IMO, Bridgeforth Is Now the Best FCS Stadium In the Land

[AppMan]

Congrats to JMU for taking over the #1 spot in FCS stadium rankings.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/photos/419e2fcec008431dbc748ce2d55829a7/110812041108/

[ValleyChamp]

Its definitely up there, for sure. They really did a great job with the renovations, they have a lot to be proud of.

Finish off the other side, and its probably a no-contest.

[asumike83]

Yeah, that is a sexy looking stadium. The size difference between the home and away sides looks a little off but damn, that is some nice work so far.

[Apphole]

What about the Mecca?

[SideLine Shooter]

That is a beautiful stadium. It was much needed too.

[Smitty]

Don't let the UTC fans know about this...

[ursus arctos horribilis]

That's real, real nice. They've done some great work there.

[wmmii]

Good looking stadium!

[chattownmocs]

Where is the other half?

It is nice, lets not pretend it is on the Mecca's level

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7GMNxxngA

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Keep spending..........$62 mil more and you will be in the ball park.

[crossfire07]

It is definitely has a unique appearance.

[GAD]

Very, very, very nice! JMU

[Willie]

Nice, yes. Best, no.

[appfan2008]

Montana number one... I would put JMU next and us third... but UTC is way down the list... top 20 maybe...

[StorminASU]

Where is the other half?

It is nice, lets not pretend it is on the Mecca's level

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7GMNxxngA

Couldn't help but notice there were a lot of empty seats in that video. Do these people not know Chattanooga is the epicenter of college football? I mean they're really messing up by missing this on those fall weekends. You should get the word out, but do they allow public outings from the mental facility?

[Grizo406]

Where is the other half?

It is nice, lets not pretend it is on the Mecca's level

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7GMNxxngA

Great job, JMU!

After seein' the above vid, I realize how far the University of Montana has yet to travel before they have a pre-game entrance that can be as exciting as the one shown above.

The Mocs seem to have their finger on the pulse of what the fans want to see!

Congrats & well done!

[Pard4Life]

Can you say FBS?

It looks nice, but I still say Princeton is best overall. The exterior appearance of Bridgeforth looks ok.

Princeton's double deck rings the entire stadium and seats 35k.

If this were 2004, you'd definetely be hosting Lehigh.

[DTSpider]

Looking forward to the trip up there in October.

[wmtribe1693]

I may be wrong but I think they're thinking about expanding the other aide of Bridgeforth, too. Yes, obviously pushing for the FBS. Beautiful stadium.

[rufus]

Can you say FBS?

There's no immediate plan to move to FBS, but it's pretty clear that this expansion was performed to position us for a move if the opportunity arises. From a recent article that included an interview with our AD:


The expansion positions JMU in case it ever wants to jump to the Football Bowl Subdivision. Capacity could be increased to about 40,000 by wrapping the stands around to the east side. But Bourne said the FBS "is really not on the radar screen at this point."

"There are a lot of things going on in the NCAA with regard to the whole future of FCS, FBS," he said. "The bottom line is to be the absolute best program in the FCS right now, head to toe. Best facilities, we end up doing well every year and getting into the playoffs, that's the goal.

"If we can do that, we've postured ourselves where we need to be with regard to the big picture. Who knows? If something down the road were to change and we were to decide to look in (the FBS) direction, we would at least be poised for it. You can't start facilities when those kinds of discussions take place. You have to methodically work your way through and do what's right."
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/sports/sport/2011/aug/17/tdsport01-home-improvement-ar-1243090/?sc_cid=RTD-NEWS-Sports

I know a lot of our fans believe that the university is using the 2012 game against WVU at FedEx Field as a test of DC-area fan support. It's possible that we could follow the UMass model and schedule a big BCS game at FedEx each year, while playing our other home games at Bridgeforth. Harrisonburg-DC and Amherst-Foxborough are both ~2 hour drives.

[Apphole]

Where is the other half?

