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Speaker 1: of the Pac twelve Apostles podcast with George Rice Stir

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Speaker 1: and Ralph Ampson. Ralph, I was torn up this week,

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Speaker 1: Millionaire coaches who leave whenever they want to leave have

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Speaker 1: Because there's a finite amount of time and a window.

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Speaker 1: What is the point in this? Like, I understand, Oh,

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Speaker 1: Guess what, You're paid millions of dollars to overcome this.

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Speaker 1: If not, then you're not as great as you said

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Speaker 1: one driving them is. And uh, the University of Arizona

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00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,199
Speaker 1: has never been to a Rose Bowl. They've had some

432
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,240
Speaker 1: really good teams. That Desert storm defense is one that

433
00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 1: I think back fondly on you know a Lance Briggs,

434
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,959
Speaker 1: Antonio Pierce and and and all that. UM. But the

435
00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,560
Speaker 1: truth is, you know, I've been out there to this

436
00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,919
Speaker 1: stadium and they got the signs posted up that says like,

437
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,359
Speaker 1: you know, don't feed the bats or whatever. You know,

438
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,760
Speaker 1: I've I've been in there. I've been in there with

439
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,000
Speaker 1: people who have thought the bathroom lines were too long.

440
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,479
Speaker 1: And you can sort of sneak underneath the elevator column

441
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,680
Speaker 1: and you know, and and and and take take a

442
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 1: leak under the bleachers. Uh. You know, the turf is.

443
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 1: The turf is cool, uh for a lot of stadiums.

444
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,520
Speaker 1: But the truth is, um, you know, you're out in

445
00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,720
Speaker 1: the middle of Arizona. You're getting plenty of son you know,

446
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: something about playing on grass is just a little bit better.

447
00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:41,119
Speaker 1: UM for me. The surrounding area isn't all that great.

448
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:45,440
Speaker 1: There's there hasn't been a lot of really memorable performances

449
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,200
Speaker 1: of other teams coming in and visiting. You know, people

450
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,960
Speaker 1: don't really get excited to come in and play. University

451
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 1: of Arizona two Sons got some really really nice areas, UM,

452
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,159
Speaker 1: but not necessarily where the stadium is. You know that

453
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,040
Speaker 1: when I think of you Aniversity of Arizona Stadium. I

454
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,040
Speaker 1: think of the the only thing across this just that

455
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:10,480
Speaker 1: circle k Um that's right there, right across the street

456
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,960
Speaker 1: where people kind of party and hang out in front

457
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,439
Speaker 1: of a circle k um tailgating there is kind of

458
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:20,720
Speaker 1: pretty cool. Um. But just as far as the stadium goes,

459
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,240
Speaker 1: and the field and the fact that you just you

460
00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 1: get destroyed by the sun out there, and that it's

461
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: not real grass, and that the crowd doesn't always show up,

462
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:35,879
Speaker 1: I've got Arizona Stadium in my number twelve spot. Wow. Wow, Ralph,

463
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,959
Speaker 1: you are gonna be accused of of all types of

464
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 1: Arizona hate. I do not have Arizona in the Judash spot.

465
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 1: I have Stanford at number twelve in the Judas spot

466
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,439
Speaker 1: because no matter how great Stanford is, Stanford could have

467
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,680
Speaker 1: the number one team in the country and they won't

468
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,920
Speaker 1: sell out. I know that they have a big stadium.

469
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 1: What is it like almost ninety thousand, it's huge, but

470
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 1: like no matter I mean, Stanford could literally have the

471
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,680
Speaker 1: number one team in the country and they wouldn't sell out,

472
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 1: and the and the crowd would not be loud. I mean,

473
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 1: the the interest is not just there. The school doesn't

474
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: support it as much as it should. That's why Stanford

475
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: comes in at number twelve. For me, it's just like

476
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 1: there's no ambiance, there's nothing to remember. It is super

477
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 1: forgettable when you go up in there, like it's nice,

478
00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,439
Speaker 1: it's cool, but like you're not gonna leave and say,

479
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I cannot wait to get back to

480
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: Stanford Stadium. Nobody says that, Like, nobody's like, oh man,

481
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,400
Speaker 1: I gotta get back to Stanford. That was amazing. Yo.

482
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,920
Speaker 1: If you're a college football fan, you have to catch

483
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: a game at Stanford. Nobody has ever said that. That's

484
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,560
Speaker 1: why Stanford comes in at number twelve for me. Who

485
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 1: you got at eleven? I'll go ahead and give you that,

486
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,120
Speaker 1: I'll say, I'll say Stanford. I like the Bowl. Look um,

487
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 1: so I they're the esteate took of it is nice.

488
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 1: They've been playing there for a really long time. They're

489
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 1: gonna have a hard time selling out because their enrollment

490
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,240
Speaker 1: is less than the next school. And that's going to

491
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 1: sound like a weird excuse because obviously, you know, University

492
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 1: of Oregon is I think second on that list, and

493
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 1: they don't have a hard time getting people in there

494
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,880
Speaker 1: for good games. UM. But I do like the bowl look.

495
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,240
Speaker 1: I like sort of the amount of I think that

496
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 1: the end zone seats second deck are are actually kind

497
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 1: of pretty nice. Um. You know. I like the the

498
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: end zone, just the big white block Stanford letters in

499
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:35,439
Speaker 1: the end zone. I kind of like that. You know

500
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: what to expect, um, But there's nothing spectacular about it.

501
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: There's nothing that really stands out. I went to the

502
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 1: stadium for the first time, um last year. Uh, and

503
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 1: I gotta say that, Um, I like that sort of

504
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 1: athletic village where everything is located. But there wasn't really

505
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 1: anything about that stadium that, uh that really stood out

506
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 1: to me. I know, didn't They had a Super Bowl

507
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 1: out there in the late eighties and not really much

508
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:07,200
Speaker 1: else has gone on their sense, and so I'll keep

509
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: them out of the Judas spot, but I will give

510
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 1: them number eleven. Uh, number eleven for me. I'm staying

511
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 1: in the Bay Area. I got Cal at number eleven. Cal. Yes,

512
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 1: they're doing a renovation on the stadium, all of it,

513
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 1: but it's a it was a dump, dude. And the

514
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: fans don't show up either. They're like, this is not

515
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: a case where like Stanford fans are much better than

516
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,320
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, CAW fans are much better than Stanford fans.

517
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 1: So I do not want to put these people in

518
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,720
Speaker 1: the same boat. Two different types of people. And when

519
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 1: Cal is good, the crowd does have a little bit

520
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: of an impact on the outcome of the game. But

521
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 1: Cal hasn't really put together enough consecutive years of having

522
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: a really good team, which they're trying to do now.

523
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 1: So this year, if Cal fans go up and show out,

524
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 1: they will have an opportunity to move up the list.

525
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,000
Speaker 1: I'll keep in in tradition with you here and I'll say,

526
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: uh that that Cal for me comes in at number ten.

