Being in what many consider the dead period of sports, it’s solace to know that football is right around the corner. So I was thinking last night about games I’ve been to and stadiums I’ve visited. My questions for the Pack are, how many stadiums have you been to, and what stories/impressions do you have?
I’ve been to 8 stadiums, surprised it isn’t more. The Sun Bowl in El Paso is a very cool setting to watch a football game. Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge is overrated.
I've been to every stadium in the SEC and seen Mississippi State win at all except Fayetteville, Little Rock (tied), Georgia and Texas A&M. The best SEC stadiums (outside of Scott Field) to me are Auburn, Kentucky and A&M, while the worst are Florida, Arkansas (Little Rock) and Mississippi. As for non-conference, the best were some of the bowl stadiums like Nashville and Charlotte, the Carrier Dome was certainly different then. The worst would include Memorial Stadium, USM, Legion Field (now), Troy, South Alabama, Houston (then) and Tropicana Field. I agree with you about the Sun Bowl. It was different coming in at street level, going down onto the field and also cutting out part of a small mountain to fit it in.
Alabama (Bryant-Denny and Legion Field)
Arkansas (Fayetteville and Little Rock)
Auburn
Florida (Ben Hill Griffin, Tampa-Raymond James, Orlando)
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Missouri
Mississippi (Memorial Stadium and Vaught-Hemorrhoid)
South Carolina
Tennessee (Knoxville and Georgia Dome)
Texas A&M (College Station and Shreveport)
Vanderbilt
Texas Stadium at Irving: North Texas State 1978
USM (M.M. Roberts and Memorial Stadium)
Illinois 1980
Sun Bowl (UTEP): Nebraska 1980
Legion Field: Kansas 1981 Hall of Fame Bowl, Alabama and UAB 2011
Super Dome: Tulane and New Orleans Saints
Liberty Bowl: Memphis State/Memphis, Air Force 1991 Liberty Bowl, Central Florida 2007 Liberty Bowl, Rice 2013 Liberty Bowl
Carrier Dome: Syracuse 1986
Texas 1992
Georgia Dome: North Carolina 1993 Peach Bowl, North Carolina State 1995 Peach Bowl, Tennessee 1998 SEC Championship, Clemson 1999 Peach Bowl
Oklahoma State 1998
Cotton Bowl: Texas 1999
Brigham Young 2000
Independence Bowl: Texas A&M 2000
Oregon 2002
Middle Tennessee 2009
Houston 2010
Gator Bowl: Michigan 2011, Northwestern 2013, Louisville 2017
Music City Bowl: Wake Forest 2011
Troy 2012
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech 2014
Belk Bowl/Bank of America Stadium: North Carolina State 2015
Gillette Stadium: Umass 2016
St. Petersburg Bowl/Tropicana Field: Miami of Ohio 2016
La. Tech 2017
I will add Kansas State to the list this season.