It is nice, lets not pretend it is on the Mecca's level

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7GMNxxngA

How it's done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdF6M-EG3zo

[Longhorn]

Where is the other half?

It is nice, lets not pretend it is on the Mecca's level

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7GMNxxngA

A postage-stamp sized video board, no band music...heck, not even much of a marching band period, and an incessant honking horn? That's the big "huzzah" welcoming the UTC team onto the field? That's pitiful if you really stop and think about it. Sorry UTC fans...the only thing that looked great in that youtube clip was the weather.

[DTSpider]

It's possible that we could follow the UMass model

Exactly why everyone is thinking FBS move, just like UMass is in the process of doing. Although, given that it's $60M for what has been done, maybe another $30M to finish it, would anyone think almost $100M can be justified in the MAC/CUSA/Sun Belt, etc.? That being said, some may question $60M to stay in FBS... :)

[superman7515]

A postage-stamp sized video board, no band music...heck, not even much of a marching band period, and an incessant honking horn? That's the big "huzzah" welcoming the UTC team onto the field? That's pitiful if you really stop and think about it. Sorry UTC fans...the only thing that looked great in that youtube clip was the weather.

You didn't like the giant inflatable penis ejaculating out miniature Moc football players onto the field?

[chattownmocs]

How it's done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdF6M-EG3zo

????? Thats it? That is the epic game day atmosphere. Chattanooga sounded louder.

[chattownmocs]

A postage-stamp sized video board, no band music...heck, not even much of a marching band period, and an incessant honking horn? That's the big "huzzah" welcoming the UTC team onto the field? That's pitiful if you really stop and think about it. Sorry UTC fans...the only thing that looked great in that youtube clip was the weather.

Oh yeah and the football stadium. The "honking horn" was the chattanooga choo-choo. duh.

[Apphole]

Now he thinks they're louder than the Rock. Somebody get me some of that stuff you're on.

[chattownmocs]

Now he thinks they're louder than the Rock. Somebody get me some of that stuff you're on.

The video I just saw of this "rock" you speak of was very tame and lame.

[bjtheflamesfan]

frankly I think JMU had a better atmosphere than UTC...Id put UTC third behind JMU and ASU

[dgtw]

Really hard to tell how loud the UTC crowd was from the train whistle drowning them out. The Appy crowd sounded louder to me.

[jmufan999]

frankly I think JMU had a better atmosphere than UTC...Id put UTC third behind JMU and ASU

thank you, that's high praise.

[Longhorn]

You didn't like the giant inflatable penis ejaculating out miniature Moc football players onto the field?

Oh, well, I must have missed that. Ha!

[Longhorn]

thank you, that's high praise.

To be honest, we all have a ways to go in FCS regarding pregame intros...but I like the intimate scale of FCS FB. As a comparison here's a link to a youtube vid of pregame at a Texas-Nebraska game in Austin from about 4 years ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHYqgW12BAE

While it's exciting, I can't say it's really that much better than the better programs in FCS. Depends on what you like I suppose.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Great job, JMU!

After seein' the above vid, I realize how far the University of Montana has yet to travel before they have a pre-game entrance that can be as exciting as the one shown above.

The Mocs seem to have their finger on the pulse of what the fans want to see!

Congrats & well done!

Yeah hopefully we can attain that level of crowd involvement someday. Right now all we have is a little tunnel run and a crowd that limps in at somewhere around an ESPN decibel meter rating of 120 or so and that was with 4K less seats than we have now.

(c'mon, you had to know I was gonna work that loud thing in there.)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YlCEEP1NgQ

http://missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/griz-gameday/article_da08ca19-5408-5699-a29e-542d8a251ab3.html

[chattownmocs]

Yeah hopefully we can attain that level of crowd involvement someday. Right now all we have is a little tunnel run and a crowd that limps in at somewhere around an ESPN decibel meter rating of 120 or so and that was with 4K less seats than we have now.

