As a side note, attendance doesn't necessarily create environment. While I can attest to the noise in the Horseshoe when playing UM, Ann Arbor seats 107,501 officially, having recorded attendance in the 2003 game in excess of 112,000. They aren't as loud as the Shoe, because of the way the stadium is shaped, the sound goes straight up and out. Last year's attendance in Columbus was officially 105,708, in case anyone was interested. The attendance at the ACC championship game is the reason they aren't competing nationally for top recruits and perennial 2 team BCS participation, or perhaps the symptom. In either event, it's nothing like SEC stadiums, at least from the home video, tv, and fan accounts , and the attendance has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. As a football fan, which would you rather watch? Me too...and it's not to see the attendance count. What would you say is the best game to try and catch in Death Valley, as far as annual rivalry games go? Any idea what tix usually go for?
Auburn, Florida, or Bama. And to a lesser extent, Ole Piss. Auburn and Bama are always raucus crowds, Bama's rivalry has a little added interest to it now, and Auburn (Deckecs, please ignore the following) are a bunch of arrogant rednecks who have never won anything, yet continuously showing up running thier traps about how good they are until we hand them their traditional beatdown at Tiger Stadium. The Florida game this year was the best atmosphere I've ever witnessed anywhere. 327 has a blog, where he described that night in almost poetic fashion. Maybe he can post a link to that particular entry.
Death Valley holds in the noise very well. You should try to make either a Bama, Auburn, or Florida game we play them at home every other year. Georgia and Tenn are good options when they are on the schedule. UGA is at home next year along with Bama. Aim for a night game if you can. Here is an example from the UF game this year when they announced USC went down to Stanford. Turn down your speakers so not to wake up the family.:wink: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1iUV-yIIY[/media]
That Florida game this year was insane. I've never seen so many people on LSU campus for tailgating in my life (and I've been to many, many tailgates). Experts looking at aerial shots made an educated guess on how many people there, I forget what it was, but I'm sure they guessed it set the all-time record at LSU. That Florida game was the game everyone was most looking forward to this year, including our players. You had the team that finished #3 last season playing the team that finished #1 last season. Sport's Illustrated picked it the number #1 game to watch this year (the only other LSU games that made the list were VT and Bama). Of course VT was big because that was a interesting OOC opponent that was a legit National title contender. The other two most-anticipated games this year were Auburn and Alabama.
327 is waaaay to modest to do that but luckily for everybody here I am not modest in any way about my friends so I will! http://tigerreport.com/
You should go to his wed site. My favorite he wrote was before the vatech game (which bits and pieces are below in my sig) and the one I thought was the funniest was what he wrote after the Tulane game. It made me laugh until I cried!!! If you goto his wedsite and start from the bottom up it goes in order from the beginning of the season to the end and then the bowl pick 'ems which is my favorite because mrs 327 picks are hysterical! I went to high school with her and that is her exact personality!
