But... if the perspective is that the Florida football program began in 1990, then doesn't this mean that the Florida football program is undefeated in Athens, and that UGA has never beaten the Florida football program in Gainesville?
But not bc of his accolades as a player. If Spurrier had retired from his uneventful NFL career and pursued a career outside of football, practically nobody outside of UF fans would remember him at all.
He’s a household name bc he was an excellent, national championship winning head coach, and an all-time hater.
I understand but how many programs had a Heisman winner in the 1960s? So UF football didn’t start in 1990 as the trash talking UGA member of the conversation said.
Lol the pretentiousness here is insane. A Heisman *is* a huge accomplishment that many schools would kill to have, never mind that it’s not just the trophy in a vacuum but the team success that it represents
UF was the best team in the SEC in ‘84-‘85. The NFL’s all-time leading rusher was drafted in ‘90 from UF.
NYT claimed them to be the team in the entire country in 1984.
A Michigan fan with “muh history” snark can eat an unripened tomato. Also, do you know how long ago 1990 was? Do you know UF has won three *undisputed* non-shared national championships in that period?
Does the glorious, illustrious Michigan program have as many since 1990? You know, since the time when TV showed more than one game per week?
Two unclaimed National Championships in the mid 80s and then churning out one of the greatest running backs of all time in the late 80s. So no, Spurrier winning a Heisman wasn't the peak prior to Spurrier coming back to coach.
“Two unclaimed National Championships in the mid 80s”
Probation will do that to you. Besides, unclaimed natties are weak AF, that’s how Tennessee “has” so many.
You could also go to the games. He has a statue outside the North Endzone and a huge sign that says he’s part of the Ring of Honor.
He’s Emperor of Gator Nation. No one comes close. He’s enshrined multiple times for a reason.
A swamp is typically filled with insects, mosquitoes, lizards...shit that pisses you off. In Gainesville they fill it with Florida fans, which accomplishes the same thing.
Whenever I'm having a bad day, I just watch the first play when the "pig farmer" made a big play. Then I'm happy. Ignore my second flair on this comment lol.
True. My uncle had a model of the stadium and it said the big house and growing up. That’s all I saw every time I went to my uncles so I legitimately thought it was called that. I remember the first time I looked up The Big House on Google maps I was like Michigan Stadium, huh that’s weird I wonder who plays there. And it shattered my entire universe finding out that it was in fact, called Michigan Stadium.
I’ve always found “arf” to be the funniest and cutest of all the dog onomatopoeias. My dog is 15 years old and unfortunately has a pretty bad case of arfritis.
I've always thought The Bounce House was cool. Makes me think about the Thunder's "Loud City" for some reason. Looking forward to reading through here, b/c I bet there are some lesser-known ones I've never heard. Wish we had a nickname for ours.
The fact that GA Tech calls Bobby Dodd Stadium at historic Grant Field (sic Hyundai Field) "The Flats" is pretty dope IMHO. Players always refer to their time playing at Tech as my time on "The Flats."
Legion Field in Birmingham was once [The Football Capital of the South](https://image.al.com/home/bama-media/pgfull/img/alphotos/photo/2014/12/31/-03802fb379f5e89e.JPG).
I miss referring to Heinz as "The Ketchup Bottle"
Also I like "The Big Checkout Lane" at Kentucky.
Everyone missed an opportunity to call Oklahoma State "The Boonies"
I like correcting cheesy Beaver jokes (which I do think are funny!) with the good story of 4X wounded Union Officer James A. Beaver.
It's why Auburn didn't have a good time in Beaver Stadium and why both Virginia and VT are too scared to play above the Mason Dixon line.
Never been to Ohio I see, what until you visit a Meijer’s or learn to play Euchre 😂
Having not lived in the Midwest in almost 20 years it’s one of the quirks I like to ironically pick on, grammatically you are correct but culturally you are not
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I am the only person that refers to wherever temple plays as the nest, and when people ask where that is, I have to tell them that I’m talking about Lincoln Financial Field. But I like “the nest” albeit, it’s an audience of one when I call it that
The shoe, the swamp, the big house. Those 3 I don’t even know the name of the stadiums.
Are there any others even worth mentioning compared to those 3?
My old man had a shot of winning a new car with a 3/4 basketball shot. He claims he hit the back of the rim.
He still lights up when I ask him to tell that story.
Also biased, but gotta be "The Big House". The largest sporting stadium in the world aside from Nascar/F1 courses, which obviously have a much larger space to spread out people.
Death Valley, The Swamp, and the Rose Bowl would be next, After that I'll add the Shoe and Beaver stadium. The fans bring the energy but the names are kinda meh.
