First game since adding on

[dannyripms]

To the stadium. Man I was really impressed. Went to Oxford last week to their game and that place is a complete dump. The campus sucks as well. Took my wife who is a rebel to her first game at state. She was even talking about how much nicer our stadium and campus was. If I was an athlete and being recruitex, there's no way I'd choose to go to Oxford over us. We have much better facilities and campus hands down. Btw, I rang the **** out of that cowbell!!!!

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

Sorry to say Danny but the crowd excitement and electricity for La Tech was about 6 out of 10. Last year against Auburn with ESPN GameDay on campus was INSANE totally 12 out of 10, would have loved to have had you visit back then.

Thanks for your complimentary comments, always happy to hear from first timers. If your wife is a Rebel fan the Egg Bowl this year would be an awesome atmosphere---unfortunately the weather probably won't be as nice as yesterday.

 

[dannyripms]

Yeah, I understand the crowd wasn't as crazy as it would be for a big game. I was just talking about the expansion in general. The stadium is 10x better than the bears. I've been to a good amount of games back in college but honestly haven't been to one in a while. Was very impressed with how much everything has grown.

 

[ArcherSPS]

"wife"

 

[RocketDawg]

I wonder when we'll fill in the south end zone similar to the north end. We've had a couple of over-capacity games already. The Alabama game, and probably Bear game, should be this year too.

 

[dawgstudent]

We talked about this yesterday. One idea was to Build lofts in the corners and extend the Junction to the playing surface and build some seats on top of that. The fieldhouse will be torn down of course. It would be unique and wouldn't add that many seats which we don't need.

 

[WayboDawg]

Adding more seats is a mistake to me as well. 60,000 is probably the perfect number for Davis Wade outside of a few big games here and there. I'd hate to see big empty gaps in the stands like some places have after over-expansion. At this point we should be adding nicer furniture to the house instead of adding more rooms.

 

[dotcomdawg]

I agree that we don't need many more seats. I'd like to see us make all seats (except visitors and students) chair backs throughout the stadium. That would take the capacity down by a few thousand. Then I'd like to see us bowl in the south end zone on the lower level and install lofts (similar to the Left Field Lofts) above that with balconies that overlook the stadium. That would be huge. They would sell out quickly. We need about 65k seats. I also like the idea of trying to incorporate the junction into the stadium.

We talked about this yesterday. One idea was to Build lofts in the corners and extend the Junction to the playing surface and build some seats on top of that. The fieldhouse will be torn down of course. It would be unique and wouldn't add that many seats which we don't need.

 

[SheltonChoked]

DS, that's why we pay you the big bucks***.

Seriously, that's a great suggestion for Scott to hear on his next interview on This is our show.

Adds premium seating. Closes the end zone. Allows for a new locker room and M club area.

Awesome idea

 

[KurtRambis4]

The atmosphere yesterday sucked

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