527
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:17,080
Speaker 1: Although I really do like the surrounding landscape. It's sort

528
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 1: of gotta Arizona State University feel with like the beauty

529
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 1: uh intruding onto the stadium. Also the rose bowls kind

530
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,800
Speaker 1: of like that. Um the weather, the weather is good,

531
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 1: the field looks good, so I can't I can't hate it.

532
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,719
Speaker 1: They've done sort of a lot of renovations. I mean,

533
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: they're just fresh off a huge one just like ten

534
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 1: years ago that lasted several years, and so I mean

535
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: the fact that they feel like they still need to

536
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,959
Speaker 1: keep doing this is um. You know, it's it's not

537
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 1: so great. The play on the field hasn't been all

538
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,040
Speaker 1: that good. You know that it was definitely fun you

539
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: watching Jared Goff out there, but they weren't able to

540
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 1: do all that much UM with him. The fans are

541
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 1: probably my favorite part um and UH And unfortunately I

542
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: won't be able to get out there for that Arizona

543
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 1: State CAL game this year is being played on a

544
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: Friday night, which is absolute insanity. Uh. The college football

545
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 1: belongs on Saturdays. UM. But you know, I will say that,

546
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 1: I will say that there are things that I like,

547
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 1: especially the surrounding landscape. The surrounding area uh is very beautiful. UM.

548
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 1: And the fans are good. The ones who show up

549
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 1: are are are good, but they're still sitting at like

550
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: a sixty three thousand seat capacity in a stadium that

551
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,479
Speaker 1: would probably be better to have maybe forty five if

552
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: we're being honest. Um. And at number ten, I have

553
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: Colorado at number ten. Ouch. Yeah, I mean Boulder first

554
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 1: of all cities, cool, good food there, got it's got

555
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 1: some stuff going for it. But since they've been in

556
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: the Pact twelve, they've had zero impact on winning and

557
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 1: losing of fans don't have a whole lot to cheer about.

558
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 1: And this is a team, this is a city, so

559
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 1: where when the team is good, these are great fans.

560
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: They're not kind of good. They are great fans. They

561
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,120
Speaker 1: have they rallied behind their team for a long time

562
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: when they were in a big twelve and now they

563
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 1: need Mail Tucker and his crew need to put a

564
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 1: good product on the field. And this will be one

565
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: of the better home field advantages in the Pact twelve

566
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 1: because there there's altitude, there is um hostile environment. Like

567
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 1: it's got a lot of potential, but for right now

568
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 1: they stay at the ten spot. Okay, I'll come in.

569
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: I'll come in with number nine Martin Stadium, Uh, Washington

570
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 1: State University. And yeah, Washington State at number nine. I do,

571
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 1: I do. And and that's not to say that you know,

572
00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: I'm I'm hating on it or anything like that. You know,

573
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:02,240
Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of that part of the country.

574
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 1: I've won several national championships in the Kiddy Dome of

575
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 1: the University of Idaho just a few miles down the

576
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: road in NT double A football And so, I mean,

577
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,120
Speaker 1: there are a couple of things that I really like

578
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: the rogers Field area right west of the stadium is

579
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 1: pretty cool. Uh. The fact that it's super intimate and

580
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 1: only seats thirty some thousand is kind of nice. On

581
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 1: a cold winter day where there's no snow or anything

582
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: like that, it can be a pretty intimidating an awesome

583
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 1: place to play. Obviously, you know, they have turf because

584
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 1: they kind of have to. Um, but uh, I mean,

585
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: it's not incredibly remarkable for me. It's essentially an FCS

586
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 1: stadium at the FBS level, right, and so there can

587
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: be some mystique there. But just in the state of

588
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: Washington alone, I'd rather have a more unique experience of

589
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 1: watching the game at Eastern Washington on a red field,

590
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: you know, or or be Seattle in the middle of

591
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 1: a bustling metropolitan area that still really respects the you know,

592
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 1: the tradition of football. Um. You know, it's it's cool

593
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: that it's probably the most no I like the college towns.

594
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: And we'll get into that a little bit more later

595
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,279
Speaker 1: that and that's probably my my actual favorite thing about

596
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 1: this stadium is that it's part of the actual campus.

597
00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:22,799
Speaker 1: I think it's interesting that, you know, Mike Leach went

598
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 1: from Texas Tech to Pullman, where you know, the campuses

599
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,279
Speaker 1: are sort of structured the exact same where everything is

600
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,879
Speaker 1: sort of you know built around uh the athletic complexes, um.

601
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 1: But there's nothing special in me. I got family and

602
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 1: Spokane m up there all the time, and it's just

603
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,840
Speaker 1: it's FCS stadium at SCS level. Like I go to

604
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 1: a North Dakota State game over a game im Pullman,

605
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,960
Speaker 1: and that's not it's not disrespect. It's still a lot

606
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 1: of fun, but there's nothing remarkable in comparison to the

607
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 1: other stadiums. In the fact, well, okay, number nine, I

608
00:34:54,920 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 1: have Arizona State. Arizona State stadium sits in number nine

609
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:08,720
Speaker 1: spot on the twelve because it's it's like I don't

610
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:13,399
Speaker 1: from my experience playing there. I've been two games there

611
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 1: and I've also played there. I played there against the

612
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:23,279
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. I played there with the Oregon Ducks. Like that,

613
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 1: this is the stadium to where there is. It doesn't

614
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: really have a big impact on winning and losing, aside

615
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 1: from if it's if you play a day game. If

616
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 1: the the Arizona State fans are allowed, they are committed.

617
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,720
Speaker 1: I like the fans because we're gonna rank the fans

618
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: on another episode. So this is not the fans, This

619
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: is just the stadium and their and their stadium is

620
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: just okay. Like I don't I don't think it's anything remarkable. However,

621
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: it is better than Colorado's in terms of impact on

622
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:06,560
Speaker 1: winning and losing, cal and Stanford as well. Like, it

623
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,359
Speaker 1: is way better than all of those three at this

624
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 1: point in time. I got a s U at number nine, alright, alright,

625
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: s and so that brings me to my number eight.

626
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: Uh and from my number eight, I'm probably this is

627
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 1: awful because they belong higher. But this is income comparison

628
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: to everything else that you know that I've seen in

629
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,320
Speaker 1: the pack swell and I'm going to go research stadium,

630
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: uh in Core Pallas. Yeah, it's uh, you know what

631
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,920
Speaker 1: the I really kind of like the way that the

632
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 1: stadium is structured. Um, it is unique, right, and that's

633
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: that's one of the really really cool things about it.

634
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: It's like at sea level, which is pretty wild if

635
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: you play in you know, Salt Lake City to then

636
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 1: have to go you know, play special teams or something

637
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,359
Speaker 1: like that. Uh, you know, seven thousand feet below where

638
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,240
Speaker 1: you're used to and so you know, it's super unique

639
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: in in that way. You know, they played on astro

640
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 1: turf for a really long time, which was which is

641
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 1: pretty funny. Um. The the panel, like the high school

642
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 1: like bleacher section that juts out from the rest of

643
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:26,760
Speaker 1: the the stadium is is sort of jarring. Um uh.

