Nothing wrong with open endzones imo

@jamesfields2916

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely.

@BrownieCFB

8 ай бұрын

I completely agree. Makes it feel like the stadium is more apart of the campus.

@hjhorn11

8 ай бұрын

That’s what fans of teams say that can fill the stadiums

@s.n.9485

7 ай бұрын

​@@hjhorn11🙄🙄🙄

@SupercellularChaos

5 ай бұрын

Makes it feel more like a college stadium

Can't knock down Gallagher-Iba arena next to Boone Pickens Stadium. That's the building you were saying they should knock down. It probably wasn't a good idea to build the football stadium right next to the basketball arena like that. There's no room for the stadium to expand. It's the same situation at Kansas State.

@scottcunningham714

8 ай бұрын

This guy didn’t know it was the arena.

@jaycecampbell9688

5 ай бұрын

It was planned to be like that

@JayeK47

2 ай бұрын

That's where Lewis Field was/is (which you can still catch glimpses of the 1920's stone walls of here and there) so not much choice unless they moved off campus. Eventually they'll have to add an upper deck if they want to expand seating capacity.

I saw the Giants play the Jets in a pre-season game at the Yale Bowl when Namath was still the QB for the Jets. At the game, they announced that the Giants would soon be building a new stadium at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Amazing to think that that stadium is already gone...I'm old.

@TwizzyRich-lw9mp

8 ай бұрын

wow

@jamesfields2916

7 ай бұрын

The Giants played their home games at the Yale Bowl in 73 and 74 while the Meadowlands was being completed.

College gameday went to App State last season after their upset against Texas A&M

UTEP and Penn have amazing stadiums especially UTEP the view is insane!!!

@ezmoney79

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I've been to UTEPs stadium, it was several years ago, it's beautiful with the mountains, very clean, I watched a awesome game between Tulsa and UTEP, I'm a lifelong diehard BAMA fan but was visiting my daughter and son in law in El Paso Texas, my son in law was in the military at that time, but that was a impressive stadium beautiful, btw UTEP won the game in the 4th qtr gg

@GeoAce777

7 ай бұрын

UTEP seems very breathtaking just like Wyoming's stadium 😌

@JRFrancisco20088

6 ай бұрын

Played a high school football playoff game there in 1992. Wow! Wanted to play college football there but y my height and speed (or lack of) got in the way . . . even for UTEP.

Wyomings should def be on here

App St should be #1, & host bowl game

Memorial Stadium where Cal plays! It’s a great place to see a game!

Dude Baylor won the Sugar Bowl and finished in the top 10 two seasons ago!

@ReinSouls

8 ай бұрын

I had to skip the Baylor part because it was clear he didn't know anything he was talking about. And I'm not even a Baylor fan. Ya they went 6-6 last year, but they were one score away in three games from being 9-3. And even this year if they played Utah better they'd be 3-2 with a T25 win. So this "if they were better talk maybe they'd enclose the stadium" was nonsense. The stadium was designed that way for a reason.

@jamesfields2916

7 ай бұрын

@@ReinSouls I appreciate the guys effort with the videos but zero consistency. He likes Oklahoma State because it's one level then flags Ole Miss because it's one level. Ole Miss doesn't need an 80,000 seat stadium which would be the only reason to add a level.

I played my home games at Michie Stadium (MIKEY) and played games in four others. Falcon Stadium used to have natural grass and it was the most well kept field outside of a golf course. The surface was the best field that I ever experienced as a player. When we played Yale, we spent halftime inside one of the tunnels near the endzone, and if I remember the Yale team stayed in the opposite endzone. It was like a high school atmosphere and not much coaching could happen. It was so very cool to say that I played on the same field as the Four Horsemen, and other college legends. Incredible overall experience as a player, but having to share the restroom at halftime with fans was very odd.

@davidwadsworth8982

7 ай бұрын

I am an Army fan since 1957,saw General Dawkins play. I am a 10 year Army Vet who had the honor of training cadets at both Buckner and Natural Bridge in the 70's. Michie is the best,BEST! During Lacrosse season we tailgate at Lusk,on the rocks.Beat Navy!

Failed to mention that at Harvard Stadium you sit on the concrete risers - no seats or benches! Very cold in Winter. 😮 And it (or Yale Bowl?) has no locker room for either team.

