Stadiums That Are Too Big For College Football…

[@8avexp]

The LA Coliseum deserves an honrable mention, even though they reduced its capacity to 77,000.

[@RushFanatic87]

And when they shoehorned a modern press box on top of it, it created arguably the worst seats for sale imaginable. There are still seats you can get right next to the press box in which you can only see the end zone. All time engineering fail.

[@ramfan562]

Every game I've been to has been sold out

[@joshuakang9573]

@@RushFanatic87 those seats right next to the press box aren't for sale. you can still sit in them, but when USC and the coliseum does ticket sales, they don't list those seats for sale to the general public. even the cheapest nosebleed seats at the coliseum have a decent view of the field for like $20 and you can always move up because the upper section seats are usually not fully packed

[@davidgoldin2577]

@@8avexp This has been going on forever. It's because there is so much competition for the entertainment dollar in LA.

[@wyattkai]

Ehh definitely doesn’t sell out every night but it’s still full enough that it doesn’t need to be here

[@jordankennerknecht4929]

I feel bad for Penn and Yale. Those ivy league schools dominated so much in the early years of College Football. But once schools like Michigan, Ohio State, Nebraska etc. started making their own history ivy league schools for football just couldn’t compete with them.

[@vlaekershner7305]

The Ivy League deciding not to give athletic scholarships doomed them.

[@jordankennerknecht4929]

@ damn. That’s ashamed

[@luberdoo1950]

Though Harvard Stadium has decreased it seating capacity from a peak of 55K or so down toe 31K, it is still too large. Attending a game there is like attending a funeral service for somebody who had no or few social connections. What I see as quasi-tragic in this is that each of these Ivy League schools could market themselves and attract many more football fans. Reducing ticket prices, geting communities more involved in halftime shows/events, would help. The neighborhoods around these stadiums could feel more invited if the schools did some outreach. As it stands, most of the neighborhoods around these Ivys feel much more a part from as opposed to a part of...just my opinion.

[@jordankennerknecht4929]

@@luberdoo1950 that really great take. I definitely agree with you on that.

[@8avexp]

The only time Yale Bowl ever sells out is when Harvard comes to town. We played Yale in New Haven every year I was at UConn and the most we ever drew was 23,000. They tried promoting a Dollar Day in 1974 and 37,000 showed up. That was it.

[@JosePerez-vz1qq]

Any stadium that miami (fla) calls home. When covid hit, hurricane fans already had generations of experience with social distancing.

[@adamr4198]

I went to Miami University (Ohio) tickets were free for students and dirty cheap for everyone else. The stadium has more seats than students enrollment and rarely sells out. It Ohio State is playing a game at the same time even less people go to the MU game.

[@MirzaAhmed89]

People have more things to do in large cities like Los Angeles and Miami. College football is only really big in small college towns in predominantly rural states.

[@1320_ikimasho]

@@MirzaAhmed89 Washington Huskies games are always well-attended, and that's right near Seattle. I think it has more to do with the current success of the program.

[@andrewalden8364]

@@MirzaAhmed89 Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Austin, Seattle and Columbus would like a word.

[@shanepleasants6280]

It wasn’t always like that

[@williamford9564]

4:02: Franklin Field was also the home of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1958-1970. It was at Franklin Field that the Eagles fans threw snowballs at Santa Claus in a famous incident.

[@graemelliott3942]

The Rose Bowl fills up to capacity every other year when USC goes there to play.

[@WilVincent88]

Was about to post that. Also, if you're like me, you end up in the area, you pay then venue a visit. Whenever in the year.

[@stephaniegormley9982]

This s/be called "College stadiums to big for THEIR particular team" Ohio State, Bama and a few others at the top could easily fill these every week.

[@DerekWhite-yx2ce]

@@stephaniegormley9982 and it will be full soon because of Ohio and Oregon.

[@TobiasSmith-u9b]

@@stephaniegormley9982 The title is a little off in that regard, yes. That would be more accurate. Look at how big Michigan Stadium has been expanded to and then fill it up.

[@graemelliott3942]

@@DerekWhite-yx2ce you’re correct! Los Angeles fans are fickle only fills stadiums when their teams do well college oe pro!