644
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 1: And and also like the stadium just looking like a

645
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 1: giant bowl of Halloween taffy when it's full of students

646
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: wearing like orange, black and white is pretty cool. Um.

647
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: And it just it's a really great looking stadium at night.

648
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 1: It's also a really great looking stadium just when it's empty. Um.

649
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:51,840
Speaker 1: But I mean it's much better since, Yeah, the fans

650
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: that show up do a great job. I have a

651
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 1: feeling that they show up and do a great job.

652
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 1: It's not really much else to be doing. Um. I

653
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 1: love I do love the college atmosphere. That definitely makes

654
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 1: me seem like a hater of college towns when when

655
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 1: all else has sort of put together. Um. I also

656
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: love that they that it used to be a much

657
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 1: smaller stadium. They've expanded it over time, and now that

658
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,840
Speaker 1: you know, might be start time, they could probably actually

659
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 1: sustain a forty four thousand seats stadium from here until

660
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 1: until the end of time, but just not a lot

661
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: of meaningful. I mean, come up with the best game

662
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 1: you've ever think you know was played there, and it's

663
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: it's just not you know there. It's not going to

664
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 1: be in your list of if we did a twelve

665
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 1: on best pack twelve games ever played, they're not gonna

666
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 1: have any on there. So, um, you know, I, I

667
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 1: don't know. It's fun, but there's nothing that would put

668
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 1: it above the other seven schools I have on my list.

669
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:52,359
Speaker 1: Number eight for me is University of Arizona. I may

670
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 1: have a it's only number eight, but I this stadium

671
00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 1: probably has a near and dear place to my heart.

672
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 1: This the first touchdown that I ever caught was in

673
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 1: Arizona Stadium, and in Arizona was pretty good at the time.

674
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,720
Speaker 1: The crowd was pretty hostile, so my experience playing there

675
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,879
Speaker 1: was was Arizona being super competitive and we were really

676
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: good at the time, So Arizona also wanted to you know,

677
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:23,799
Speaker 1: when you're one of the best teams in the pack

678
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:25,880
Speaker 1: Pack twelve, I think we won the Pack twelve twice

679
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 1: and tied once while I was there. So when you're

680
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: the upper echelon teams, you get everybody's best shot. So

681
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 1: I got a chance to see a lot of the

682
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,919
Speaker 1: best parts of these stadiums, and I got a chance

683
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: to see the best part of Arizona Stadium as a player.

684
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,879
Speaker 1: And I've been down there to go see Oregon play

685
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 1: after and the fans show up, particularly for that Oregon game. Like,

686
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 1: I haven't seen Arizona play Washington State in Arizona, So

687
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,839
Speaker 1: my experience is the best part of Arizona. So that's

688
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: why I got them at number eight. You're gonna love

689
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 1: this one. My number seven is It's Memorial Colosseum in

690
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 1: l A. Okay, I don't. I don't care for it.

691
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 1: I've never I've never really liked it's it's like a

692
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 1: giant It reminds me of uh steroid it up California

693
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: High School Stadium because they're of the way that they're

694
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,799
Speaker 1: all sort of like bulls. Um. The stuff with the colosseum,

695
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,320
Speaker 1: with like the pillars out front and everything like that,

696
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 1: that's that's really cool and incredibly unique. Um, but the

697
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: rest of it it just it just I don't know.

698
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: I'm not a huge fan of l A in general,

699
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:39,280
Speaker 1: and it feels very l A, like a concrete jungle.

700
00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 1: The football is usually always pretty good. You're gonna get

701
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 1: a great show there. Um. But again, some of my

702
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,399
Speaker 1: favorite places to watch a concert. You know, they look

703
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: like dumps, but the sound guy is really good. And

704
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 1: you know that. The couple of times that I've been

705
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 1: out there, there in the middle of a huge renovation

706
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 1: right now, so it hasn't been the most positive experience

707
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 1: media wise. Um, you know, the surrounding area is actually

708
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 1: probably my favorite part of it. You I hear a

709
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: lot of people sort of you know, hate on the

710
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 1: fact that it's it's a little bit you know, urban

711
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:13,320
Speaker 1: and right in the middle of I actually like that.

712
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 1: I think that's awesome. Um. You know, I love people

713
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 1: out there just charging people to park in your in

714
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 1: your driveway or whatever. But the actual stadium itself, like,

715
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,840
Speaker 1: come on, you know, I've seen I've seen plenty. If

716
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 1: if we're gonna be in l A watching football, you know,

717
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,360
Speaker 1: I'll want some amenities. I hate to be boogie or

718
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: fancy or whatever. Um, but it's just, you know, it's

719
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,920
Speaker 1: just a bowl with a bunch of people. You are

720
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 1: a big city guy, Ralph. You are not a man

721
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,800
Speaker 1: of the people. You are a big city man. But

722
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 1: you're saying that, but I'm still putting the biggest city

723
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 1: stadium at number seven, you know, and I don't know.

724
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,759
Speaker 1: I just there. There's nothing about being there besides the

725
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,479
Speaker 1: play on the field that I mean, if if any

726
00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:59,439
Speaker 1: other team was that good, if you put that level

727
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: of play in Boulder or in Utah, I have a

728
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,799
Speaker 1: much better time than I do when when I'm out

729
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 1: of the call seam Okay, number seven from me, I

730
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 1: got research Stadium. Salad Bowl Stadium in corvallis the reason

731
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 1: why it's low on this list. Actually it probably it

732
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 1: could have been lower except for the fan experience is

733
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: like they have incredible fans. The people who love the

734
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:29,799
Speaker 1: Beavers are real Beaver fans. There there's no bandwagon because

735
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 1: there's nothing to jump on. So you have to be

736
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: committed and you have to be committed to live in Corvallis, Oregon.

