Best non Nebraska football venue

[Pennsyhusker]

Having a debate with a friend over game day atmosphere at different venues. He is a Penn State fan and insists the best venue is State College. I obviously argued for Lincoln. But in the interests of amity and conversation we decided to identify the best venue we had personally attended not associated with our home team.

My choice: Knoxville Tennessee. Vols fans are fantastic and that stadium really rocks. Curious what others think. Best non Lincoln venue?

 

[Huskerchief]

I have been to all of the Big Ten venues except Illinois, Washington, Oregon, USC and UCLA. I will see USC this year. I have also been to Colorado, Fresno State, Miami, Missouri and Georgia. I liked the Big House at Michigan the best due to tailgating experience on golf course across the street. Georgia atmosphere was pretty cool. Lots of obstructed views at OSU.

 

[c3o]

Ohio st has the most passionate fans outside of Nebraska. When I went to Purdue they took over the town when they came to play. Michigan didn’t even come close to recreating this. They’d get my vote just because of their loyal fans

 

[leodisflowers]

To the stadiums I have been to:

Top Tier
LSU - Night game, nothing like it. Absolutely insane
Texas A&M - Loud as hell and was fun
Penn St - The people were huge A-Holes, but the game was crazy loud and they hammered us that night
Washington - Cool area and was loud
Texas - Big stadium was loud and fun
Kansas St. - Decent setup and was pretty loud
Okie St - Just a great place to watch a game
Iowa - Not a bad setup. Wasn't overly loud, but that is what you get day after Thanksgiving
Oregon - Haven't seen a Husker game, but pretty fun stadium when I went to other games with my boss
Clemson - Fun as hell
South Carolina - Fun as hell, SEC is the best tailgating hands down

Mid Tier -
Oklahoma - Not really loud, but enjoyed the stadium and the people
Colorado - Love the stadium, but hate the people
Mizzou - Really hate the people, stadium is kinda meh, but saw some good games here
USC - A lot of bad seats and the people suck
Rutgers - My kids loved it and wasn't too bad. Small and was only about half full
Maryland - Same as Rutgers. Not on the low tier because my kids loved it
Minnesota - Nice stadium and easy to get to. Drank a lot of grain belts. Tailgating and gameday stuff sucks, but stadium was comfortable
Texas Tech - Had a great time, but was a kid.
Iowa St - Fun tailgating, that was about it
Air Force - Love their stadium, everything else is meh
BYU - Similar to Colorado. Beautiful area, but the Mormons were weird to watch a game with.


Low Tier -
Kansas - Doing upgrades for a reason
Purdue - Very meh, and they lose a ton of points because their turf blows
Michigan - Yes it is huge, that is about it
UCLA - Not sure why everyone loves this place. Horrible place to watch a football game
Baylor - Sucked
NW - Blows, but the new one looks nice
Oregon St - Reser sucks

 

[Dean Pope]

To the stadiums I have been to:

Top Tier
LSU - Night game, nothing like it. Absolutely insane
Texas A&M - Loud as hell and was fun
Penn St - The people were huge A-Holes, but the game was crazy loud and they hammered us that night
Washington - Cool area and was loud
Texas - Big stadium was loud and fun
Kansas St. - Decent setup and was pretty loud
Okie St - Just a great place to watch a game
Iowa - Not a bad setup. Wasn't overly loud, but that is what you get day after Thanksgiving
Oregon - Haven't seen a Husker game, but pretty fun stadium when I went to other games with my boss
Clemson - Fun as hell
South Carolina - Fun as hell, SEC is the best tailgating hands down

Mid Tier -
Oklahoma - Not really loud, but enjoyed the stadium and the people
Colorado - Love the stadium, but hate the people
Mizzou - Really hate the people, stadium is kinda meh, but saw some good games here
USC - A lot of bad seats and the people suck
Rutgers - My kids loved it and wasn't too bad. Small and was only about half full
Maryland - Same as Rutgers. Not on the low tier because my kids loved it
Minnesota - Nice stadium and easy to get to. Drank a lot of grain belts. Tailgating and gameday stuff sucks, but stadium was comfortable
Texas Tech - Had a great time, but was a kid.
Iowa St - Fun tailgating, that was about it
Air Force - Love their stadium, everything else is meh
BYU - Similar to Colorado. Beautiful area, but the Mormons were weird to watch a game with.


