him to stumble and fumble. Ratliff recovered the ball and allowed Tennessee the chance to drive the field and score the game winning touchdown.
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15. Neyland Stadium: Tennessee Volunteers
There are only three stadiums in the country that seat more people than Neyland Stadium, and outside of the Big Ten, this is the largest stadium in the country.
With a capacity of 102,037, this stadium was built in 1921. The atmosphere here is great; just not as loud as might be expected out of 100,000-plus fans.
Be prepared to sing along to “Rocky Top,” the fight song of the Volunteers. There is beauty around the stadium on the banks of the Tennessee River as well.
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Wikipedia notes:
The Pregame Showcase
Initiated in 1989, the Pregame Showcase is a public lecture series featuring entertaining and informative 45-minute presentations by faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences. Held two hours before kickoff in the University Center Ballroom (Room 213) at every home football game, the Pregame Showcase is free and open to the public. Complimentary refreshments and door prizes are provided. The carefully timed presentations allow football fans to enjoy the lecture and still get to the stadium before kickoff.
[edit] The Vol Walk
Head Coach Johnny Majors came up with the idea for the Vol Walk after a 1988 game at Auburn when he saw the historic Tiger Walk take place. Prior to each home game, the Vols will file out of the Neyland-Thompson Sports Complex, down past the Tennessee Volunteers Wall of Fame, and make their way down Peyton Manning Pass and onto Phillip Fulmer Way. Thousands of fans line the street to shake the players’ hands as they walk into Neyland Stadium. Through rain, snow, sleet, or shine, the Vol faithful are always out in full force to root on the Vols as they prepare for battle. The fans are pumped up with Rocky Top played by The Pride of the Southland Band.
[edit] The “T”
The Pride of the Southland opening the famous T.
5 min video of the open of a football game
The “T” appears in two places in Vol tradition. Coach Doug Dickey added the block letter T onto the side of the helmets in his first season in 1964. A rounded T came in 1968. Johnny Majors modified the stripe to a thicker stripe in 1977.
The Volunteers also run through another “T.” This T is formed by the Pride of the Southland marching band with its base at the entrance to the Tennessee locker room in the North endzone. The team used to make a left turn inside the T and run toward their former bench on the east sideline. When Coach Dickey brought this tradition to Tennessee in 1965, the Vols locker room was underneath the East stands. The Vols would run through that T and turn back to return to their sideline. The locker room change was made in 1983. It was announced on January 24, 2010 that the Vols would switch their sideline from the east sideline to the west sideline for all home games. This resulted in the Vols making a right out of the T instead of a left. This change took effect with Tennessee’s first home game of the 2010 season against UT-Martin.
[edit] Checkerboard end zones
Checkboard orange and white end zones are unique to Neyland Stadium.
Tennessee first sported the famous checkerboard design in the mid sixties. They brought the design back in 1989. This tradition was also started by Dickey in 1964, and remained until artificial turf was installed at Neyland Stadium.
The checkerboard was bordered in orange from 1989 until natural grass replaced the artificial turf in 1994. The return of natural grass brought with it the return of the green (or grass colored) border that exists today
14. Memorial Stadium: Nebraska Cornhuskers
Be prepared to enter a sea of red in this 81,067-seat facility. Like many other stadiums, it is nearly 100 years old and was built in 1923.
The stadium has continued to grow due to upgrades, and be sure to arrive early, because what goes on outside the stadium before the game is spectacular.
There are people all over tailgating in the parking lots.
Once inside, the stadium is so big that the press box is six stories up from the field.
This place is loud from start to finish.
13. Rose Bowl: UCLA Bruins
Located in Pasadena, California, the Rose Bowl Stadium is not only home to perhaps the most storied bowl of all-time, but it is also home to the UCLA Bruins.
It opened its doors in 1922 and seats 91,136 people.
Depending on the day, this place can get loud for the right game. There are plenty of chants going around the stadium, including the “U-C-L-A” chant that can be heard at times during the game.
The band and student section are also entertaining throughout.
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