[@michaelperigo6746]

Purdue's Ross-Ade Stadium once had capacity of about 70K, but they removed about 20K seats, making it one of the smallest in the B1G. They added a party deck and added back some seating so I think it's at about 60K now. There's been talk for adding a full upper deck in stages, but that's nuts. They can't fill it now. And we're one of the worst football programs in the FBS.

[@barnettmcgowan8978]

The title is wrong. None of these stadiums are too big for college football. The Horse Shoe and the Big House regularly fill 100K+. These respective teams simply aren't good enough to fill their stadium.

[@mst3ktemple421]

I'm fortunate to be a season ticket holder at Michigan Stadium where we have had over 100,000 in attendance at every game since near the end of the 1975 season. Luckily, most of those years we have been pretty good, but even in down years fans still show up and the 100,000 streak continues at over 300 consecutive games now (not counting 2020 when crowds were not allowed due to COVID).

[@jetgop]

#GoBlue

[@chethammer]

I've been there, and there are thousands of empty seats at UM home games.

[@mst3ktemple421]

@@chethammer The stadium officially holds 107,601 and they annually average almost 110,000 with some games exceeding 115,000 so my comment about attendance and not sell outs still holds true. I've been to almost every home game since 1979 so I have a pretty good sampling to base my comment on.

[@sparkeyjames]

I remember many years ago during the 60's 70's and 80's the University of Michigan ran mass postal mailings to the public where you could purchase tickets to games. As populations grew and the internet became huge those mailings disappeared. Mind you I lived almost 30 miles from that stadium at the time.

[@31arob]

Schools should take a look at what Duke is doing. Reduced capacity by adding a nice looking party deck at one end and doesn't charge for parking.

[@DaveEdwards-d5d]

Excellent video and very informative. One thing not mentioned is the early large “bowl” stadiums like Yale and Cal being extremely oval-shaped which pushed the end zone and sideline seats too far from the field of play with poor sight lines. Some stadiums (Ohio State, Stanford, USC, Duke) had tracks which pushed the stands out even further for football. Michigan Stadium bucked that trend in 1927 by being designed more like a rectangle for football only which brought all seats closer to the field of play. Notre Dame Stadium and Knute Rockne copied that on a smaller scale three years later.

[@NagappanaUsopp]

How about Rice Stadium?

[@jaylucien669]

No doubt.

[@Statinthehat]

First one that came to my mind too.

[@SuperSirianRigel]

Yeah. Has hosted the Super Bowl. Now is irrelevant. lol

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@SuperSirianRigel That's only because, at the time, the Astrodome had only 50,000. It was considered too small for the Super Bowl.

[@grapefruitsodags8387]

The upper deck is unstable so it's closed

[@alabamacow]

Cool thing about the sun bowl is that the bowl game played there is actually the second oldest bowl game. Usually doesn't sell out since it isn't that big of a game, but it did this past year in less than a week since Notre Dame was there.

[@josephosheavideos3992]

I have two things to add to your fine video: 1) the biggest event at Penn Stadium is the annual Penn Relays track and field event, which do sell out; and 2) the very concept of "bowl" football games - including the Super Bowl - was inspired by the Yale Bowl.

[@KerryCarson-r3n]

This is nit a track and field vedio it's a football. Damn shame we have to explain this to people pathetic

[@MrCho14]

Cal also has the pleasure of having the Hayward fault go directly through it lengthwise.

[@billcook4768]

If UCLA playing in the Rose Bowl Stadium is too much stadium, picture the days when Cal Tech had a div 3 program that often played there.

[@ChadBest-ug8uo]

On a similar note, I am from Southern California. Back in the 60's and 70's Junior Colleges built massive stadiums for their teams. Perhaps, they thought JC programs will pack in the fans. My local JC has close to a 10,000 seat stadium but only 500 people show up. So odd.

[@ProfitPathTV-zf6je]

LOL.

[@rich7787]

I think the Yale bowl is cool looking

[@RedRaiderLobo20]

It’s beautiful. I live a block away, and I really wish that exciting college football took place there.

