The experts over at CBS Sports clearly miss college football. Don’t we all right now? Their boredom led them to a Stadium draft today where their seven college football writers selected their favorite stadiums in a 5-round snake style draft.
Notre Dame Stadium lasted to the middle of the second round when Jack Crosby picked the historic field with the 10th overall selection. A bit later than where I would have selected but, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The Yale Bowl went in the first round, which to me is a reach, but I’ve got bigger issues with two other first round picks as well.
Let’s start off with Beaver Stadium, home of the Nittany Lions of Penn State and how blah their home venue is. A lone standing gigantic structure seems like it out of place, doesn’t have a great skyline to look at and really has no aesthetic value outside. Inside rocks during game days, which has to be the reason why it was selected so high although I haven’t witnessed one myself, I’ve just walked the outside on a non-game day.
Going west to Ann Arbor is our next stop, as I am not a fan of Michigan Stadium at all. I’ve seen plenty of games there, from rivalry games against Ohio State, to romps of Bowling Green and again I wasn’t impressed. If you drive by the Wolverines home, you wouldn’t even be able to tell there was a stadium with a compacity that tops the nation. For that amount of people, you’d expect the place to be loud, but many times either it was quiet or the opposing team’s fans would be louder. I can’t downgrade the tradition there however, as it does feel like football once you get inside.
I personally would have had Notre Dame Stadium inside the top 5 on my big board, but to each their own. That’s why we love drafts like these. Everyone will have their personnel beefs on where their favorites were selected. I’d enjoy checking some of these out, I’ve only been to 4 of the top 10 of these impressive stadiums. Who tops your list and where have you been to?