(c'mon, you had to know I was gonna work that loud thing in there.)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YlCEEP1NgQ

http://missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/griz-gameday/article_da08ca19-5408-5699-a29e-542d8a251ab3.html

Did you know that the loudest human scream ever recorded is 129 dba. Meaning that if someone screams directly in your ear. It is going to sound louder than 100,000 people screaming around you in a stadium atmosphere. This is how ridiculous and down right absurd these fictional decibel ratings in college football stadiums are.

[Skjellyfetti]

Yeah hopefully we can attain that level of crowd involvement someday. Right now all we have is a little tunnel run and a crowd that limps in at somewhere around an ESPN decibel meter rating of 120 or so and that was with 4K less seats than we have now.

This is something I always hear repeated by Montana fans, but have never seen it verified or anything.

This is the closest I could find... and it looks like it was 108.5:
http://www.egriz.com/grizboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6999

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Did you know that the loudest human scream ever recorded is 129 dba. Meaning that if someone screams directly in your ear. It is going to sound louder than 100,000 people screaming around you in a stadium atmosphere. This is how ridiculous and down right absurd these fictional decibel ratings in college football stadiums are.

Ok then it must have been about 150 then cuz it's louder than anything before...ever.

Thanks for the tip though, I didn't know that. Hey wait a minute? They do measure that on the field and usually from the visitor sideline right? Good one cm, you almost got me on that one.

[citdog]

I heard it's pretty cold out there too.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

This is something I always hear repeated by Montana fans, but have never seen it verified or anything.

This is the closest I could find... and it looks like it was 108.5:
http://www.egriz.com/grizboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6999

That's what I told Grizo earlier today that I thought it was between 108-112 but I wanted to get cm's blood flowing a little.xlolx

It was during the UNH game I think in 2004 and it was a sideline reporter with a decibel meter down on their sideline measuring it. I'm sure it's on the game video if you know where to find those cuz I know you seem to be good at locating some of those types of things for fellow fans to take a gander at.

[TheBisonator]

NDSU is the only college football team where the place goes dark during the intro.

Here's what it looks like from the jumbotron and/or TV:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6zyoPuopk

Here's what it looks like from inside the Dome:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g88fYlcwB5w

[glsjunior]

Nice. Looks like a NASCAR stadium to me. Biggest in the CAA? I guess for a year it is.

[TheBisonator]

Nice. Looks like a NASCAR stadium to me. Biggest in the CAA? I guess for a year it is.

But you guys are going to the SEC soon, right??

[Gringer1]

Nice. Looks like a NASCAR stadium to me. Biggest in the CAA? I guess for a year it is.

Oh boy, here we go again. JMU's stadium was built by the school under their own leadership, not rented out for 3 hours. Bridgeforth is decked out in their colors and ALWAYS represents JMU, not whoever pays for it by the hour. JMU's stadium is completely theirs and a symbol of what they can dream and build. Get over bragging about a general purpose facility that G-State doesn't own any more than the hundreds of boat and monster truck shows that pay for it.

[TheBisonator]

Oh boy, here we go again. JMU's stadium was built by the school under their own leadership, not rented out for 3 hours. Bridgeforth is decked out in their colors and ALWAYS represents JMU, not whoever pays for it by the hour. JMU's stadium is completely theirs and a symbol of what they can dream and build. Get over bragging about a general purpose facility that G-State doesn't own any more than the hundreds of boat and monster truck shows that pay for it.

Well, to be fair to us, NDSU does not own the Fargodome, but we are the stadium's number one tenant and the stadium's biggest moneymaker, also the Dome is located on NDSU's campus.

So hopefully you guys don't start bashing us. xprayx

[Gringer1]

Well, to be fair to us, NDSU does not own the Fargodome, but we are the stadium's number one tenant and the stadium's biggest moneymaker, also the Dome is located on NDSU's campus.

So hopefully you guys don't start bashing us. xprayx

You don't rent an NFL stadium, fill it to 10% capacity, and then try to claim that you're better than the rest of the FCS.

[clenz]

NDSU is the only college football team where the place goes dark during the intro.