[@johnmickiewicz44]

Grew up in Oxford, maybe 15 miles away. I went to several Yale-UConn games there growing up, and saw Yale play a few other Ivies as well. I even saw a couple Giants-Cowboys games there when Yale Bowl served as a temporary home for the Giants while the original Yankee Stadium was being redone in the early 70s.

[@larryhatcher8927]

The problem with both the Yale Bowl and the Rose Bowl(which I have watched a game from) is that they are really far away from the field

[@DaveEdwards-d5d]

@@larryhatcher8927 Yes, correct! See my comments posted yesterday re oval shaped stadiums

[@DaveEdwards-d5d]

When the Yale Bowl opened in 1914 with a 70,000 seating capacity, it was incredibly the largest stadium in the world until the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum opened in 1923. Interesting if you consider that Yale's total enrollment at that time was only around 3,000. Yes, it's cool looking, but one thing not mentioned is the early large “bowl” stadiums like Yale and Cal being extremely oval-shaped which pushed the end zone and sideline seats too far from the field of play with poor sight lines. Some stadiums (Ohio State, Stanford, USC, Duke) had tracks which pushed the stands out even further for football. Michigan Stadium bucked that trend in 1927 by being designed more like a rectangle for football only which brought all seats closer to the field of play. Notre Dame Stadium and Knute Rockne copied that on a smaller scale three years later.

[@PhDParapsychologistDr]

Back in the 1800's and early 1900's the crowds were larger due to the fact thant fans had nothing better to do. No TV, Internet, Social Media, etc, etc.

[@rpalmerbyers1]

Nebraska has sold out every home game since 1962. That's 391 consecutive games. They play 7 home games next year and those will also sell out. They are on track to hit 400 consecutive sold out games in 2026.

[@forgottenplaces9780]

There not on this list…

[@thequintanashow5058]

Oh man, that Yale Bowl situation is pretty damn sad.

[@gavinsheridan4680]

Its worth investing in though. So unique built into the earth. Hopefully they can find a way to make it work for their current needs.

[@thequintanashow5058]

@ Actually I found the way it is sunk into the landscape was pretty damn cool

[@davidlafleche1142]

I can't believe they're still using it! The Yale Bowl never had locker rooms or restrooms!

[@shrim1481]

Dont feel too bad, their alumni go on to make 7 figures a year.

[@trickolas78]

@@davidlafleche1142what? No way!

[@djspencer6498]

Rice Stadium should’ve been an honorable mention. That venue can’t sell out.

[@Pitcher77]

One the most beautiful stadiums ever. Not a bad seat in the house. In the 70’s it filled many times. The changes in college football are terrible

[@michaelengelhardt5336]

A lot of college stadiums capacities are inflated by the fact they still have metal benches. If these places switched to seats it would reduce the capacity

[@Damonibar]

To clarify, the Sun Bowl does not tarp any seats. An endzone has no seats at all, but its not tarped off

[@monexpo86]

Franklin Field is an old classic that maybe other schools should play in once in a while just for nostalgia

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

Byrd stadium at Maryland although it's full of Penn State or West Virginia fans when the Terps play those clubs.

[@SuperSirianRigel]

The Sun Bowl has a bowl game as well. And it is the game that fills out the stadium. Just like the Rose Bowl.

[@shrim1481]

What's the name of the bowl game played at the Sun Bowl? 😏

[@Michael-cz1db]

As much as I respect the history of the Sun Bowl Game, when is the last time it actually sold out? I feel like it tends to be an afterthought in the CFP era

[@michaellawrence588]

Starting in 2025, the Ivy League can play in the FCS championship.

[@Mookiethedog21]

@@Michael-cz1dbthis year.

[@SuperSirianRigel]

@@Michael-cz1db Well it used too. It's still the biggest crowd the Sun Bowl sees every year most likely. lol.

[@ye3637]

another could be someone like pitt playing in the steelers stadium they can’t even manage to fill the upper bowl as a ranked team, and when they do it’s because visiting fans fill them

[@anthonyparenti1928]

Agreed. Any time I've been to a Pitt game it's not even half filled

[@susanp6803]

That’s because they basically stink too

[@GlennAndrews-dw1cx]

I thought the Memphis Tennessee Liberty Bowl might be mentioned, it seats about 60,000 but the college Memphis Tigers doesn’t remotely fill half of that. The stadium was built in the 1960’s hoping to attract an NFL team that never came.