737
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 1: In Oregon, Oregon Ducks are the big dog. So for

738
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 1: people to be committed to Oregon State, these are loyal

739
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:49,799
Speaker 1: people who don't give up in the tough times. And

740
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: I played and I played against them when they were good,

741
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:57,959
Speaker 1: when they had t J. Who's hush Manzada Chad Uh yeah,

742
00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 1: Chad Owen, I'm a Chad Oh. I forgot yeah, I

743
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,319
Speaker 1: forgot his name. That's how crazy it is. He's been

744
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: You've been oko for so long, Chad Johnson. When they

745
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:14,279
Speaker 1: had him, they had you know, so many Ken Simonton,

746
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 1: all these o g s from Oregon State, and the

747
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 1: stadium was rocking. This was even when it was little,

748
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 1: and it created a significant home field advantage. That's why

749
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:28,400
Speaker 1: I put Research Stadium and Salad Bowl Stadium at the

750
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 1: number seven spots my number six. So we're getting into

751
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 1: the top half. Uh Son Neville Stadium the one I've

752
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 1: been to probably more than any other stadium anywhere in

753
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:41,440
Speaker 1: the world. And I think the reason that I have

754
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 1: it lower on my list is it just sort of

755
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: it's got some identity issues right now. Like playing in

756
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:51,760
Speaker 1: between the Beautes is a really cool thing. The fact

757
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: that it's an open air stadium with natural grass is

758
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 1: something that I absolutely love. I grew up going to

759
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 1: it when it was just sort of ghetto, seventy seven

760
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:05,759
Speaker 1: thousand seats, all bleachers, get frying egg out there. They

761
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 1: had just all the only things separating you and the

762
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 1: players was a chain link fence. Uh you know that

763
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 1: kind of stuff cracked me up, Like I I loved

764
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:16,319
Speaker 1: it that it sort of had that identity. And now,

765
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 1: like much of Tempe and much of Arizona, you know,

766
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,759
Speaker 1: the money came in and modernized everything. Um. So I

767
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:26,359
Speaker 1: mean they got state of the art everything there. Uh,

768
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:28,600
Speaker 1: and so it's a it's a it's an absolute brand

769
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,359
Speaker 1: new place. They got a bunch of sky boxes where

770
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,320
Speaker 1: you can just hang out with people and not even

771
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 1: watch the game, which I don't think really contributes to

772
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 1: the best um the best stadium atmosphere. They just killed

773
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 1: an experiment where they split the student section put half

774
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:43,360
Speaker 1: of it in one's end zone and half of it

775
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 1: in the other. That was maybe getting a little bit

776
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:48,520
Speaker 1: too cute, and so they had to move that back.

777
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 1: They removed thirty thousand seats, and so a bunch of

778
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,359
Speaker 1: people who had sat in a certain place for ten

779
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,120
Speaker 1: twenty years all sort of got displaced. So that's a

780
00:44:56,160 --> 00:45:00,279
Speaker 1: little bit annoying. Um, with all these Debbie down there's,

781
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:03,359
Speaker 1: they should not be at number six on the list.

782
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:06,040
Speaker 1: They should be like number they should be near near

783
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 1: Judas level. But I'll give you this. Here are the

784
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,839
Speaker 1: two things that are my absolute favorite about the stadium. Uh.

785
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 1: Thing Number one is it's got for me. It's the

786
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:19,359
Speaker 1: best playing surface in the whole conference they I mean,

787
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:22,399
Speaker 1: and the guy who's in charge of, you know, doing

788
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:24,479
Speaker 1: the grass out there is somebody who gets to work

789
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,520
Speaker 1: on like every single Super Bowl, uh and train people

790
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:32,080
Speaker 1: all of the country. So then the natural grass is fantastic. Um.

791
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:35,279
Speaker 1: The thing that I've always cracked up about is it's

792
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:39,320
Speaker 1: right underneath the airport, so you get flyovers all game long,

793
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 1: and if somebody scores a touchdown while planes flying over there,

794
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,920
Speaker 1: you've got people firing off fireworks from the mountain right

795
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:49,759
Speaker 1: underneath the seven, which is always a little bit of

796
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:53,400
Speaker 1: a spectacle and and cracks me up. And then and

797
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:57,319
Speaker 1: and the additions of the statue of Tillman in the

798
00:45:57,400 --> 00:45:59,880
Speaker 1: end zone is one of those things that I think is,

799
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 1: you know, twenty years from now, people are gonna be

800
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,280
Speaker 1: talking about, you know, people who played in the stadium

801
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: and scored a touchdown in that end zone, you know,

802
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:09,680
Speaker 1: and just like looking Pat Tilman in the I after

803
00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 1: you score a touchdown, you know, those are some pretty

804
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: incredible things. And so there's a lot of good and

805
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 1: I'm watching the stadium transition the sort of glow up

806
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:23,320
Speaker 1: as the kids say, and uh and and I'm probably

807
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 1: more of a fan of when it it there there

808
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 1: was less money involved, um, but just the playing surface

809
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:33,600
Speaker 1: alone and just a night game out there can can

810
00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:38,400
Speaker 1: be pretty fantastic. So that's why I got it number six. Okay,

811
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: my number six team is your number seventea. Memorial Coliseum,

812
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 1: USC Trojans. Where they play. Where you think Arizona State

813
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,600
Speaker 1: has the best playing surface. I think USC has the

814
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 1: best playing surface. They're one of the few fields. Um,

815
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:58,800
Speaker 1: if you've never been on a football field, there's the

816
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:01,920
Speaker 1: sessting as a crown. Pretty much all stadiums have a

817
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,040
Speaker 1: crown in the center of the field, so like where

818
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:07,960
Speaker 1: it's raised up a little bit in the center. And

819
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:11,839
Speaker 1: USC is the most flat field I've ever been on.

820
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:15,120
Speaker 1: And the first time I stepped in that stadium ran around,

821
00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: I was like, wow, this is like it's nice, Like

822
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,960
Speaker 1: it's like the grass was so nice. It was fast.

823
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 1: The only problem I have with USC is it is

824
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:28,800
Speaker 1: quite as a church mouse in there. Unless USC scores

825
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 1: a touchdown, it is a church mouse. You will have

826
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:34,840
Speaker 1: people in there. If you were to stand up all game,

827
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 1: people would say sit down. Can you please sit down?

828
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:39,760
Speaker 1: Can you please sit down the way we can see?

829
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: No stand up. It's a damn football game. Like, I

830
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:49,839
Speaker 1: do not understand why fans in certain places want you

831
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 1: to sit down during a football game. I understand you

832
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:55,879
Speaker 1: paid for your seats, but this is a college game.

833
00:47:56,280 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: Get excited, be fanatical, like stand up like like try

834
00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 1: going to the teams at the top five on this list,

835
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:09,240
Speaker 1: on my list. If you try to stand up, I'm sorry.

836
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:12,840
Speaker 1: If you try to sit down all game, you won't

837
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,560
Speaker 1: see the game except for one except for one place,

838
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:19,040
Speaker 1: you will not see the game. So that's why USC

839
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:25,240
Speaker 1: s at number six. I have I've got fulsome field

840
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 1: in Boulder and my number five. And I know you

841
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:32,600
Speaker 1: had them low. Yes, I had to be number ten. Yeah, yeah,

842
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,839
Speaker 1: I've got I've got them at five. Uh. There are

843
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:39,120
Speaker 1: two things. There are two things about this stadium that

844
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:43,239
Speaker 1: are just flat out dangerous. It really feels like the

845
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:47,279
Speaker 1: backfield house is about to collapse. And um, and when

846
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,160
Speaker 1: you are actually playing on the field or on the sideline,

847
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,560
Speaker 1: if you're on the bench and you're standing on the sideline,

848
00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:55,360
Speaker 1: it's only about two yards between you and the crowd.

