When it comes to a college football venue what exactly does intimidating mean?
Loud, intoxicated fans that come in a crowd of more than 75,000 who are all ready to make life a living hell for the visiting opponent on a given week?
That’s a good place to start when discussing a list of the most intimidating places to play in college football. Brad Crawford of 247Sports however took it even a step further and decided which home venues would be rocking the most this coming fall with key components being how good of a home slate a team has, and what that team’s preseason hype is at this point in time.
Spoiler alert: Notre Dame Stadium didn’t make Crawford’s list of the top nine for 2022.
How can that possibly be you ask? After all, Notre Dame has just one loss on their home field since week three of the 2017 season. The Irish have to do the majority of their heavy lifting away from Notre Dame Stadium this fall. The opener at Ohio State starts the year with a bang while a contest against BYU on a neutral field in Las Vegas is another compelling showdown. The Irish conclude the year with another huge game at USC as [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] and [autotag]Lincoln Riley[/autotag] will square off for the first time.
But as for games at Notre Dame Stadium this year? The early November game against Clemson could very possibly have College Football Playoff implications on the line, but the rest of the home slate hardly moves the needle.
September 10 vs. Marshall
September 17 vs. California
October 15 vs. Stanford
October 22 vs. UNLV
November 5 vs. Clemson
November 19 vs. Boston College
NEXT: See Crawford’s top nine!