[@josephosheavideos3992]

Technically, an NFL team did come to the Liberty Bowl for one season, 1997, when the Houston Oilers moved to Tennessee. Because a suitable facility was not available in Nashville, their ultimate destination, they played one year in Memphis at the Liberty Bowl.

[@ProfitPathTV-zf6je]

Ironically, the Titans played there temporarily when they were waiting for their stadium to open, after leaving Houston. Their stadium in Nashville opened in 1997, and will itself be replaced in two years, when their new domed stadium that is now under construction, opens.

[@classjacksonlawsuit]

I think you mean to say largeest crowds for sporting events in the world. Between the sheer number of teams playing to the rest of the world's sporting leagues hardly having a fraction of the stadiums that hold similar numbers of people at their top levels, there really isn't a comparison. That even is when you consider the smaller collegiate teams, from DI to DIII and the JUCOs, etc.

[@markbrown4039]

Sad to see what's happening with the Yale Bowl. That's a gorgeous venue. The NFL Eagles played at Franklin Field from 1958 to 1970, but during that period they weren't very good.

[@GABESTA535]

The Giants briefly played at the Yale Bowl in the 70s

[@jarl8887]

good list. I'm kinda surprised Maryland wasn't on here. that place looks empty every time i see them play

[@Denozo88]

It does do good numbers when teams like Texas and Ohio state come to town.

[@m3sh_xd]

@@Denozo88 texas hasnt played in college park since 1960 lmao

[@Denozo88]

@m3sh_xd um. Texas has played Maryland this side of 1960 fyi. Last time under the Charlie Strong Era. Thank you very much.

[@24zaqwsx]

​@@Denozo88 not at Maryland's home stadium. They played in Landover in 2018 and at Texas in 2017.

[@m3sh_xd]

@@Denozo88 you are right, but at fedex field and not in college park 👍👍👍

[@johnwalters1341]

UCLA isn't the only school to play its home games in the Rose Bowl, at least once upon a time. Cal Tech used to play its home games there as well. Varsity football doesn't rank high at Cal Tech; when i was there in the 1960s the intramural sports were more important to the students. I was halfway through my senior year and hadn't been to a Cal Tech football game, so a buddy and I went with a friend who was in the band, and we picked out a seat on the 50-yard line (why not?) and got comfortable. Suddenly the football coach came up the aisle, saying, "I need two volunteers--you and you!" So we ended up holding the yard markers on the sideline as Occidental beat Cal Tech 63-7. It was a moral victory, though--we managed to score a touchdown late in the game when Oxy had their seventh-string players on the field. Cal Tech defeated Azusa Pacific 14-7 the first game of my freshman year. The next victory was halfway through the season the year after I graduated. It has been years since Cal Tech played in the Rose Bowl, or even fielded a football team. But I still remember the glory of it all--Go Beavers!

[@jims5198]

Imagine with the Ivy League schools having large endowments, they used some of the money for NIL and brought in top tier talent, they could bring back the popularity of college football to the northeast. Of course that will not happen but an interesting thought.

[@pauliewalnuts2527]

crazy to think, before nfl. highly regarded ivy league schools had a massive advantage in recruiting. you didnt play ball to go play pro, so you played to get the most marketable degree. a degree from yale or Harvard was the prize,

[@rossgingerich7759]

Is it possible that the ridiculously high ticket prices has something to do with the inability to fill seats?

[@owenearnhardt7504]

California Memorial Stadium is just downright wrong, sold out the stadium twice this year

[@owenearnhardt7504]

and its no small market, when the team is good the stands are packed

[@forgottenplaces9780]

@@owenearnhardt7504 5 year avg is well below capacity, and i never said anything about market size

[@jamesfields2916]

Best view in college football.

[@Keithdagreat]

Well cali sports is good least college football😎

[@geoffreylee5199]

When built, the Ohio stadium was too big … over time it is now too small.