Here's what it looks like from the jumbotron and/or TV:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6zyoPuopk

Here's what it looks like from inside the Dome:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g88fYlcwB5wIt doesn't go dark...that is the lightest it gets in that dank place.

[Redwyn]

I dunno, always sorta had a soft spot for this video...not sure why ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/user/stonybrookseawolves?blend=3&ob=5#p/c/16/-kupcAEdRd4

In other stadium news - SBU seems dead set on expansion up to ~25K, which was what the original phase plan for LaValle was. No timetable, probably heavily dependent on filling what we have now. Would kill for it to have half the atmosphere of what I'm reading about here though. Baby steps...

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Well, to be fair to us, NDSU does not own the Fargodome, but we are the stadium's number one tenant and the stadium's biggest moneymaker, also the Dome is located on NDSU's campus.

So hopefully you guys don't start bashing us. xprayx

NDSU was the main reason the place was built though. GA St's only claim to where they play ball at is that they rent a place that is not being used on Saturday's by the team that it was built for.

It ain't their stadium.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

It doesn't go dark...that is the lightest it gets in that dank place.

Zing.

[ValleyChamp]

It doesn't go dark...that is the lightest it gets in that dank place.

xlolx

[dgtw]

So if we were ranking best stadiums in the Pac-12, we shouldn't list those of USC or UCLA since they are just renting the place?

[superman7515]

It doesn't go dark...that is the lightest it gets in that dank place.

Does it go that quiet just because they turn the lights out? Kinda like kindergarten I guess. Strange.

[TheRevSFA]

only sissies play football in domes :D

[ursus arctos horribilis]

So if we were ranking best stadiums in the Pac-12, we shouldn't list those of USC or UCLA since they are just renting the place?

You feel like saying that the Georgia Dome is there and can rightfully be claimed as GA St. then feel free. I think USC/UCLA can rightfully share ownership.

[TheBisonator]

xlolx

I hear the FFD is going to look like Laker basketball games this year with the new lighting. The stands area will be darker but the field will be lit up like the 4th of July. I guess there's going to be "dramatic lighting" in there.

It's a new $1.5 million lighting system though, so I trust they will use it wisely.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

It's a new $1.5 million lighting system though, so I trust they will use it wisely.
http://s.ecrater.com/stores/50208/49722487d2502_50208n.jpg

Indeed.

[chattownmocs]

You feel like saying that the Georgia Dome is there and can rightfully be claimed as GA St. then feel free. I think USC/UCLA can rightfully share ownership.

Why would they share ownership when 1 plays in the Rose Bowl and the other plays in the Coliseum?

[UNIFanSince1983]

So if we were ranking best stadiums in the Pac-12, we shouldn't list those of USC or UCLA since they are just renting the place?

Well if the Raiders or Rams still played there then maybe. However, since both are the only tenants of their stadiums you would have to list those. Georgia State isn't the only tenant.

[glsjunior]

NDSU was the main reason the place was built though. GA St's only claim to where they play ball at is that they rent a place that is not being used on Saturday's by the team that it was built for.

It ain't their stadium.

Not trying to turn this into a smack thread. But like others have said it is a greatly exaggerated home side, it looks like the grandstand of a NASCAR track. As far as the GA Dome goes it is owned by the State of Georgia, so the Falcons rent it too.

www.gadome.com

But if you are expecting us to feel bad because we play in a world class facility less than a mile from campus, keep waiting.

[TheRevSFA]

Not trying to turn this into a smack thread. But like others have said it is a greatly exaggerated home side, it looks like the grandstand of a NASCAR track. As far as the GA Dome goes it is owned by the State of Georgia, so the Falcons rent it too.

www.gadome.com

But if you are expecting us to feel bad because we play in a world class facility less than a mile from campus, keep waiting.

Too bad GA State isn't a world class team.

Isn't the GA dome like..20 years old? How long til it's obsolete...5-10 more years?