Very nice list. I do like most of these stadiums because of their locations. Also, Louisville's stadium kind of reminds me of an NFL Stadium. Not surprising because the Yum Center is an NBA caliber arena.

0:26 - Yale 1:25 - Air Force 2:31 - Baylor 5:06 - Harvard 6:12 - App State 7:17 - Sun Bowl 8:46 - Ok State 10:18 - Cincinnati 11:24 - Army 12:15 - Louisville

@williamanderson6006

7 ай бұрын

Thank you saved me 15 minuted

The Yale bowl reminds of the stadium in Guadalajara Mexico where the Chivas play. It has the similar grass setting outside of the stadium.

Love App State! If you're the outdoorsy type, it's a neat school.

Love Appalachian Made the list and that you pronounced it correctly! Go Mountaineers!

Other stadiums I'd add to this list: - Maverik Stadium, Utah State - War Memorial Stadium, Wyoming - Albertsons Stadium, Boise State - Canvas Stadium, Colorado State - Mountain America Stadium, Arizona State - Martin Stadium, Washington State - Kinnick Stadium, Iowa - Huntington Bank Stadium, Minnesota - Rice-Eccles Stadium, Utah - Peden Stadium, Ohio - Husky Stadium, Washington - BB&T Stadium, Wake Forest

If you don't like that building in the end zone at Boone Pickens... I would LOVE to hear your opinion on La Bombonera in Buenos Aires.

Bill Snyder Family Stadium @ K-State. Great gameday atmosphere and not a bad seat in the house

@bryanjones8778

8 ай бұрын

The renovations and additions to the stadium were first class.

@crveech

8 ай бұрын

It also has a beautiful exterior. Reminds me of a castle.

Happy to see my Cards gettin some recognition. The entire stadium being seats instead of bleachers is so much more comfortable, too

The crazy thing about the Sun Bowl is the stadium it replaced still sits right next to it.

I'm surprised that you're surprised that McLane Stadium in Waco left one end zone open. They build this near the water, and they left the water side open for the view. Obviously, it was intentional.

Louisville's stadium is L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium. The credit union is named from employees of the former L&N Railroad.

@willyorgy4677

3 ай бұрын

Honestly no one calls it that here in Louisville. We always just say Cardinal stadium.

Fun fact: Yale Bowl, Harvard Stadium, and Nippert Stadium all hosted NFL games. And the Louisville stadium does look cool. It could host Cincinnati Bengal games if something happened to Paycor. Here at SIU Carbondale, we have one of the smallest stadiums there must be. But it's functional and could be expanded if the Salukis and the university got bigger.

@RonD937

6 ай бұрын

The Eagles played at Penn's Franklin Field, the Steelers played at Pitt Stadium, the Seahawks played at Husky Stadium, the Saints played at Tulane Stadium, the Cardinals played at Sun Devil Stadium, the Vikings played at Vikings played at Huntington Bank Stadium, the Oliers played Jeppeson (U Houston), Rice, Liberty Bowl (U Memphis), & Vanderbilt Stadiums, the Patriots played at Boston U & Boston College stadiums, the Bears played at the Univ of Illinois. It hasn't been uncommon since college football existed long before the NFL & AFL.

I really like McLane Stadium. It's taken inspiration from European stadiums but not too much to copy them, keeping the North American horseshoe stadium shape. An actual fresh American style of stadium that isn't just dull grey concrete.

Nice choices. As an Okie, I am biased towards Boone Pickens in Stillwater, Ok... but I really like the lightning bolt pattern in the seats of Falcon Stadium for Air Force.

The building for Oklahoma State is the basketball arena. There are suites on top that are used for both football and basketball.

Roy Stewart Stadium, home of Murray State, is pretty interesting…huge seating on just one side of the field. They also have their first live mascot, a horse, buried on the grounds

Thanks for showing Kids Brewer at App some love..... You could Easley throw-in Brooks stadium home of Coastal Carolina....

@area.man.

7 ай бұрын

I am going to the game there at the end of this month against Southern Miss, very excited to go to a game at this stadum.

Fun fact about Nippert Stadium: Before TQL Stadium was built, Nippert Stadium was also home of FC Cincinnati in MLS for its two years of existence. Then when it comes to Falcon Stadium it hosted an NHL Stadium Series in 2020 between the LA Kings & the Avalanche.

