Around the 'Shoe

This is outrageous. Should be in top 10 easy. Personally speaking I have only been to ND stadium and OSU. I can see why the top 4 are what they are. Surprised A&M isn’t higher. I understand Boise State is interesting with the Smurf turf but really, I think the allure of the blue field should not mean a #16 spot.

Because I'm an alum, The Shoe is obviously special and to be fair I haven't been to very many other stadiums, but it just seems low considering the history of the school, the character, the capacity, the atmosphere on game day.

Ohio Stadium = National Historic Landmark

First of its kind in this sport. That alone should put it much higher on the list.

I agree with you all. I think you guys are a top ten stadium and I have never been there. The author might have a few screws loose to say the texas tech is a better venue. I agree Air Force and Army are good stadiums but to say its better than you all is crazy.

I do agree with Michigan being top 3 ;)

Looking at all the comments though.....it's easy to see why they did this.

Even an Indiana fan called him out on his article and objectively said that they do not belong where he has them ranked....

Of coarse the intent of the article was deliberate....look at the attention they're getting...

That's exactly why they did what they did.

Yeah, if you ranked bama anywhere but first on that list, look out! Their fans would be hunting down your trees!

Same way in Ann Arbor. They tried to overdo it last year though by only having noon games in November. The Air Force and umass games were at 3:30 and the iowa and northwestern games were at noon which I thought was stupid.

I can't wait to have one night game per year now though. Has osu been talking about that?

Complete and utter joke..f-ing fools

This "one man's perspective" B.S. is just that plain and simple.

Even I wouldn't rank the Shoe as being amongst the most unique and enthralling experiences--not yet at least. But no way should anyone with even half a brain and half logic have us ranked at #27 either. That's crazy.

And to think he even had IU ranked ahead of us tells us where he's coming from.

And while Alabama may have some of the most loyal and passionate fans, I've never heard anyone--anyone that is who's been to numerous stadiums throughout college football ever cite Bryant Denny as the best. And likewise for South Bend.

No doubt that Lincoln Memorial (Nebraska), Camp Randall, Beaver Stadium, Autzen should be ranked up there but so too should LSU's Tiger Stadium (how that wasn't ranked higher I don't understand either). And the Big House? C'mon! One night game in school history against a pourous ND defense in the 2011 season and it's supposed to be in the Top 3? Please!

As far as ARK fans go, I can attest to that. They were every bit as rabid and crazed as any we've faced off against in recent memory. Just recall how they were during the Sugar Bowl two years ago

having been to every B1G stadium / campus & many others across the country including the Rose ,Sugar, Orange, the old cotton bowl, FSU, the swamp , Colorado , TT , Bama , Arkansas , Auburn, ND & Clemson ...I really dont get the criteria used to establish this list - also been to Nippert (UC) more recently & how they managed to even make the list is comical BUT...anyway...my bias towards Ohio Stadium caused me to compare all other stadiums to it...but still there is no way that it should be so far down...if size is a factor then you would drop many of those in front of tOSU...crazy to think that Army's stadium is somehow more of an experience then tOSU...I haven't been there BUT...common sense should prevail

One of the criteria they used was their benefit for the amount of money they spent. Now we do not know if they went to the skull session or saw the entrance of the band. We know they were in the stadium on game day and that is it. Fortunately for me I have lived in various parts of the country and have been to over 60 college football stadiums from the size of Mount Union to the size of Community College of Ann Whore. I have been to some like ND and the Shoe, Texas Tech, Florida, theU, Texas and Texas A&M more than once. I do not like their ranking but that is only my opinion. The reason for my opinion is the quality of football I have seen in the stadiums. To me that has a lot to do with your total game day experience. Also if you go to ND and do not get there early enough to walk down to the grotto or visit the convocation center and library you are limiting yourself. If you attend a buckeye game and not take the time to walk through some of the tailgate parties, go to the skull session and get in the stadium to watch the entrance of TBDBITL you will not get the same feeling of the game day. The Swamp was nothing other than basking in the sunshine--that was probably the biggest disappointment. I did have a lot of fun in Baton Rouge and Death Valley. South Carolina was nothing to write home about nor was the cocktail party in Jacksonville. However Georgia was a good experience back in Atlanta. I spent an entire day on Campus and then went to Bryant Deny stadium and it was not any better than a normal day in Columbus. I was there for a Florida Bama game. Nuts in the stadium.

It would be difficult to rate one over another but I think Todd Blackledge does a great job by finding the best restaurant in the area and spending time there. I did try that in Georgia and in Oklahoma as well as Texas. I even drove to San Angelo for a small school game so I could eat at Zetners a Great steak house. The food was better than the game. Now living in Las Vegas, I will visit several of the Pack 12 Schools and see some of them first hand. I have been to SC and UCLA but not the other schools. My first will be Cal in September this year.

I quit reading this garbage when I saw Indiana's stadium ahead of the Shoe...