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Not trying to turn this into a smack thread. But like others have said it is a greatly exaggerated home side, it looks like the grandstand of a NASCAR track. As far as the GA Dome goes it is owned by the State of Georgia, so the Falcons rent it too.

www.gadome.com

But if you are expecting us to feel bad because we play in a world class facility less than a mile from campus, keep waiting.

Yeah we got all that. It was built to house them therefore they can say it's there because of them. It's not something Atlanta would have built for GA State. That's a place you guys had no stake in creating and it's funny that you think you can take some sort of "we did this" attitude in comparing it to other's who actually did "do this".

You guys can claim it all you want but it's hollow as hell.

[Gringer1]

Not trying to turn this into a smack thread. But like others have said it is a greatly exaggerated home side, it looks like the grandstand of a NASCAR track. As far as the GA Dome goes it is owned by the State of Georgia, so the Falcons rent it too.

www.gadome.com

But if you are expecting us to feel bad because we play in a world class facility less than a mile from campus, keep waiting.

A real on campus stadium built by an actual university to repesent them 100% trumps a commercial center rented by the hour. A true "home" as in "we don't get kicked out after 9pm" is the soul of a college program. You can't keep trying to compare a multi-use arena to a college-first home field.

[glsjunior]

As a pro-stadium, probably. As a college facility...they still play bowl games in the Superdome, which is 40 years old. BTW. The Falcons will probably build a new stadium on the northside of town within the next 5 years, then we will be the only tenant.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Why would they share ownership when 1 plays in the Rose Bowl and the other plays in the Coliseum?

I don't know. I thought they were gonna start sharing the Rose Bowl or something like that. Regardless, doesn't matter either way to me.

[glsjunior]

A real on campus stadium built by an actual university to repesent them 100% trumps a commercial center rented by the hour. A true "home" as in "we don't get kicked out after 9pm" is the soul of a college program. You can't keep trying to compare a multi-use arena to a college-first home field.

I agree having an "on campus" facility can be important to a college football program. But it also can be a limitation. The Dome gives us almost unlimited potential for growth. There isn't a FCS or even a BCS facility, that compares to the luxury suites, ad space, surface quality, training, medical facilities and retail opportunities at the dome. Hell I can't even get a beer at most of y'all's stadiums, and I get to sip mine in rainless 72 degree weather all season long.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

As a pro-stadium, probably. As a college facility...they still play bowl games in the Superdome, which is 40 years old. BTW. The Falcons will probably build a new stadium on the northside of town within the next 5 years, then we will be the only tenant.

Well fi you guys buy it or even start putting a decent amount of people in there then it would be easier to say hey "this is ours". Until then you are a small child wearing a nice shirt that is much too large for you that your daddy let ya borrow.

[Gringer1]

I agree having an "on campus" facility can be important to a college football program. But it also can be a limitation. The Dome gives us almost unlimited potential for growth. There isn't a FCS or even a BCS facility, that compares to the luxury suites, ad space, surface quality, training, medical facilities and retail opportunities at the dome. Hell I can't even get a beer at most of y'all's stadiums, and I get to sip mine in rainless 72 degree weather all season long.

Sounds like you would prefer an arena league team to a college one then. Also, if you think its impossible to drink in a stadium and having your own home is a limitation, you don't understand what makes college football great.

[glsjunior]

Well fi you guys buy it or even start putting a decent amount of people in there then it would be easier to say hey "this is ours". Until then you are a small child wearing a nice shirt that is much too large for you that your daddy let ya borrow.

More like we're the boy toy who lives in the mansion of the cougar chick I'm doing, while you live in your girlfriend's efficiency eating Ramen noodles, on a cable spool for a table. But you're in "love".

[Grizo406]

More like we're the boy toy who lives in the mansion of the cougar chick I'm doing, while you live in your girlfriend's efficiency eating Ramen noodles, on a cable spool for a table. But you're in "love".

Sounds like you're the one in "love"!??!