[@forgottenplaces9780]

@@geoffreylee5199 no its not lol

[@jeffputman3504]

​@@forgottenplaces9780Every game for the last sixty years was a sell out.

[@IamJahames_11]

I mean I went once and almost all seats were taken and it was for a small game too so I mean it could be

[@georgepatton9657]

Temple University playing at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles, is an absolute embarrassment. No more than 5,000 fans actually show up for any game unless Penn St. comes to visit.

[@JustLiftUce]

😆 30 secs in I knew that was Cal memorial stadium without even looking at it fully

[@smokeymchaggis73]

Putting Penn/Franklin Field on here would be like putting Temple/Lincoln Financial on here. Franklin Field is a track and field venue that happens to host college football as well. Penn Relays easily fill Franklin Field.

[@forgottenplaces9780]

Its always been a football stadium their football stadium, there not playing in another teams venue, it always was theirs and from my research the relays only fill half anyway.

[@smokeymchaggis73]

@@forgottenplaces9780 Your research is wrong. The stadium regularly fills 50k+ for the Relays with a complicity of 54k. The stadium was built for the school with The Relays being the first event held there for a reason.

[@forgottenplaces9780]

@@smokeymchaggis73 doubt it, a simple google search of the penn relays will show you a half empty stadium sometimes more… why dont you actually check things before commenting and saying im wrong and its not complicity its capacity…

[@smokeymchaggis73]

​@@forgottenplaces9780 Are those pictures for the events that happen during the day during the week? It's a 3 day event with over 300 competitions with thursday-saturday bringing in over 100k people with saturday being over 50k. I live here for 40 years and know the event. The stadium was literally opened for The Relays. You looked at some pictures and decided you know it all. ffs.

[@smokeymchaggis73]

@@forgottenplaces9780 Are those pictures for the events that happen during the day during the week? It's a 3 day event with over 300 competitions with thursday-saturday bringing in over 100k people with saturday being over 50k. I live here for 40 years and know the event. The stadium was literally opened for The Relays. You looked at some pictures and decided you know it all. ffs.

[@igottabigdong7985]

Those stadiums are that big for a reason, it’s not the stadiums fault the teams suck. They used to be filled to the brim.

[@thebeard56]

Ithaca ny here. Home of Cornell. The football team has stunk for decades.

[@igottabigdong7985]

@ so has rice, but rice at one point was good.

[@bjdon99]

I wonder if in the new NIL world, if the big 3 or 4 Ivy League schools (Yale, Penn, Harvard and maybe Princeton) would ever consider trying to g to play big time FBS football again? They all have the endowments to play. With the academic big boys like Notre Dame or Duke. It’s a bit odd that in the 1950s they all made a decision to dial it back, which is when the decline began.

[@Raykibb1]

The Ivy League just announced that their teams would be eligible for the FCS playoffs starting in 2025.

[@williammcmillan7502]

The Ivy League de-emphasized athletics in the 1950's. No more athletic scholarships.

[@CopycatNinja875]

The Rose Bowl is too big for UCLA. They should have a new stadium that has a maximum capacity of 60,000. The same should go for Miami who should a new stadium that has a maximum capacity from 55-60K.

[@thedominatior39]

Agree I feel the main issue for UCLA and Miami are their Stadiums are both over 30 minute drives away from campus have a Stadium on Campus the students will show up.

[@jakeandhenryvideos]

@@thedominatior39 There is zero space for a stadium anywhere near campus in Miami.

[@truthiscensored]

UCLA problem is the Rose Bowl is 26 miles away from campus, that's 1 hour drive or 3 hour metro ride one way. students ain't doing that

[@iRacerJared]

Yet the big house is just as old and still sells out it’s 114,000 seat stadium every Saturday

[@adrianp.1195]

El Paso to have a stadium as big as the Sun Bowl is a mistake. They don’t have the population or industry that will allow a sellout of such events. Memorial Stadium in Berkeley is one Earthquake away from being torn down naturally. The stadium is built on an Earthquake fault.

[@jamespyle777]

California Memorial Stadium: the stadium built on a fault line.