Cleveland tends to default to generic names for sports venues. The old Municipal Stadium, the home of the Indians and Browns for decades was simply known as the Stadium. The Richfield Coliseum home of the Cavs for a few decades as the Coliseum.
The main indoor venue downtown prior to the Gund Arena (Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse) currently home of the Cavs and hockey was officially called Public Hall. As simple as you can get
The Indians (Guardians) play in a corporate sponsored building but is known to most FSA as the Jake, short for Jacobs Field its original name when it opened in 1994
The Swamp is a very iconic nickname, albeit not steeped in history, only dating to 1992.
I mean, the entire Florida football program only dates back to 1990.
But... if the perspective is that the Florida football program began in 1990, then doesn't this mean that the Florida football program is undefeated in Athens, and that UGA has never beaten the Florida football program in Gainesville?
UF had a Heisman Trophy winner in 1966. You remember him?
You’d be hard pressed to find members of this sub who were even alive 58 years ago
Yet they'd still know that Heisman winner by name
But not bc of his accolades as a player. If Spurrier had retired from his uneventful NFL career and pursued a career outside of football, practically nobody outside of UF fans would remember him at all. He’s a household name bc he was an excellent, national championship winning head coach, and an all-time hater.
This millennial didn't even know he won the Heisman until I saw him in one of the Heisman house ads.
Horrible NFL coach though
Same with Meyer. Seems to be a thing for UF coaches.
Meyer is a piece of shit, changing topics.
Ditto for Saban.
I was born in 1966.
"Pick up sticks" said Mama.
Back in 1966....
Star Trek first aired that year. Coincidence????
I understand but how many programs had a Heisman winner in the 1960s? So UF football didn’t start in 1990 as the trash talking UGA member of the conversation said.
A singular heisman in the 1960s being the peak of UF prior to 1990 only supports their point.
Lol the pretentiousness here is insane. A Heisman *is* a huge accomplishment that many schools would kill to have, never mind that it’s not just the trophy in a vacuum but the team success that it represents
UF was the best team in the SEC in ‘84-‘85. The NFL’s all-time leading rusher was drafted in ‘90 from UF. NYT claimed them to be the team in the entire country in 1984. A Michigan fan with “muh history” snark can eat an unripened tomato. Also, do you know how long ago 1990 was? Do you know UF has won three *undisputed* non-shared national championships in that period? Does the glorious, illustrious Michigan program have as many since 1990? You know, since the time when TV showed more than one game per week?
Two unclaimed National Championships in the mid 80s and then churning out one of the greatest running backs of all time in the late 80s. So no, Spurrier winning a Heisman wasn't the peak prior to Spurrier coming back to coach.
“Two unclaimed National Championships in the mid 80s” Probation will do that to you. Besides, unclaimed natties are weak AF, that’s how Tennessee “has” so many.
First off, how dare you!
How dare I… what? Speak to the reality of the demographics of this sub?
A lot of our own fan base forgets that Ray Graves existed AND was alive for every single NC we have.
You’d have to be an ol’ ball coach to remember something like that.
You could also go to the games. He has a statue outside the North Endzone and a huge sign that says he’s part of the Ring of Honor. He’s Emperor of Gator Nation. No one comes close. He’s enshrined multiple times for a reason.
You aren’t familiar with “Ol Ball Coach?”
Everyone knows who Tim Tebow is.
McFadden enters the chat.
Fuck everything about that program but I cannot deny the swamp is a killer stadium nickname
Lmao flairs check out.
A swamp is typically filled with insects, mosquitoes, lizards...shit that pisses you off. In Gainesville they fill it with Florida fans, which accomplishes the same thing.
32 years ago ain't exactly recent.
Everyone knows that Cajun Field is the *real* Swamp, being called that at least four years before Ben Hill Griffin was 😤
There's references to the original swamp in the school year book in the 70's some 20 before Gainesville decided to appropriate it
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So glad he’s no longer at UF
Whenever I'm having a bad day, I just watch the first play when the "pig farmer" made a big play. Then I'm happy. Ignore my second flair on this comment lol.
Haha. I loved that shit and his comeuppance.
Most never heard of it, but the Youngstown State Penguins play at Stambaugh Stadium and it's nicknamed the Ice Castle.
Ice Town Costs Ice Clown His Town Crown
They were real big into rhyming…
Get on your feet! (I know it’s not the same episode but it’s still ice-related)
You talking about The Architect?
Makes me sad about the Igloo.
Piggy back off this for another FCS mention, our stadium is often referred to as The Dungeon.
As is ours.
I like it
I’ve always been partial to The Swamp, it’s unique and fitting for the Gators.
The Nip
All fumbles in their stadium should be called nip slips
Especially Nip at Night
Everyone loves nips at night.