[Gringer1]

More like we're the boy toy who lives in the mansion of the cougar chick I'm doing, while you live in your girlfriend's efficiency eating Ramen noodles, on a cable spool for a table. But you're in "love".

So you're the d-bag mooching boyfriend living off of someone else's dime. Sounds about right. When you are forced to reschedule around other teams, monster truck shows, and preseason games, it is not your place. G-State fans continue to show their unearned arrogance and ignorance of college football. You and the other 3,000 people who go to G-State games have fun patting yourselves on the back about inflated attendance numbers and SEC pipedreams while your team has yet to beat anyone with a winning record.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

More like we're the boy toy who lives in the mansion of the cougar chick I'm doing, while you live in your girlfriend's efficiency eating Ramen noodles, on a cable spool for a table. But you're in "love".

Thank you for getting it finally. You haven't built anything yourself you are surviving on handouts. Also that you threw is the fact that most of us are coming from a point of view of having been part of building something and "Love" what it is was a very nice compliment.

[Gringer1]

Thank you for getting it finally. You haven't built anything yourself you are surviving on handouts. Also that you threw is the fact that most of us are coming from a point of view of having been part of building something and "Love" what it is was a very nice compliment.

It really is amazing how G-State fans can summarize their own ignorance so well and still not get it.

[Tribal]

Good thing glsjunior didn't want this to "turn into a smack thread." So, let me get this straight...when the Falcons leave Da Dome, State will become the "only tenant?" The article below projects that the Georgia Dome would lose 1.5 million dollars a year without pro football. 52% of the Dome's operational revenue comes from the Falcons. The Dome's operating budget for fiscal year 2011 is $55 million. Is State going to pick up that lost revenue? Are your fans going to occupy 203 luxury suites and 5,600 club suites? Could Georgia State University fans be more delusional? "Only tenants?" 15-20,000 fans for five or six Saturdays a year is going to bankroll a $55,000,000.00 budget? Even if Da Dome keeps SuperCross, Chick-fil-a Bowl, a few concerts, and pro wrestling, it will NEVER make $55 mil.


http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/01/how-much-the-georgia-dome-will-lose-without-football-in-case-youre-curious/

[Redbirdz]

IMO, it would be Jacksonville State.

[Tribal]

Also, when JMU plays WVU at FedEx stadium for one night in 2013, they will once again be the rightful owners of the best FCS stadium. (rolling eyes)

[glsjunior]

Good thing glsjunior didn't want this to "turn into a smack thread." So, let me get this straight...when the Falcons leave Da Dome, State will become the "only tenant?" The article below projects that the Georgia Dome would lose 1.5 million dollars a year without pro football. 52% of the Dome's operational revenue comes from the Falcons. The Dome's operating budget for fiscal year 2011 is $55 million. Is State going to pick up that lost revenue? Are your fans going to occupy 203 luxury suites and 5,600 club suites? Could Georgia State University fans be more delusional? "Only tenants?" 15-20,000 fans for five or six Saturdays a year is going to bankroll a $55,000,000.00 budget? Even if Da Dome keeps SuperCross, Chick-fil-a Bowl, a few concerts, and pro wrestling, it will NEVER make $55 mil.


http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/01/how-much-the-georgia-dome-will-lose-without-football-in-case-youre-curious/

The Georgia World Congress Authority (the body who runs the dome) has no plans to tear down the Georgia Dome. How it will make its money in the future is uncertain. But I'm guessing in part that they are hoping we will be FBS by 2017.

http://www.ajc.com/business/falcons-push-for-open-848736.html

[Saint3333]

Can we get back to something relevant to the FCS world?

JMU did a great job planning this expansion out and allowing for future seating if necessary, well done!

[clenz]

I hear the FFD is going to look like Laker basketball games this year with the new lighting. The stands area will be darker but the field will be lit up like the 4th of July. I guess there's going to be "dramatic lighting" in there.

It's a new $1.5 million lighting system though, so I trust they will use it wisely.
Lights are expensive to get installed...I'm glad you finally are getting lights set up though.