[@jocamadad]

These stadiums aren't too big for College Football necessarily. They're just too big for the teams that play in them except the Rose Bowl. It may be a too big for UCLA to fill it at the present time, but the place was packed for the Michigan-Alabama playoff game, and reducing the capacity would be a mistake because it would probably take it off the list of hosting playoff games if they do.

[@Denozo88]

But is the off chance they hold a playoff game worth keeping it at its current size?

[@edmerc92]

@@Denozo88 The Rose Bowl is the most legendary venue in the sport. It will hold playoff games every year.

[@Denozo88]

@edmerc92 and my point stands. Is that one game worth having a stadium that is never full.

[@alexgreen4361]

@@Denozo88if you know the history of the rose bowl and its significance every year, then yes. Personally I’d like to see it become the stadium for the championship game every year

[@Denozo88]

@alexgreen4361 Yes it a legendary game but your ignoring my point.

[@larryhatcher8927]

In college football, you have about 60 to 70 teams that can fill these big stadiums but the majority simply can't.....looking back to the Ivy league, when they built those stadiums there was no NFL and the Ivy league was a major force in college football. These days.......I wish the Ivy league would relax their rules a little concerning football

[@larrylane7822]

I get it’s probably hard to find land in LA but like wouldn’t it be cooler if USC and UCLA had their own stadiums, not just moving into the coliseum and the rose bowl. They could make them sized to what they can expect in attendance and have it be more theirs

[@classjacksonlawsuit]

USC only played about 30 years at a different venue prior to the Coliseum being built literally on their campus. UCLA is a different story. They have a stadium on campus, but it seats less than 12k and students back in the 60s voted two to one against a much larger on-campus proposal.

[@Denozo88]

​@classjacksonlawsuit so they refuse to build a bigger venue due to a vote in 1965?

[@truthiscensored]

UCLA would probably have more fans at games if they had a stadium on campus. The Rose Bowl is like 26 miles, in LA traffic that's easily 1 hour drive and 3 hours public transit one way. Not too many college students trying to do that, most college students don't drive.

[@jasonstorm-wm2vd]

I believe UCLA is unable to build a stadium on campus due to complaints by the neighbors and not being able to get zoning approval.

[@billcook4768]

UCLA campus is surrounded by some of the richest and most exclusive neighborhoods in the US. Zero chance they ever build a major stadium there. USC campus is surrounded by working class, sketchy and gentrified neighborhoods. You can and will build a lot there, especially for LA’28. Ironically, UCLA is the state school and USC is a private school known for a rich student body.

[@adamsmith583]

Merry Christmas ❤

[@liams.8369]

Umasses Mcguirk stadium holds 17,000 and often less than half of that show up

[@mcontreras7595]

I like how utep is going with scotty walden, stadium will get filled up little by little.

[@EK-deenutz]

Good stadiums to run monster jam or some type of event like that.

[@nathangoode1089]

I've seen high school stadiums bigger than cfl stadiums.

[@SupaLaya]

There should definitely be a bowl game for Yale Bowl

[@DaveEdwards-d5d]

Fine except where to park? Ever been there?

[@SupaLaya]

@ no lol

[@SumoOrange1776]

The Yale Bowl is considered a landmark, so there's no way they will do any significant construction to it

[@forgottenplaces9780]

@@SumoOrange1776 things change, so is the LA coliseum and theyve changed plenty…

[@mcherry205]

Protective Stadium needs to be added to this list UAB can’t even fill it up.

[@bobbypaluga4346]

What about Rice, huge stadium used to host NFL games even Super Bowls?

[@JustEdit22]

Idk what you’re talking about UTEP has won 2 back to back championships and consistently fills their stadium(I’m controlling them in College Football 25)

[@patriciamvisnofsky4750]

I was on Franklin Field by in 1967 for marching band day

[@GoalHornGeek]

Now I wonder which ones are too small 🤔

[@fredmorgan4741]

The people that think the stadiums are too big are not the ones collecting money from ticket sales

[@geoffreylee5199]

Hmmm, for six home games a season what does it matter? Concert tours go into these places and sellout on a regular basis. Think wider for usage!