@hoopersbff

7 ай бұрын

They played there before their MLS days too

The great thing about Air Force (5-0 right now) is that it is open and spacious, great place to take your young kid, because you can wander around WHILE WATCHING THE GAME. Plus the extras of flyovers, parachute teams, the half-time peregrine Falcon dive bombing the crowd, your kid can pet the falcons, or sit in an AF training glider and chat up a cadet or two. Food trucks IN the stadium, plus AF wins 75% of home games and has a “”small-town” feel to it, lots of military people so lots of “where were you deployed and teasing along Air Force/Army/Navy rivalry.

@area.man.

7 ай бұрын

I go to at least one or two Air Force games a year when Colorado does not have a home game. I love the openness of it and the flyovers are unbeatable. My only gripe is that outside of the cadets the atmosphere is so tame. I don't think the west side of the stadium is allowed to cheer.

Cincy has had three unbeaten regular seasons since 2009.

The sun bowl also hosts UTEP games

4:20 they play 11 AM games because in order to build that stadium, Baylor had to purchase land off campus across the river in the hood on MLK Blvd... you don't want to be in that neighborhood at night.

California Memorial Stadium is a great stadium.

@jamesfields2916

22 күн бұрын

Was there in 1982 for the Arizona State game. Rain early in the day but by the time the game started the sun was popping out. Rays coming through the cloud openings lit up the best view you will ever see. The Golden Gate Bridge. Alcatraz and the San Francisco skyline were lit up by sunlight with the rain clouds still hanging up there.

I love App State! Best atmosphere for a football game! Been to stadiums like Notre Dame, South Carolina, Georgia, Wake Forest, UNC, and many others. App State is definitely the best! Super loud and super fun. Nice campus. I will be there for their sold out Tuesday night matchup with Coastal Carolina tomorrow night!

looking at Baylor, a ton of the texas teams left or tried to leave an endzone part of the stadium at least partly open. I'm pretty sure it's to let airflow in so the fans don't bake for the first half of the season. Even OkSt somewhat does it as well leaving the corners open by the building.

@robertd9850

7 ай бұрын

Not really how airflow in an outdoor venue that large works.

@jamesfields2916

7 ай бұрын

Texas Memorial was open for years with just a small section of bleachers. Looked odd in comparison to the mammoth stadium around it.

I believe the Fiesta Bowl back in the 80’s was played at 11am

OSU (OKST) has one of the best stadiums in college football in my opinion, the building informs of it makes it even better and unique

Definitely feel like the Ivy league colleges have the coolest stadiums in college football. Mostly because they were the first to have large stadiums built in the first half of the 1900s when architects were all about Roman style buildings. My few favorite college football stadiums would have to be Pennsylvania (Penn) and the most iconic of all; The Coliseum in LA (USC)

“That building” when talking about Okst is Gallagher Iba Arena, definitely can’t just knock it down

University of Minnesota Hunnington Bank stadium is a great one too!

Dang I wouldn't have thought uofl would be at the top, im local to Louisville and have gone to games for years. You can also get tickets to most games pretty reasonable, but even when uofl was in talks for the national championship in mid 2000s they still didn't get alot of love from anyone, even when Lamar won the hiesman. But I do agree its a crazy atmosphere. Tailgating is pretty dang good to. They have alot of parking right next to the stadium and yea it is a really cool experience and I guess we take it for granted when everytime you drive downtown and thats just right there on the side of the interstate

Jerry Richardson stadium, home of the Charlotte 49ers should be on the list, it is the smallest in FBS, but one of the nicest and we are in the process of expanding, it will be one of the best small stadiums in the country

Leaving the stadium open keeps the view and air in. Great idea by Baylor

Good List. Before Boone Pickens was renovated OSU's stadium looked like a giant high school stadium. Rising bleachers on each side. The building behind the endzone used to be the arena. Love the open endzones including Baylor's. Enjoyed your video

The "open end" at Baylor McLane Stadium has seats behind the end zone - it is visible in the picture you showed. They kept that end lower to have the river view. BTW: only college stadium you can take a ferry to the game... docks near the "open end".

Great vid. First time I've ever heard Yale pronounced as two syllables.