Low Tier -
Kansas - Doing upgrades for a reason
Purdue - Very meh, and they lose a ton of points because their turf blows
Michigan - Yes it is huge, that is about it
UCLA - Not sure why everyone loves this place. Horrible place to watch a football game
Baylor - Sucked
NW - Blows, but the new one looks nice
Oregon St - Reser sucks

That's one long list. I can't contribute much to this conversation since I've only been to away college games at four places- Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State. But I'll add these two other stadiums I've been to--
Watching Kansas play a football game at KC's Children's Mercy Park soccer stadium would be a surreal experience. I think that place only holds 18,000.
Oak Bowl, Peru State- if you are into nostalgia, catching a Peru State home game is worth it. A great setting for small college football.

 

[leodisflowers]

That's one long list. I can't contribute much to this conversation since I've only been to away college games at four places- Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State. But I'll add these two other stadiums I've been to--
Watching Kansas play a football game at KC's Children's Mercy Park soccer stadium would be a surreal experience. I think that place only holds 18,000.
Oak Bowl, Peru State- if you are into nostalgia, catching a Peru State home game is worth it. A great setting for small college football.

Been to others as well and a ton of bowl games. I long for the days of wanting to travel to an away game. I continue to do it, but a lot of times I am going to places where I feel like we can win and are not having to leave at half. I'm feeling decent about our team this year, so I booked Ohio St already. I highly doubt we win, but have a chance to be 7-0 by the time we go there. I don't ever see us getting blown out anymore, so the games may be enjoyable again to travel. I just pray that we can field a formidable team. Everyone, outside of OSU, is beatable. I know we will drop a few games, but I just hope we win all of the games we should, and hopefully take care of business in 1-2 or the others we won't be favored in.

 

[scarletred]

For me it would be Husky studuim in Seattle, tailgated on a boat to the stadium..Was very cool.

Boulder is up there because of the mountains and enjoyed Eugene except it took for ever to get back to our motel after the game, and you only had to go about 25-30 miles..

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

That's one long list. I can't contribute much to this conversation since I've only been to away college games at four places- Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State. But I'll add these two other stadiums I've been to--
Watching Kansas play a football game at KC's Children's Mercy Park soccer stadium would be a surreal experience. I think that place only holds 18,000.
Oak Bowl, Peru State- if you are into nostalgia, catching a Peru State home game is worth it. A great setting for small college football.

The Oak Bowl…great include!

 

[Dean Pope]

Been to others as well and a ton of bowl games. I long for the days of wanting to travel to an away game. I continue to do it, but a lot of times I am going to places where I feel like we can win and are not having to leave at half. I'm feeling decent about our team this year, so I booked Ohio St already. I highly doubt we win, but have a chance to be 7-0 by the time we go there. I don't ever see us getting blown out anymore, so the games may be enjoyable again to travel. I just pray that we can field a formidable team. Everyone, outside of OSU, is beatable. I know we will drop a few games, but I just hope we win all of the games we should, and hopefully take care of business in 1-2 or the others we won't be favored in.

Love that unbreakable optimism. God bless the poor souls who have been traveling to all of these away games over these past years to watch a football program that sometimes seems to have, collectively, cared less about winning than the fans do.

 

[GaRed]

Having a debate with a friend over game day atmosphere at different venues. He is a Penn State fan and insists the best venue is State College. I obviously argued for Lincoln. But in the interests of amity and conversation we decided to identify the best venue we had personally attended not associated with our home team.

My choice: Knoxville Tennessee. Vols fans are fantastic and that stadium really rocks. Curious what others think. Best non Lincoln venue?

Too much home depot orange for me. Playing " rocky top" every few minutes was nauseating. The campus on the river is sweet though.