849
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:59,600
Speaker 1: So I mean those two things are are are a

850
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:01,920
Speaker 1: little bit if e when it comes to the construction

851
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:04,480
Speaker 1: of the stadium. We saw nikiel Harry get blown up

852
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:07,240
Speaker 1: last year and injured when a player had no choice

853
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,960
Speaker 1: but to run behind the entire bench on a punt

854
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:12,680
Speaker 1: and came, you know, came off the bench and just

855
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:15,399
Speaker 1: blew up Nikil Harry on the sideline knocked him out

856
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:17,120
Speaker 1: of the game. You know that that kind of stuff

857
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:20,719
Speaker 1: is not so great, um, But what is great is

858
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:25,600
Speaker 1: you really can't get anything like this stadium anywhere else. Uh.

859
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:28,960
Speaker 1: It's all brick um, which is is just a really

860
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,799
Speaker 1: really cool aesthetic from the outside um. And then you know,

861
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 1: you have the mountains in the background. The Boulders are

862
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,799
Speaker 1: pretty wild place. It is a college town. Even though

863
00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:41,480
Speaker 1: there's maybe a little bit more money uh in Boulder

864
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 1: than there is in a lot of other college towns,

865
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,959
Speaker 1: it's still a really really good time and especially when

866
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,319
Speaker 1: there's any inkling that this team might be any good

867
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:53,360
Speaker 1: at all. Uh, you know, they they really really have

868
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,480
Speaker 1: a good time out there. And what's even more fun

869
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 1: is when they're not very good, the fans that do

870
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:00,600
Speaker 1: show up are still loud and rowdy and you know

871
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,560
Speaker 1: and crazy and everything like that. So how how loud

872
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 1: twenty thousand people can be. Yeah, I got you, I

873
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:11,439
Speaker 1: got you. You know, they they they do bring it. Um.

874
00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: You know, in the last few years, they've still had

875
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:18,759
Speaker 1: a pretty decent crowd sizes. Um, you know, forty six

876
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:21,640
Speaker 1: and forty seven thousand in two thousand sixteen and two

877
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:25,839
Speaker 1: thousand seventeen, which were pretty big jumps from McEntire's first

878
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:28,799
Speaker 1: three years there. Uh And so you know that when

879
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:32,080
Speaker 1: they are winning, they definitely do show up. Uh. And

880
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:33,920
Speaker 1: I think any time that you have more than forty

881
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:37,360
Speaker 1: five thousand fans in that stadium, it's just awesome. And

882
00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:39,600
Speaker 1: then running Ralphie is I mean, you're not going to

883
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:43,279
Speaker 1: get anything like that. So I mean that's I no

884
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:45,240
Speaker 1: matter how many times I've been, I've covered three games

885
00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:47,640
Speaker 1: out there, I've been to other games in that stadium,

886
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:50,279
Speaker 1: everybody is just totally you know, if you could hear

887
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:52,440
Speaker 1: a pin drop when that buffalo comes out on the field.

888
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:55,320
Speaker 1: So um, you know, for for those reasons, that's my

889
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:59,120
Speaker 1: number five. I may have not given them enough credit

890
00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:02,759
Speaker 1: for Ralphie. I did not consider Ralphie because that is

891
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:06,840
Speaker 1: a unique fan experience. My number five, though, was Husky Stadium,

892
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:10,840
Speaker 1: the Washington Huskies. They gotta, they gotta. They got a

893
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:16,040
Speaker 1: nice new stadium. It's cute, it's pretty, it's loud. It's

894
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:21,160
Speaker 1: it's loud reigns there, you know, like and there is

895
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:27,799
Speaker 1: a significant home field advantage there. It is loud. It

896
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:32,200
Speaker 1: is like their their fans are rabbit, their route, they

897
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:36,240
Speaker 1: are all the things that you want out of your fans,

898
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:40,720
Speaker 1: and they do a really good job. And the team's

899
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:44,080
Speaker 1: really good right now, so of course they're they're super

900
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:48,600
Speaker 1: excited about that. So that just brings another Like the

901
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:52,759
Speaker 1: stadium has a lot of intangibles. Only downside, you know,

902
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:55,240
Speaker 1: it's a little bit cold, but who cares. It's football

903
00:51:56,719 --> 00:52:00,680
Speaker 1: and the and then the you know, and then the

904
00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:05,200
Speaker 1: obvious thing. It is Washington. It is. It is the Huskies.

905
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:08,160
Speaker 1: But I'm not gonna rank their stadium any lower just

906
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:10,800
Speaker 1: just because they are the Huskies. But doesn't do you

907
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:14,400
Speaker 1: think that hostility should be part of the appeal? I

908
00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:17,000
Speaker 1: mean yes, for sure, that's that's part of the reason

909
00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:19,040
Speaker 1: why they're so high on the list. They have a

910
00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:21,880
Speaker 1: new stadium and they're still high on the list. Like

911
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,399
Speaker 1: that's the thing. This isn't a you know, like a

912
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:28,560
Speaker 1: fifty year old historic stadium. No, this this thing, this

913
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:31,040
Speaker 1: thing has still got the new car smeil on it,

914
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:36,399
Speaker 1: I would say, I mean, yeah, they're there. I'm I'm

915
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:39,279
Speaker 1: struggling here because I want to I want to have

916
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 1: Washington even higher, um than I do. Uh. And to me,

917
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:47,319
Speaker 1: I think any anybody who's in the top six is

918
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:49,879
Speaker 1: you know, these are all really great. They're all really

919
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:51,920
Speaker 1: great places to watch football. It's just a matter of

920
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:54,640
Speaker 1: what your personal opinion is. But I guess I'll go

921
00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:57,839
Speaker 1: ahead and put Husky Stadium at my number four, even

922
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:01,000
Speaker 1: though I'm tempted to put them even higher because whoever

923
00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:05,400
Speaker 1: designed the stadium putting of the people that sit in

924
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:09,080
Speaker 1: your stadium in between the end zones was a hell

925
00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:14,240
Speaker 1: of an idea. Like that place gets loud, loud, loud,

926
00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:17,799
Speaker 1: and I mean it does so you don't really get

927
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:20,480
Speaker 1: like the snow, but it can get really really cold.

928
00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:23,120
Speaker 1: I mean, if you don't come into that place ready

929
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:25,520
Speaker 1: to play, you're gonna get your butt kick. And it's

930
00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:29,080
Speaker 1: just the the advantage that's designed. Uh, that's there because

931
00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:31,640
Speaker 1: of the design of the stadium, the fact that the

932
00:53:31,680 --> 00:53:34,080
Speaker 1: fans are into it, even though they had a really

933
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:37,719
Speaker 1: really putrid stretch not that long ago. The fans are

934
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:41,320
Speaker 1: still really really into the games. Um. The color scheme

935
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:43,000
Speaker 1: is pretty cool. Where else are you going to get

936
00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:46,560
Speaker 1: just a giant, you know, wave of of of purple

937
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:49,400
Speaker 1: and gold. Uh and and and the way it clashes

938
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:53,200
Speaker 1: against the green field is always pretty unique. UM. Surrounding

939
00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:58,560
Speaker 1: area is absolutely fantastic. UM. You know. Uh, it's the

940
00:53:58,600 --> 00:54:00,400
Speaker 1: fact that you can have a big city and a

941
00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:03,279
Speaker 1: college field is really cool. You know. They bring that

942
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:07,040
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks energy and not having that team anymore, they

943
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 1: you know, it's maybe one of the only places I've

944
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,160
Speaker 1: seen that dispersed all that energy they had for their

945
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:13,920
Speaker 1: pro basketball team into every other thing that they had

946
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:17,840
Speaker 1: going on. UM. And so you know, I would I

947
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:22,800
Speaker 1: do anything at that stadium, a concert, um, monster trucks, whatever,

948
00:54:22,920 --> 00:54:26,040
Speaker 1: Just any excuse to be out there would be fantastic.