Leaving the open end zone at McLane stadium, allows for the amazing views of the river, so it was probably done to preserve the views

Always love going to games at Cardinal stadium. Hell, sometimes they host high school rivalry games here which is still a surprisingly good atmosphere.

“Add suites to the Yale bowl “ ??? No ! No ! ….some stadiums (more than one in this top 10) are perfect the way they are , C’ mon D.G. Stop shilling for the stadium building lobby 😆😜😳 P.S. you’re right , 2021 Sun Bowl kicked off @ 10a.m.

Great thing about Louisville is they have chairback seats like NFL stadiums, not bleacher seating

Baylor, and most of central Texas, gets average to above average rain compared to the entire US.

That "other building" at boone Pickens is Gallagher Iba Arena . The football & Basketball Stadiums fit together perfectly!

Should do a video on the newest ground up stadiums

That building in the end zone of Boone Pickens is a 100 year old basketball arena

Whats the problem with big noon? Im on the WestCoast so of course we're a few hours behind, so the start time to us could feel early but ive always been up early for CFB. If you're on EST you would pretty much be up for the game already. Daylight breaks around 6:30am-7:00am out here, where would it be dark at? Eastern states?

Gonna be at UW vs Oregon this weekend. Sailgating makes it soooooo much nicer.

I went to Baylor's OLD stadium several times to see OU play them. Three things: 1).It was a dump. 2.) IT was on the other side of town from their campus. 3) It was more like a big HS stadium. I never bought a ticket until an hour or so before the game and I was always asked, "Where would you like to sit?" lol The NEW stadium is very nice. And, it's right off of campus.

@146TS

6 ай бұрын

Agreed. I was in marching band at Baylor from 2007-2010. Getting to Floyd Casey Stadium was a pain on game day. We actually had to rent a Penske truck to haul equipment for HOME games.

The building at Boone Pickens Stadium is Gallagher-Iba Arena

@mynumberoneguy2125

8 ай бұрын

He never does his full research.

@Rockett16

8 ай бұрын

And he will make a video about it once he realizes how unique it is.

@ReinSouls

8 ай бұрын

@@mynumberoneguy2125 Gotta do the bare minimum in order to crank out 5 or so videos in a DAY.

@tylerforbes4976

7 ай бұрын

​@@mynumberoneguy2125 That was pretty bad.

@mynumberoneguy2125

7 ай бұрын

@@Rockett16 I give him a pass because he's trying his best to entertain us and generate content

I heard The Rose Bowl and Big House were modeled after the Yale Bowl.

@pageboy25

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I’m pretty sure they even hired the same architect

Boone Pickens Stadium -- The building in the endzone is the basketball arena, Gallagher Arena (also an underrated venue)

That building at the end of Boone Pickens is their basketball arena. Gallagher Iba Arena.

@GeoAce777

7 ай бұрын

Gallagher is a RAD arena, on my bucket list.

I remember when Louisville played in a baseball stadium. Gameday visited AppState a couple years ago.

Funnily enough the Yale bowl is built like my old high school u had to walk upstairs to get to the parking lot and the above the ground walkway actually level with the surrounding area

Good list but how could you leave out East Carolina

I've been going to OSU games since I was little. Now I live in the dorm across the street

I saw Colgate v. Army at Michie Stadium back in 1995. It is a gorgeous place to play but for game day experience it isn't the best. Parking and walking up all those hills to get to the stadium is a pain.

@CrescentCitySweaters

7 ай бұрын

One of my buddies’ maps led him to a gate that civilians didn’t have access to, and everyone including him was very confused how he got there lol. I love West Point’s campus though. Highly recommend going up to Garrison by train because it pops up almost out of nowhere

The Sun Bowl was very cheap to build as they carved it out of a granite mountain outcrop and utilized the hacked out rock as building material.

