Comments on: Toughest Venues: #2 And the Silver Medal goes to… http://nittanywhiteout.com/2008/05/29/toughest-venues-2-and-the-silver-medal-goes-to/ Penn State Nittany Lion Blog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:09:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: PSUgirl http://nittanywhiteout.com/2008/05/29/toughest-venues-2-and-the-silver-medal-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-732 PSUgirl Thu, 29 May 2008 21:27:15 +0000 http://nittanywhiteout.com/?p=303#comment-732 Beaver Stadium was built as a horseshoe - with temporary bleachers in the south endzone - and a track. major expansions have included: enclosing of south endzone; raising of stadium so to insert lower seating down to field level (there's a reason the seating starts with the alphabet - it wasn't there before), in the late 70s; the north endzone upper deck, in the early 90s; and, then, the south endzone expansion and addition of skyboxes in 2001. Beaver Stadium was built as a horseshoe – with temporary bleachers in the south endzone – and a track.

major expansions have included:

enclosing of south endzone;

raising of stadium so to insert lower seating down to field level (there’s a reason the seating starts with the alphabet – it wasn’t there before), in the late 70s;

the north endzone upper deck, in the early 90s; and, then,

the south endzone expansion and addition of skyboxes in 2001.

]]> By: speedomike02 http://nittanywhiteout.com/2008/05/29/toughest-venues-2-and-the-silver-medal-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-727 speedomike02 Thu, 29 May 2008 18:23:51 +0000 http://nittanywhiteout.com/?p=303#comment-727 Oops, kind of glazed over the "to full capacity" part. Regardless, those games don't seem to be hurting attendance that much. Oops, kind of glazed over the “to full capacity” part. Regardless, those games don’t seem to be hurting attendance that much.

]]> By: speedomike02 http://nittanywhiteout.com/2008/05/29/toughest-venues-2-and-the-silver-medal-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-726 speedomike02 Thu, 29 May 2008 18:21:37 +0000 http://nittanywhiteout.com/?p=303#comment-726 "Until Penn State realizes that Florida International and Temple are not intriguing match ups Lion fans want to see, they will have a hard time packing the second largest stadium to full capacity for these crappy non-conference games." Eh, I guess that depends on what you consider "packing". Attendance numbers for the cupcake OOC teams from the last two years: Akron 2006-106,505 Youngstown State 2006-104,954 Temple 2006-105,950 Florida International 2007-107,678 Buffalo-107,506 Sure, less than the Big Ten games, but I'm sure they're not losing sleep over those attendance numbers. “Until Penn State realizes that Florida International and Temple are not intriguing match ups Lion fans want to see, they will have a hard time packing the second largest stadium to full capacity for these crappy non-conference games.”

Eh, I guess that depends on what you consider “packing”. Attendance numbers for the cupcake OOC teams from the last two years:
Akron 2006-106,505
Youngstown State 2006-104,954
Temple 2006-105,950
Florida International 2007-107,678
Buffalo-107,506

Sure, less than the Big Ten games, but I’m sure they’re not losing sleep over those attendance numbers.

]]> By: GoBucks89 http://nittanywhiteout.com/2008/05/29/toughest-venues-2-and-the-silver-medal-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-725 GoBucks89 Thu, 29 May 2008 16:08:42 +0000 http://nittanywhiteout.com/?p=303#comment-725 I'm surprised you didn't go with the homer pick for #1. From my perspective, Penn State is the toughest place to play in the Big 10. Of course, I have no idea how to evaluate the intimidation factor of Ohio Stadium because to me it's always a friendly place. And like Mike said, the winning percentage has as much to do with quality teams as with the home advantage. The fans at Beaver Stadium are every bit as loud and rowdy as Wisconsin fans are, and that lion roar is positively blood-curdling. For an OSU fan, it's definitely the place you least want to play. But I'll be interested to see what you say about my beloved Horseshoe. I’m surprised you didn’t go with the homer pick for #1. From my perspective, Penn State is the toughest place to play in the Big 10. Of course, I have no idea how to evaluate the intimidation factor of Ohio Stadium because to me it’s always a friendly place. And like Mike said, the winning percentage has as much to do with quality teams as with the home advantage. The fans at Beaver Stadium are every bit as loud and rowdy as Wisconsin fans are, and that lion roar is positively blood-curdling. For an OSU fan, it’s definitely the place you least want to play. But I’ll be interested to see what you say about my beloved Horseshoe.

]]> By: Mike http://nittanywhiteout.com/2008/05/29/toughest-venues-2-and-the-silver-medal-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Mike Thu, 29 May 2008 15:27:22 +0000 http://nittanywhiteout.com/?p=303#comment-723 I am interested to see what you have to say about OSU. While I completely agree it is harder to win at OSU than PSU or any other Big Ten school, I think it has more to do with OSU's team quality being far superior to the others rather than the fans or stadium. If you put two equal team's against each other, I think Camp Randall is the toughest to get a road win followed by OSU/PSU. In general I think you did a good job not being a homer but there is no way you can put PSU ahead of OSU in the tradition/history category. I am interested to see what you have to say about OSU. While I completely agree it is harder to win at OSU than PSU or any other Big Ten school, I think it has more to do with OSU’s team quality being far superior to the others rather than the fans or stadium. If you put two equal team’s against each other, I think Camp Randall is the toughest to get a road win followed by OSU/PSU.

In general I think you did a good job not being a homer but there is no way you can put PSU ahead of OSU in the tradition/history category.

]]> By: psu86 http://nittanywhiteout.com/2008/05/29/toughest-venues-2-and-the-silver-medal-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-721 psu86 Thu, 29 May 2008 14:40:49 +0000 http://nittanywhiteout.com/?p=303#comment-721 NOOOOOOOOOOOO, well at least you can't be accused of being biased. I think your point system is a great way to do this review and have really enjoyed so far. NOOOOOOOOOOOO, well at least you can’t be accused of being biased. I think your point system is a great way to do this review and have really enjoyed so far.

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