 

[leodisflowers]

Love that unbreakable optimism. God bless the poor souls who have been traveling to all of these away games over these past years to watch a football program that sometimes seems to have, collectively, cared less about winning than the fans do.

That's me for sure. I continue to travel and buy shit because I love my school, but sheesh it has to turn around sometime right? Man...

 

[king_kong_]

I go to a couple Colorado State games a year (15 minutes from my front door)

new stadium on campus is pretty great. New Belgium built a huge bar that takes up the entire north endzone where you can sit, drink beers, order food and watch the game at field level

been to purdue, big house, northwestern, iowa state, KU, CU, rose bowl, gator bowl. all were either boring or a pain in the ass to some degree

 

[Big bo fan]

Ohio st has the most passionate fans outside of Nebraska. When I went to Purdue they took over the town when they came to play. Michigan didn’t even come close to recreating this. They’d get my vote just because of their loyal fans

Ohio state’s fans are not passionate they are arrogant.

 

[Badger Pete]

The United States Military Academy at West Point! Army football at Michie Stadium is must see for every college football fan.

 

[king_kong_]

how loud can PennSt be if one of their former players is caught off guard by a half-full minnesota stadium due to decibel level?

 

[Bremser]

Having a debate with a friend over game day atmosphere at different venues. He is a Penn State fan and insists the best venue is State College. I obviously argued for Lincoln. But in the interests of amity and conversation we decided to identify the best venue we had personally attended not associated with our home team.

My choice: Knoxville Tennessee. Vols fans are fantastic and that stadium really rocks. Curious what others think. Best non Lincoln venue?

Navy. Annapolis. Post game bar hopping is for grown ups. Very special all the way around.

 

[GBR_Atlanta]

My wife is a UGA alum. Sanford and Athens are absolutely lit on game days. Really impressive.

 

[putemintheaisles]

LSU

 

[c3o]

Ohio state’s fans are not passionate they are arrogant.

Not mutually exclusive. They are both.

 

[big red22]

Texas A&M for me

 

[RBigredMax]

I’ve only been to Iowa’s for a non-husker game. Tailgating looked great and the stadium was rocking. It’s no Lincoln but I’m sure there worse places to watch a football game.

Extremely envious of the lists of some of you! I’m glad you’ve had those opportunities to see so many great places!

 

[TFrazier]

I have been to CU, ISU, KU, KSU, MU, ASU(Fiesta Bowl), Miami (Orange Bowl), Arrowhead (Big 12 Championship), St. Louis (Big 12 Championship), and AT&T Stadium (Dallas Big 12 Championship).

By far the best stadium was the Cowboys Stadium. Was there in year 2 after it opened. If ever Nebraska plays another game in that stadium…I will definitely be there.

I do want to see Nebraska play at Iowa for 2 reasons. Reason 1 to win the game and reason 2 to participate in the wave to the patients at the children’s hospital.

 

[leodisflowers]

I have been to CU, ISU, KU, KSU, MU, ASU(Fiesta Bowl), Miami (Orange Bowl), Arrowhead (Big 12 Championship), St. Louis (Big 12 Championship), and AT&T Stadium (Dallas Big 12 Championship).

By far the best stadium was the Cowboys Stadium. Was there in year 2 after it opened. If ever Nebraska plays another game in that stadium…I will definitely be there.

I do want to see Nebraska play at Iowa for 2 reasons. Reason 1 to win the game and reason 2 to participate in the wave to the patients at the children’s hospital.

I agree. Went in 2009 to the Big 12 Title and holy shit was it awesome. I sat in seats that were just crazy, but that stadium was awesome and that game was a blast.

 

[Frozone]

Having a debate with a friend over game day atmosphere at different venues. He is a Penn State fan and insists the best venue is State College. I obviously argued for Lincoln. But in the interests of amity and conversation we decided to identify the best venue we had personally attended not associated with our home team.

My choice: Knoxville Tennessee. Vols fans are fantastic and that stadium really rocks. Curious what others think. Best non Lincoln venue?