949
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:30,120
Speaker 1: That city has something in common with a lot of

950
00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:34,120
Speaker 1: the other places. It is a big city, huge metropolis, biggs,

951
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:38,400
Speaker 1: big city grow. Well, we'll see, we'll see about that.

952
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:40,239
Speaker 1: You'll see when you see my top three. But I

953
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:42,719
Speaker 1: will say that the the only downside would be when

954
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:45,560
Speaker 1: you're there, it feels like you're at a professional game,

955
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:48,120
Speaker 1: so that that that to me would be the only

956
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:50,080
Speaker 1: thing keeping it from being in my top three is

957
00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:53,239
Speaker 1: I've never I've always went to two games at the

958
00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:56,440
Speaker 1: University of Washington and thought to myself, Oh, we're playing

959
00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:59,839
Speaker 1: like a neutral site game, like this is a pro stadium. Yeah,

960
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:03,319
Speaker 1: that makes that makes sense. At number four, I have

961
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:10,680
Speaker 1: Martin Stadium in the Poulouse in Pullman, Washington. The Washington

962
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:19,000
Speaker 1: State Huskies, the Washington State Huskies, oh gosh, Washington State Cougars.

963
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:23,600
Speaker 1: They are this stadium, mind you. When I was at Oregon,

964
00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:27,080
Speaker 1: we played their three years in a row, three years

965
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:29,719
Speaker 1: in a row in November. Tell me how the back

966
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,840
Speaker 1: ten at that point in time schedule allowed that to happen.

967
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:35,279
Speaker 1: And we played there three years in a row. So

968
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:38,680
Speaker 1: I'm very, very familiar with the stadium. It is small,

969
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:43,759
Speaker 1: it is intimate, but these people like the fan experience

970
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:49,080
Speaker 1: there is pretty incredible because they play better there then

971
00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:53,200
Speaker 1: they do anywhere else, and there is a bigger home field.

972
00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 1: I think that they have one of the biggest home

973
00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:59,560
Speaker 1: field advantages in the entire Pact twelve that a game

974
00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:05,800
Speaker 1: against Washington State, it is totally different whether they're playing

975
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:10,600
Speaker 1: in in Pullman or whether they're playing in l a

976
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:16,400
Speaker 1: Eugene Arizona. That it has a significant impact on winning

977
00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:20,040
Speaker 1: and losing. That's why even though it's small, even though

978
00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:22,600
Speaker 1: it's difficult to get to, they're still number four on

979
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:26,520
Speaker 1: the list. Alright, my number three you'd be familiar with.

980
00:56:26,560 --> 00:56:32,200
Speaker 1: It's Auten Uh oh stop it. They could I mean

981
00:56:32,239 --> 00:56:36,439
Speaker 1: they could easily be number one. Uh okay, so as

982
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:38,920
Speaker 1: they should be. Okay, and I I feel you on that.

983
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:40,319
Speaker 1: And then there are some things that I really like

984
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:44,080
Speaker 1: about auts and it's uh it's modern and at the

985
00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:47,160
Speaker 1: same time still feels like a collegiate environment. So that's

986
00:56:47,239 --> 00:56:50,760
Speaker 1: what gave it the edge for me over Husky Stadium. Um,

987
00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:53,359
Speaker 1: and by modern, I mean like extra modern. Like there's

988
00:56:53,400 --> 00:56:56,920
Speaker 1: like a swimming pool in the parking garage, so you

989
00:56:56,960 --> 00:56:59,040
Speaker 1: know they have all the amenities to practice. Field is

990
00:56:59,080 --> 00:57:04,040
Speaker 1: absolutely beautiful, the like where all the players are, you know,

991
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:08,000
Speaker 1: listed in stone, like it's some kind of war memorial

992
00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:12,520
Speaker 1: when you're walking into the stadium, you know, that's absolutely fantastic.

993
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:15,759
Speaker 1: I'm not a big this people kill me for this.

994
00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:17,400
Speaker 1: I don't care. I'm not a big fan of Eugene

995
00:57:17,840 --> 00:57:20,960
Speaker 1: and so the only downside for this stadium for me

996
00:57:21,040 --> 00:57:23,760
Speaker 1: has always been and and take this from somebody who

997
00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:25,760
Speaker 1: you know, grew up outside a trailer park and who

998
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:29,040
Speaker 1: grew up in the town very similar to Eugene. Uh,

999
00:57:29,080 --> 00:57:31,280
Speaker 1: this has always been a Lamborghini in a trailer park

1000
00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:34,800
Speaker 1: for me, Like, it has always been the most beautiful,

1001
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:39,320
Speaker 1: incredible thing in the world. And it's really really, really fantastic,

1002
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:42,160
Speaker 1: But also how did it get there? Like, and it's

1003
00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:44,160
Speaker 1: I guess it's a credit to the surrounding community and

1004
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:46,959
Speaker 1: everything like that, but you know, I just I've never

1005
00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:50,920
Speaker 1: been a big fan of Eugene as a whole in

1006
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:55,640
Speaker 1: comparison to other college towns, and so it's just one

1007
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:58,040
Speaker 1: of those things where it feels like you ever see

1008
00:57:58,080 --> 00:58:01,760
Speaker 1: somebody win the lottery, but they still they still have

1009
00:58:01,960 --> 00:58:05,040
Speaker 1: those they still have those poor dad tendencies, but they're there.