Just remember, it's most expensive to get lights started and after that adding on is cheaper.

Most of that 1.5 is going to getting the place wired and framed for lights.

[FormerPokeCenter]

I agree having an "on campus" facility can be important to a college football program. But it also can be a limitation. The Dome gives us almost unlimited potential for growth. There isn't a FCS or even a BCS facility, that compares to the luxury suites, ad space, surface quality, training, medical facilities and retail opportunities at the dome. Hell I can't even get a beer at most of y'all's stadiums, and I get to sip mine in rainless 72 degree weather all season long.

Tulane would disagree with you....

[App-a-latch-un]

The Georgia World Congress Authority (the body who runs the dome) has no plans to tear down the Georgia Dome. How it will make its money in the future is uncertain. But I'm guessing in part that they are hoping we will be FBS by 2017.

http://www.ajc.com/business/falcons-push-for-open-848736.html

Haha I don't think they are putting their hopes in you.

[FormerPokeCenter]

More like we're the boy toy who lives in the mansion of the cougar chick I'm doing, while you live in your girlfriend's efficiency eating Ramen noodles, on a cable spool for a table. But you're in "love".

How'd your Cougar like it when Lambuth came over for dinner, and scarfed up everything she'd prepared for you, banged her until she couldn't walk, and then didn't even kiss her on the way out? ;)

[SoCon48]

Congrats to JMU for taking over the #1 spot in FCS stadium rankings.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/photos/419e2fcec008431dbc748ce2d55829a7/110812041108/


That's pretty good for a former girls' school.

[813Jag]

More like we're the boy toy who lives in the mansion of the cougar chick I'm doing, while you live in your girlfriend's efficiency eating Ramen noodles, on a cable spool for a table. But you're in "love".
tell your cougar chick thanks for allowing the Jags and Rattlers to fill her up for the Atlanta Football Classic xthumbsupx

[ASUG8]

frankly I think JMU had a better atmosphere than UTC...Id put UTC third behind JMU and ASU

But I'm guessing you mean for a championship game, when UTC wasn't playing?

[AshevilleApp2]

Where's the track?

[leatherneck177]

Nice job!

[BlueHenSinfonian]

The new Bridgeforth looks nice. I'm more a fan of stadiums built from concrete/stone/brick (like Franklin Field, Fitton, or Delaware Stadium) but for a modern design this one is good. It looks a bit lopsided now, but leaving room for expansion seems like a smart move.

[JaxStateDSM93]

IMO, it would be Jacksonville State.

I gotta disagree. We've got a lot of improvements left. Especially on the old home side. We'll be up to par when a move to FBS comes around in about 10 years.

[bjtheflamesfan]

But I'm guessing you mean for a championship game, when UTC wasn't playing?

I dont know if you meant that as a joke but really looking at video of UTC and ASU and JMU (I was in the hospital when the band went to Harrisonburg) Id say that for a regular game, Id put ASU first, JMU second and UTC third. Liberty's atmosphere still has some work to do (although when they can really get the place full, the "L-U" chant is rockin during pregame)

[glsjunior]

Tulane would disagree with you....

Tulane was a founding member of the SOCON and the SEC, so the fact that they suck is based on a lot of other factors.

[FormerPokeCenter]

Tulane was a founding member of the SOCON and the SEC, so the fact that they suck is based on a lot of other factors.

Tulane never lost to Lambuthxnonox, so Georgia State fans should STFUxnonox

Get back to us when your signature win isn't the mighty Campbell Camels....xlolx

[Longhorn]

A few pics taken 8/27 at the "Meet the Dukes" day...the pics of the endzone were taken at the base of the upper-deck.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/colewelter/Bridgeforth827C.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/colewelter/Bridgeforthendzone.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/colewelter/Bridgeforth827B.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb45/colewelter/Bridgeforth827.jpg

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Those are some good pics Longhorn. Gives a great view of what it would look like to see the game there. Really good views there.

[crossfire07]

Where's the track?

At the track stadium? lol