For atmosphere of the stadiums I’ve been to, Autzen is the best (although the tailgating sucks), but Husky Stadium in Seattle is the only place that has ever made my ears hurt. Penn State’s white out effect looks cool, but I’d put them a distant 3rd among those three for sheer noise level. The only time I’ve been there was for the 2011 game, and the stadium itself and noise level were definitely overrated.

 

[JabroniBlvd]

Ohio St fans are everywhere and usually annoying. People forget Ohio is 12M people and they were the only P5 school forever. Maybe Cinci can slowly build in the B12 to combat that.

This is why I always said Ohio St and Georgia are the two recruiting giants (Gtech is dog water) and all the talent around them. Ohio also has good HS football.

 

[rchrisreade]

-The Big House is a great venue with relatively friendly fans (kicking our ass at the time helped I am certain).
-The Rose Bowl is a somewhat dilapidated dinosaur that houses an apathetic home team but oozes history as a venue and has games often played in the high 70s.
- LSU night games are a passionate venue of crazy people
- From a purely venue (not team basis), Allegiant Stadium feels like a cathedral housing peons when UNLV plays there.

 

[konaki]

For me it would be Husky studuim in Seattle, tailgated on a boat to the stadium..Was very cool.

Boulder is up there because of the mountains and enjoyed Eugene except it took for ever to get back to our motel after the game, and you only had to go about 25-30 miles..

It's a great venue, overlooking lake Washington just fantastic views.

 

[cubsker]

Iowa St reminded me of going to a game at Buell.

 

[VandallHuskerJulie]

I second the vote for UDub. It's an amazing stadium on a gorgeous campus. Sailing into the stadium, views of Mt. Rainier, etc etc.

We only went to one season of FB as (at the time) we weren't prepared for the rain.

 

[Zeke2005]

Michigan State was horrible, very plain stadium.
Fans were using abusive language towards my then 11 year old son when they saw the Husker clothing. Not me, they chose to cuss at my son. Concessions were below what you’d find at a local junior high event.

 

[Hugo_Stiglitz7]

Having a debate with a friend over game day atmosphere at different venues. He is a Penn State fan and insists the best venue is State College. I obviously argued for Lincoln. But in the interests of amity and conversation we decided to identify the best venue we had personally attended not associated with our home team.

My choice: Knoxville Tennessee. Vols fans are fantastic and that stadium really rocks. Curious what others think. Best non Lincoln venue?

Calling Rape College a great CFB venue is like saying McDonald's is 5-Star dining. That stadium was about as appealing as food poisoning.

 

[Zeke2005]

Iowa St reminded me of going to a game at Buell.

Was that way at majority of the Big 8 schools right?

 

[TailDragger99]

Ohio st has the most passionate fans outside of Nebraska. When I went to Purdue they took over the town when they came to play. Michigan didn’t even come close to recreating this. They’d get my vote just because of their loyal fans

To the stadiums I have been to:

Top Tier
LSU - Night game, nothing like it. Absolutely insane
Texas A&M - Loud as hell and was fun
Penn St - The people were huge A-Holes, but the game was crazy loud and they hammered us that night
Washington - Cool area and was loud
Texas - Big stadium was loud and fun
Kansas St. - Decent setup and was pretty loud
Okie St - Just a great place to watch a game
Iowa - Not a bad setup. Wasn't overly loud, but that is what you get day after Thanksgiving
Oregon - Haven't seen a Husker game, but pretty fun stadium when I went to other games with my boss
Clemson - Fun as hell
South Carolina - Fun as hell, SEC is the best tailgating hands down

Mid Tier -
Oklahoma - Not really loud, but enjoyed the stadium and the people
Colorado - Love the stadium, but hate the people
Mizzou - Really hate the people, stadium is kinda meh, but saw some good games here
USC - A lot of bad seats and the people suck
Rutgers - My kids loved it and wasn't too bad. Small and was only about half full
Maryland - Same as Rutgers. Not on the low tier because my kids loved it
Minnesota - Nice stadium and easy to get to. Drank a lot of grain belts. Tailgating and gameday stuff sucks, but stadium was comfortable
Texas Tech - Had a great time, but was a kid.
Iowa St - Fun tailgating, that was about it
Air Force - Love their stadium, everything else is meh
BYU - Similar to Colorado. Beautiful area, but the Mormons were weird to watch a game with.