1010
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:07,280
Speaker 1: You can take your boy out the hood, you can't

1011
00:58:07,320 --> 00:58:10,440
Speaker 1: take yeah, So you just, I mean, I'm driving through

1012
00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:11,920
Speaker 1: a town of a bunch of people who look like

1013
00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:15,320
Speaker 1: they're at a Humboldt County, California, which are cool, Like

1014
00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:17,360
Speaker 1: those are my people, and I love them, but it's

1015
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:20,160
Speaker 1: a weird thing to mix with like big time football,

1016
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:22,120
Speaker 1: and so I mean that's the only drawback for me

1017
00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:24,800
Speaker 1: because as as a whole, the stadium, the playing environment,

1018
00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:26,920
Speaker 1: the way that it mixes, you know, the modern and

1019
00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:31,280
Speaker 1: still the collegian environment. Um, you don't get better than

1020
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:33,960
Speaker 1: those things. And so it could be No, it could

1021
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:36,200
Speaker 1: be number one for me if I just didn't, you know,

1022
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:39,000
Speaker 1: grow up in a place like Eugene and not just

1023
00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:44,640
Speaker 1: really care for it all that much. I guess Big

1024
00:58:44,640 --> 00:58:51,680
Speaker 1: City Ralph at number three. I have Utah Stadium. Utah

1025
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:58,920
Speaker 1: Stadium is absolutely um. It is I think the biggest

1026
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:03,520
Speaker 1: in Rice Echoes. Adium has the biggest home field advantage

1027
00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:07,000
Speaker 1: in the Pack twelve. It has the biggest difference in

1028
00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:11,280
Speaker 1: winning and losing. The fans are basically sitting on the stadium.

1029
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:14,720
Speaker 1: I mean it's closer than Austin Stadium used to be.

1030
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:17,440
Speaker 1: Like they are on top of the players. If they

1031
00:59:17,480 --> 00:59:19,400
Speaker 1: wanted to hurt the players, hit the players in the

1032
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:22,480
Speaker 1: top of the head, they could do that from the

1033
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:25,280
Speaker 1: from the first row, maybe maybe from the second row.

1034
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:29,520
Speaker 1: The seats. Uh, this stadium is loud. Playing night games

1035
00:59:29,560 --> 00:59:33,840
Speaker 1: there is incredible. The altitude is a factor. I mean,

1036
00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:36,680
Speaker 1: Utah has proven that they are not the same on

1037
00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:39,120
Speaker 1: the road as they are at home, because there's such

1038
00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:42,960
Speaker 1: a big advantage. That's why Utah comes in at number

1039
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:47,400
Speaker 1: three for me. Okay, my number two is the Rose

1040
00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:52,760
Speaker 1: Bowl and uh, and I think that that's explains itself.

1041
00:59:53,360 --> 00:59:56,640
Speaker 1: It is what it is, you know, the color scheme,

1042
00:59:57,640 --> 01:00:01,920
Speaker 1: the weather, the field, the feel of the stadium, the

1043
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:05,160
Speaker 1: amount of people there. I guess the only drawback would

1044
01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:08,200
Speaker 1: be that, you know, people don't always show up to

1045
01:00:08,360 --> 01:00:11,600
Speaker 1: the games. But like, even being in a quiet stadium

1046
01:00:11,640 --> 01:00:14,920
Speaker 1: out there is a treat and a privilege. Um, the

1047
01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:18,080
Speaker 1: press box situation is kind of weird, but it's super unique.

1048
01:00:18,080 --> 01:00:21,200
Speaker 1: And then it's like angled to where you're sort of

1049
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:25,400
Speaker 1: in a corner of an end zone looking down. Um,

1050
01:00:25,480 --> 01:00:29,200
Speaker 1: it's just just everything. It's hard to be mad when

1051
01:00:29,240 --> 01:00:32,040
Speaker 1: you're in that stadium. It really is. I mean, even

1052
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:35,200
Speaker 1: if you're getting beat like life couldn't be better. I'm

1053
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:38,400
Speaker 1: in southern California, you know, I got them. I'm looking

1054
01:00:38,440 --> 01:00:41,000
Speaker 1: out at the trees and you know, there's just something

1055
01:00:41,120 --> 01:00:44,360
Speaker 1: calming about the baby blue and the gold and all

1056
01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:47,320
Speaker 1: that the you know, I just I really like it.

1057
01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:49,479
Speaker 1: It's it's and then it's all the history that comes

1058
01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:52,120
Speaker 1: along with it and the fact that if that's just goals, right,

1059
01:00:52,120 --> 01:00:53,600
Speaker 1: if you're in the Pact swell, that's where you want

1060
01:00:53,600 --> 01:00:55,720
Speaker 1: to get at the at the end of the season.

1061
01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:58,080
Speaker 1: And so all of those memories are built in. I'm

1062
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:01,720
Speaker 1: sure if the Rose Bowl, you know, was actually something

1063
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:03,600
Speaker 1: that was like the Colosseum Bowl all this time, that

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01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:05,400
Speaker 1: I'd have them ranked a lot higher, just because the

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01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:07,520
Speaker 1: memories that that go along with it. But some of

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01:01:07,520 --> 01:01:09,920
Speaker 1: the best football I've ever seen played all happened in

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01:01:10,040 --> 01:01:13,800
Speaker 1: that stadium. Um, So for me, the number two for me,

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01:01:14,360 --> 01:01:22,240
Speaker 1: number number two is Eugene, Eugene, Oregon, the Oregon Ducks.

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01:01:23,560 --> 01:01:28,800
Speaker 1: There is there is such a big home field advantage

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01:01:28,800 --> 01:01:34,120
Speaker 1: in Austin Stadium. It never rains in Austin Stadium. The

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01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:36,440
Speaker 1: the p a announcer will tell you that even when

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01:01:36,440 --> 01:01:41,080
Speaker 1: it's pouring down raining outside. And there there's so much history.

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01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:46,200
Speaker 1: There's been so so many important games played there in

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01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:49,560
Speaker 1: the last fifteen twenty years, and some of the most

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01:01:49,560 --> 01:01:52,160
Speaker 1: important games that are packed twelve have been played on

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01:01:52,320 --> 01:01:56,720
Speaker 1: that field. And there's a history of players, the team

1077
01:01:56,760 --> 01:02:00,919
Speaker 1: has been fantastic, the fans have showed up and showed out.

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01:02:02,040 --> 01:02:04,720
Speaker 1: It is one of the best stadiums, not only in

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01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:08,880
Speaker 1: the in the Pact twelve, but in the entire country. Like,

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01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:10,560
Speaker 1: this is one of those stadiums that you point to

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01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:13,440
Speaker 1: and you say, you have to go there, you have

1082
01:02:13,520 --> 01:02:16,760
Speaker 1: to catch a game there, especially if it's a night game.

1083
01:02:16,920 --> 01:02:22,800
Speaker 1: It is going stupid like it is going incredible autin stadium.

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01:02:22,840 --> 01:02:26,600
Speaker 1: In terms of overall experience, it's number one, but it

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01:02:26,640 --> 01:02:29,520
Speaker 1: falls number two on the stadium list though. I guess

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01:02:29,560 --> 01:02:32,360
Speaker 1: that brings me to my to my number one. Uh,

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01:02:32,520 --> 01:02:34,840
Speaker 1: it's the newest school in the fact twelves, but the

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01:02:34,880 --> 01:02:38,080
Speaker 1: oldest college in the conference, and that is a University

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01:02:38,120 --> 01:02:41,200
Speaker 1: of Utah and Rice Echo Stadium. I knew you. I

1090
01:02:41,280 --> 01:02:43,240
Speaker 1: knew you had a billing you had the number one

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01:02:43,600 --> 01:02:46,000
Speaker 1: for all the reasons you said. Man, it's a different

1092
01:02:46,080 --> 01:02:49,760
Speaker 1: experience if you haven't played in away game at Utah.