The building in the east endzone of Boone Pickens Stadium is the basketball arena, "Gallagher-Iba Arena"

The Giants played at the Yale Bowl during the renovations to Yankee Stadium (before Giants Stadium was built)

What an opening! My first 4 years of college were spent at App State. Loved every second of it except the ridiculous hurricane strength winds in subzero temperatures Almost unbelievable in the spring, stunning weather followed by 24 inches of snow every April (so it seemed). But we *All Go to College” for other reasons

@chrisphillips348

3 ай бұрын

The thing I can’t understand is Who the Hell knew leaf changes could be so fascinating?? From NY Hudson Valley, we call that” Fall”

Had Harvard season tickets in early ‘70s….there actually was a major renovation…perhaps early ‘80s….there used to be a second level entryway, which you can see on the postcard…these were sealed off but the second level can be seen underneath the stadium….all the cement ‘seats’ were replaced as well….a big improvement but it’s still all cement seats….fairly uncomfortable….they also removed all the ivy, which eats away at cement….the roots are still visible…also impossible for crowds of any size to get there…buried in Cambridge from years ago…small streets…no parking…a hike to the T, which is a disaster itself…

I like the early games, I went to a USC game that started at 7:30 pm and didnt get home until 1 am with traffic. Id much rather wake up early on a Saturday.

The coldest game I've ever been to was the 1983 Sun Bowl. The wind whipping down was BRUTAL!

Texas State has a ridiculously underrated Stadium

It would be nice when McLane ever hosts a women’s soccer game, maybe it needs to not only widen the field to FIFA requirement, but also eventually, forced to tear down like in Seattle, recycle the rubble for even newer stadium, still with big college football experience and home field advantage, but to make better, a Japanese-designed wooden (see Kengo Kuma architecture) domed, maybe 61,845 seat, all seater, soccer specific stadium, to prepare for bid of Women’s World Cup, and moving some marquee events like all-University Sing inside, making it year-round venue to improve utilization.

Dude, look up the Sun Bowl between the Barry Sanders led Oklahoma State Cowboys and WVU Mountaineers...It Snowed in the Sun Bowl.

@jonathane.6720

7 ай бұрын

Can't leave out Thurmond Thomas and QB Mike Gundy

That is Gallagher Iba Arena that building is historic. Go Pokes

The building next to Boone Pickens is Gallagher Iba... The basketball arena... Dont think they're going to tear that down.

It’s ironic you have Baylor’s new stadium and the Sun Bowl on this list. Baylor’s old stadium Floyd Casey Stadium is a carbon copy of the Sun Bowl minus the rocky hillside.

Strange enough the other closest stadium to my house was Michie Stadium. Lived 30 minutes away. Very similar to where I went to college, App State. In fact, can anyone tell them apart?? Only the Hudson breaks it up. Same mountain range though

As a diehard Louisville fan. I was totally surprised by your list.

The Yale Bowl isn't truly built into the ground. The field is slightly below ground level and the excavated dirt was piled around the perimeter to create a mound, so it's half & half. It has great sight lines, but no facilities inside the stadium. Harvard has no seats or benches, you sit on concrete.

Folsom field in boulder, got to be up there

that building next to boone pickens is the basketball arena

Going to my first Harvard game next week vs. Dartmouth

If I were rich, I’d be on the road every Sept thru November, touring the country and checking out College games, with a little bit of NFL, MLB, and NHL in between. How fun would it be to get a map out and plot your trip?

the stadium in the thumbnail is pretty cool

If it's on everyone's list of underrated stadiums, then it's not underrated.

The only problem with Harvard Stadium are the stairways. They are very steep and I have seen someone take a header because of it.

You got Army. Yes. Great campus. Stay at hotel in Eisenhower room. The canon.

I love Nippert Stadium.

McLane stadium looks awesome but one of the pics shows a crowd of people looking for shade under the bridge. I'm assuming it was hot as hell that day and there's no shade?

That "building" next to Boone Pickens Stadium is OSU's basketball arena. They cant just tear it down bro lol

10) Yale Bowl (Yale) 9) Falcon Stadium (Air Force) 8) McLane Stadium (Baylor) 7) Harvard Stadium (Harvard) 6) Kidd Brewer Stadium (Appalachian St) 5) Sun Bowl (UTEP) 4) Boone Pickens Stadium (Oklahoma St) 3) Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati) 2) Michie Stadium (Army) 1) Fed Credit Union Stadium (Louisville)

The Yale Bowl is just a smaller version of the Michigan Big House.

Seems like you assume LaVell Edwards Stadium at BYU is not underrated. It generally isn't. But man there are some dogs on that list of yours. I do love that Harvard and the Yale Bowl are listed. Louisville is relatively new (25 years) but butt fugly in my opinion.

That building at OSU is gallagher Iba arena the basketball arena

You’re correct it was a 10 AM team is Boise State versus somebody