[@forgottenplaces9780]

@@geoffreylee5199 not at those stadiums they dont usually, theres usually a better nfl option nearby

[@classjacksonlawsuit]

@@forgottenplaces9780 U2 literally filmed their 360 tour concert film at the Rose bowl in 09. While there wasn't necessarily a better option at the time, they would still go there today due to being able to sell out that size as one of the most successful acts of all time and due to its historical nature.

[@frankf684]

A lot of college stadiums do not hold concerts

[@SteveKComedy]

Cal Memorial Stadium sits on a fault line that is slowly pulling it apart

[@ChadBest-ug8uo]

Rice, Stanford, UNLV.......honorable mention

[@theronstanford5644]

Actually, Stanford shrunk its stadium after the 2005 season.

[@shibasurfing]

IDK where you’re getting your data but every time I’ve seen the Cal stands they’re pretty full. Cal is way into their football team.

[@forgottenplaces9780]

D1 attendance data, and no thats not what the averages say

[@canoone1975]

Cal averages fewer fans than Rutgers, Central Florida, and Fresno State. Their attendance is terrible, especially given the size of the school and the huge local population.

[@PCSPounder]

The school puts the student section on the far side for the cameras to absorb. It’s the rest of the stadium…

[@cypher515]

@@PCSPounder Which I as a wrestling fan used to call the WCW Maneuver and now call it the AEW Maneuver. (4000 fans IS a lot of people to attend a wrestling show but looks pathetic in an NBA arena, which is what Tony Khan was booking the shows in until recently because the STAGE was too big for the small arenas, apparently.)

[@joshleyva2249]

I'm surprised Rice University's stadium isn't mentioned.

[@igorslocks]

These are all iconic stadiums . And definitely do not need to be demolished.

[@forgottenplaces9780]

@@igorslocks did i say that they need to be torn down? No i didnt…

[@charlesallison6932]

@@forgottenplaces9780 Great way to drive traffic, argue with the people who post. #DBAD

[@forgottenplaces9780]

@@charlesallison6932 im doin just fine thanks

[@toughbutsweet1]

Interesting how all of these stadiums and their programs have stronger academic requirements than most NCAA programs.

[@canoone1975]

So do Notre Dame, Michigan, Texas, and many other schools with more-selective entrance requirements. Also, don’t believe that the players at elite schools would come anywhere close to meeting the average GPA & test scores at their respective universities. See: Beast Mode & DeSean Jackson at Cal.

[@classjacksonlawsuit]

@@canoone1975 *cough* don't forget Florida *cough* Just because they're in the SEC, doesn't mean they aren't rated as one of if not the highest rated public institutions nationally. It is literally them, Vandy, and now UT pulling the rest of the SEC along with them when it comes to academics.

[@MiRi-zi4wp]

The size of the stadium isn't the problem, it is the school's inability to fill them that is. Change the title to: Schools who's football team is not good enough to fill the stadium that they play in.

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

It's not that the stadiums are too big for College Football, it's that the stadiums are too big for their normal tenants (and the Rose Bowl should be that big due to the Rose Bowl Game) There are exactly *two* stadiums bigger than the biggest CFB stadium in the entire world Two. By that logic, pretty much every stadium bigger than the Sun Bowl would be too big despite filling to capacity Maybe just use a different term, like for their teams, because clearly 107k is a good size for some college football

[@timmccrory7630]

Rice And university Houston Robinson stadium both stadiums are in Houston Texas

[@sirekumasutra7022]

Totally thought I'd see Temple here. Good video.

[@jacobmervin7810]

Facts I did too 😂

[@milt6208]

Doesn't the San Andreas fault go through Cal's stadium? If it does just wait.

[@lckiller17]

You forgot about the sunbowl game

[@Timesido]

But Franklin Field sells out for the entire Penn Relays week.

[@pepperonish]

It's not used anymore, but Aloha Stadium for Hawaii

[@shhhhip52]

This is a neat concept

[@admirals818]

Better to be too big than too small. You never want to turn away paying customers.

[@billcook4768]

That’s what she said

[@bobbypaluga4346]

Why not do a video on schools that have outgrown their seating?

[@raidger4]

Putting the Rose Bowl on your list is asinine. Its primary purpose is the Rose Bowl game, which sells out every year.