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01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:52,160
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter the time of day, it doesn't matter

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01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:55,080
Speaker 1: the weather. Just the way the stadium is built. The

1095
01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:58,800
Speaker 1: fans are on you. It's just the way it's structured.

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01:02:58,920 --> 01:03:01,160
Speaker 1: I mean, you know why Washington has that a little

1097
01:03:01,160 --> 01:03:03,520
Speaker 1: bit too. But again, it feels like everything about it

1098
01:03:03,560 --> 01:03:07,360
Speaker 1: feels professional. Everything about Utah. It definitely feels like a

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01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:11,240
Speaker 1: college stadium. Salt Lake City doesn't even have that many

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01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:13,920
Speaker 1: people in it. I mean, I think I think the

1101
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:16,360
Speaker 1: population Assault Lake is something like a hundred and sixty

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01:03:16,800 --> 01:03:20,920
Speaker 1: seventy you know, one third of that city is in

1103
01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:25,600
Speaker 1: this stadium every single Saturday. And uh, and some incredible

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01:03:25,640 --> 01:03:28,120
Speaker 1: football has been played there just because they've been as

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01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:30,920
Speaker 1: good as they have been, uh for so long. You know,

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01:03:30,920 --> 01:03:33,640
Speaker 1: one of the most fun games I've ever seen, uh,

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01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:36,400
Speaker 1: you know, they played number four TCU in a game

1108
01:03:36,440 --> 01:03:39,479
Speaker 1: that they lost by forty and forty seven thousand people

1109
01:03:39,520 --> 01:03:43,280
Speaker 1: went wild most of that game, you know. And and

1110
01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:45,640
Speaker 1: and the fact that they have built in rivalries that

1111
01:03:45,680 --> 01:03:47,560
Speaker 1: they get to play at that stadium that aren't even

1112
01:03:47,640 --> 01:03:50,040
Speaker 1: part of what goes on at the conference. Uh. You know,

1113
01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:52,720
Speaker 1: the fact that they have b y U um that

1114
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:56,560
Speaker 1: they have you know, teams like uh, you know, Utah

1115
01:03:56,600 --> 01:03:59,160
Speaker 1: State there the most teams when they play that those

1116
01:03:59,240 --> 01:04:03,560
Speaker 1: like little game teams against against you know, the lower

1117
01:04:03,600 --> 01:04:06,760
Speaker 1: competition that they're sort of forced to play every other year.

1118
01:04:07,120 --> 01:04:09,520
Speaker 1: And you know, even even those games are super wild

1119
01:04:09,560 --> 01:04:13,000
Speaker 1: there and they take those super seriously. Um. That just

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01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:15,160
Speaker 1: I think Pact twelve teams have kind of learned what

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01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:18,400
Speaker 1: it means to go and play in Salt Lake, UM

1122
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:21,560
Speaker 1: over the course of the last few years. The stadium

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01:04:21,600 --> 01:04:24,320
Speaker 1: is nice. It's nice enough. It's not you know, it's

1124
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:27,120
Speaker 1: not too nice. Um. Just all that red and green

1125
01:04:27,160 --> 01:04:30,280
Speaker 1: feels like Christmas every time, you know. Um, it's It's

1126
01:04:30,280 --> 01:04:32,480
Speaker 1: a great place to work a game if you're pressed.

1127
01:04:33,080 --> 01:04:35,360
Speaker 1: Seems like a fun place to play. Some of the

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01:04:35,400 --> 01:04:37,160
Speaker 1: hardest hits I've ever seen are out there, and they

1129
01:04:37,200 --> 01:04:42,080
Speaker 1: just always have really big, well developed, well coached athletes.

1130
01:04:42,120 --> 01:04:44,440
Speaker 1: So there's not a lot of bad football that I

1131
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:47,320
Speaker 1: that that you will ever see played out there. Everything

1132
01:04:47,360 --> 01:04:49,200
Speaker 1: that I've ever done out there is you know that

1133
01:04:49,320 --> 01:04:52,360
Speaker 1: that has always been good memories, UM, and I love it.

1134
01:04:52,400 --> 01:04:55,560
Speaker 1: The fans are insane. They're insane people, and and they

1135
01:04:55,720 --> 01:04:57,440
Speaker 1: cheer really hard for their team, and it makes it

1136
01:04:57,440 --> 01:05:01,760
Speaker 1: a really good experience. The actual ralph the actual number

1137
01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:05,479
Speaker 1: one stadium in the entire Pact twelve is the Rose Bowl.

1138
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:09,680
Speaker 1: There have been no other plays has had as many

1139
01:05:09,800 --> 01:05:14,840
Speaker 1: big games, important games, uh, I mean role the actual

1140
01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:18,480
Speaker 1: u c l A playing there, but Rose Bowls themselves.

1141
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:23,240
Speaker 1: You've had national championship games there. They were awesome. You

1142
01:05:23,400 --> 01:05:26,200
Speaker 1: I mean it's got you can feel the energy when

1143
01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:29,400
Speaker 1: you're there. It's a huge stadium. U c l A.

1144
01:05:29,640 --> 01:05:33,000
Speaker 1: Rarely even tells it out, but the history is there

1145
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:35,960
Speaker 1: like you can feel it. You you know, Keith Jackson

1146
01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:40,360
Speaker 1: was there, you've seen um, you know Desmond Howard running

1147
01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:44,440
Speaker 1: on it. Tom Brady played in the stadium. You got um,

1148
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:49,520
Speaker 1: you know some of the great and then the John Elway. Um.

1149
01:05:49,560 --> 01:05:52,760
Speaker 1: I mean just so many great players that have played

1150
01:05:52,840 --> 01:05:55,640
Speaker 1: in that stadium, even when they're U c l a.

1151
01:05:55,800 --> 01:05:59,520
Speaker 1: Was not playing. It is incredible. It's in pass a DNA.

1152
01:05:59,560 --> 01:06:03,440
Speaker 1: There's great food. You're in l A. I mean, there's

1153
01:06:03,480 --> 01:06:06,960
Speaker 1: nothing better. The only thing that's not great about the

1154
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:08,880
Speaker 1: Rose Bowl is when u c l a Is playing.

1155
01:06:08,960 --> 01:06:11,959
Speaker 1: It is much like USC. It's quiet as a church

1156
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:15,040
Speaker 1: mouse at times, unless it is third down when they

1157
01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:17,520
Speaker 1: started ringing the bells, and then it's still not as

1158
01:06:17,600 --> 01:06:19,640
Speaker 1: jazzed up as it needs to be. These fans need

1159
01:06:19,720 --> 01:06:22,919
Speaker 1: to be on it and all of that. Um. So

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01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:28,800
Speaker 1: there is the twelve So you guys, thank you guys

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