Low Tier -
Kansas - Doing upgrades for a reason
Purdue - Very meh, and they lose a ton of points because their turf blows
Michigan - Yes it is huge, that is about it
UCLA - Not sure why everyone loves this place. Horrible place to watch a football game
Baylor - Sucked
NW - Blows, but the new one looks nice
Oregon St - Reser sucks

I have been to 2 stadiums outside of memorial stadium for a game. I went to rose bowl National Championship game in 2001. I remember the stadium being pretty cool had waterfalls and what not lol. And I’ve been to Aimes Iowa for iowa st game. 😂 not much of a traveler but I’ve had season tickets my whole life until this past year. I’m 37

 

[NUSouth]

Have not been to either but from pictures on TV Utah looks like a beautiful place with mountains right by the stadium.

As far as coeds I’ve heard Ol Miss is the best.

 

[meo1960]

Having a debate with a friend over game day atmosphere at different venues. He is a Penn State fan and insists the best venue is State College. I obviously argued for Lincoln. But in the interests of amity and conversation we decided to identify the best venue we had personally attended not associated with our home team.

My choice: Knoxville Tennessee. Vols fans are fantastic and that stadium really rocks. Curious what others think. Best non Lincoln venue?

I've never been but LSU night games look insane.

 

[BTF69]

The Oak Bowl…great include!

Does Peru State get a decent crowd?

I coached with a guy who played there, he said the coaches would always tell the team "Don't go to the bars!"

Of course they would go and they would see the coaches at the bars...and it was sort of an agreement to just pretend that they didn't see each other.

 

[AVeritas]

i've been to a few:

N - the tunnel walk is the best pregame thing i've seen
aTm - big, the band does their thing, but its all sorta military beige bland
texas - huge, love those chaps, man
tcu - nice boutique stadium, but a pro environment, high school band, with nice looking rich chicks
baylor - the old stadium was dump, have not visited the new digs
missouri - stepping back into the 50s, absolutely un-thrilling
iowa state - good tailgate but it ends there pretty much
notre dame - the tradition oozes - pregame stuff is better than the in-game environment
minnesota - new stadium in an odd place
indiana - pretty countryside, nice stadium, awful football
purdue - like iu, dreadful - both basketball schools through and through
northwestern - the old stadium was like a friday night texas high school without the crowd
usc - just huge - sound escapes
stanford - absolutely the dullest environment in power whatever football
cal - see a step above or below stanford depending on the year
usafa - there for notre dame and it was pretty cool but not threatening
ku - they're renovating for good reason
army/navy in jfk, philly - that was truly amazing for all the reasons you already know

 

[BTF69]

Michigan is horrible but it really has more to do with the fans. The students are not fans and the alums think they are Ivy League grads.

Minny is HORRIBLE, not that the fans were mean or anything, just lame BUT if you were a student is looks like it would be a blast.

NW is great, because it is a just a home game.

Purdue is fun, they drink!

Illinois is great and would be EPIC as a student if you were greek.

Oklahoma was great

Wisconsin is a lot of fun.

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

Does Peru State get a decent crowd?

I coached with a guy who played there, he said the coaches would always tell the team "Don't go to the bars!"

Of course they would go and they would see the coaches at the bars...and it was sort of an agreement to just pretend that they didn't see each other.

Been a LONG time since I’ve been there.

 

[nick614]

how loud can PennSt be if one of their former players is caught off guard by a half-full minnesota stadium due to decibel level?

Penn St has a terrible stadium and it is loud because they pump crowd noise into the stadium, even though that is against the rules.

Their fans are also terrible, terrible place to visit because of fan behavior and terrible place to travel to overall, the worst place in the Big Ten to visit.