[@forgottenplaces9780]

@@raidger4 no its not, it serves as the home of ucla many more times a year than the rose bowl. If they were so satisfied w the capacity they wouldnt be taking out 20k seats…

[@classjacksonlawsuit]

@@forgottenplaces9780 since 1982 and was built solely for the Rose Bowl game. It is literally where the bowl game was conceived..it is also a registered national landmark. There is no way it is too big or that it will ever change capacities. It is on UCLA to move. Come on dude.

[@forgottenplaces9780]

@ there literally reducing the capacity, they just announced it, so right off the bat your wrong, come on dude…

[@billlong8385]

Rose Bowl is not a good place to watch a game. The profile of the bowl is shallow, hard to see across the field.

[@frankf684]

It’s too big for UCLA football

[@johnlabus7359]

UNC upgraded but reduced the number of seats to 50,000 and still can't fill it.

[@billcook4768]

Bill’s gonna change that :)

[@PAGoTribe1963]

I would have thought the former Turner Field would make this list. Georgia State looks like they're playing in front of no fans.

[@michaelhansen7516]

Any stadium with a track around the field

[@esodevulpes6435]

Can't believe you bring up Franklin Field and don't mention The Penn Relays ONCE! It's an extremely prestigious track event that features All Americans, Olympians, and nearly capacity crowds. Franklin Field is a track and field stadium with a football field in it

[@forgottenplaces9780]

Bc this is about football, and from what i researched track only fills about half anyway.

[@PCSPounder]

Begs a question… did Philadelphia try to bring the World Track & Field Championships to Franklin? Is the track to international dimensions? I know the new Hayward Field in Eugene is a modern marvel, but the Worlds usually take place in larger venues and Franklin seems like a place to try.

[@esodevulpes6435]

@@forgottenplaces9780 Franklin Field isn't exclusively a football stadium though, and not mentioning the biggest event the venue hosts is missing context that explains why some aspects of it are the way they are. It would be like bringing up the Rose Bowl as UCLA's field and not mentioning how it hosts the Rose Bowl. It's just good context to have

[@esodevulpes6435]

@@PCSPounder Ever since new Hayward field opened in 2021 it became really hard to justify hosting national / international events in the US anywhere else. It's the newest nicest, and pretty much only purpose built exclusive track and field facility. Also location is very important for those events, they exclusively have them in the Midwest or PNW for weather reasons. Its why Texas' Myers stadium has never hosted an Olympics trials despite being a nice facility

[@PhDParapsychologistDr]

Univ. of California Stadium 🏟️ is built on a Earthquake fault line.

[@talon5368]

Here’s a couple more for you.. Rice, Baylor, SMU, Stanford and TCU

[@jamesfields2916]

SMU has a perfectly sized stadium.

[@philmickelsonscalves7585]

College football draws some of the biggest crowds in the world

[@TheKokonutMonkey]

I don't care if the Ivy Leaguers don't care, the Yale Bowl is a work of art.

[@boringlyawesum]

You forgot about Rice stadium.

[@robertclark2240]

You made some points, but mistitled your essay. These stadia are too big for their respective school programs; they are not to big for college football. At least four 100K plus stadia sell out regularly.

[@d.m.conroy6717]

forgot Lewisohn Stadium. Serpico deserves a shoutout

[@d.m.conroy6717]

sorry, it's been demolished.

[@drbonesshow1]

I was a post-doc in physics at UPenn long ago and never went to a football game. Oh well.

[@harthart7529]

Putting a track around a football field should be illegal.

[@kczcb4697]

In penn’s case the stadium sells out for the penn relays. Could be said the stadium is known more for the track than the football field. Of course penn is a rare case

[@joeleder]

Correction. The rose bowl is too big for UCLA. Not college football.

[@kevinschwinkendorf3202]

Coach Prime could use a much larger stadium

[@O.G.LIL-MAN]

*these stadiums have some of the largest capacities IN THE WORLD.

[@TheKaotiicImpulse]

Bro forgot Rynearson Stadium for Eastern Michigan.

[@maxstein2011]

RIP Cal football program 😢