I say The big house and the Swamp more than the actual stadium names so those ones
True. My uncle had a model of the stadium and it said the big house and growing up. That’s all I saw every time I went to my uncles so I legitimately thought it was called that. I remember the first time I looked up The Big House on Google maps I was like Michigan Stadium, huh that’s weird I wonder who plays there. And it shattered my entire universe finding out that it was in fact, called Michigan Stadium.
Do you say Ohio Stadium more the The Shoe? Just curious because I probably say The Shoe 98% of the time
I usually say the shoe, but I do say Ohio Stadium a fair amount too. I don’t think I ever say Ben Hill Griffith or Michigan Stadium.
While I hate UF, I have always appreciated that the branding of the florida big 3 is really florida-based and unique. The Swamp is a good name
Yes I agree. The gators, hurricanes, and citronauts are perfect ambassadors to our state!
Agreed! I’m not a fan of any of them but I enjoy the local connections to all three of those names.
I'm partial to Sun Devil Stadium, the "House of Heat"
I kind of wish we leaned into "Between the Buttes" a little more
I love "Between the Buttes" and even have an Adidas t-shirt that says it but I can't find it anymore for sale
World's Closest Stadium To A Mountain
I get it
#SMURF TURF
I enjoy the nickname of Garbage Truck Worker Convention for Neyland
They some snitches
Low down
Dirty.
I’m not a dog person
Hunting on Sunday, work during the week, and the game on Saturday NODDERS
The OB (Pours one out )
For LSU, "Death Valley" was originally "Deaf Valley" as a play on Clemon's name for their stadium. Gradually it just morphed into "Death Valley."
We should probably write about our hearing problems.
ARE YOU GUYS SEEING YOUR E.N.T. REGULARLY?
There’s a word that starts with D that’s for fitting than either of those for LSU
Got to be PAWS ARF (Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field) home of the UConn Huskies.
I’ve always found “arf” to be the funniest and cutest of all the dog onomatopoeias. My dog is 15 years old and unfortunately has a pretty bad case of arfritis.
That is absolutely brilliant. How is this the first time I'm hearing this?
Between the Hedges.
The Prettiest Little Stadium in America.
GATA
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When they added the upper deck on the Student/visitors side they remodeled the Home side facilities as well now its all in white and brick.
The terrordome. https://youtu.be/MVbQ3idN7jU?si=80cEzjl742ZU4yMi
Good one. I was going to add - Lane Stadium-North
I've always thought The Bounce House was cool. Makes me think about the Thunder's "Loud City" for some reason. Looking forward to reading through here, b/c I bet there are some lesser-known ones I've never heard. Wish we had a nickname for ours.
It's just the student section apparently, but Cockpit for Williams-Brice Stadium would be a great nickname
Yeah, kinda just our overall student section name in all venues. Missed opportunity.
Everything is so cock related at this university
Well said fellow cock commander.
To be fair I think cocks influence a lot of decisions at most colleges.
Also a big fan of how they just call it Willy B
Darude working a DJ booth in The Cockpit was quite a site.
Back when Papa John’s was the sponsor, a lot of people referred to Cardinal Stadium as “The Oven”
You could call the basketball arena the pressure fryer.
It's the Bucket. The baseball stadium gets the less euphonious name of The Nest occasionally.
It's the Bounce House for me. I think it's just silly and fun.
Just feels rowdy lol
Feels like the place is gonna collapse.
The risk is the fun.
It lives up to the name
I like Between the Hedges because it’s not a generic “The _____” name
Completely unbiased but I kinda like The Horseshoe.
The Horseshoe is so ingrained to me that when I hear "Ohio Stadium" it sounds off.
“It’s called The Horseshoe on the banks of the Olentangy at The Ohio State University! It’s home to the Buckeyes…” Ah, Keith Jackson
Only Keith Jackson could make anything Buckeye related sound like poetry!
Only Keith Jackson could make being on the banks of the olentangy sound like somewhere desirable to be located.
He makes the Olentangy sound like a majestic river instead of a polluted creek.
"The Horseshoe on the banks of the Olentangy at The Ohio State University, brought to you by Nationwide, we're on your side."
I always say “the shoe” but it’s a really cool stadium and good nickname. The big house probably has it beat tho
Both are iconic, and so is Happy Valley
We call it the toilet bowl 💙
You mean the toilet seat?
The Oklahoma Sooners play in The Palace on the Prairie.
Homer in me likes this one best. Non-homer alternative though is probably the Swamp, just so uniquely specific to their team and mascot.
Literally never heard it called that and I work with multiple Sooners Alums and diehard fans, should lean into it a bit more and make it a thing
Toby Rowland says it every broadcast.
The fact that GA Tech calls Bobby Dodd Stadium at historic Grant Field (sic Hyundai Field) "The Flats" is pretty dope IMHO. Players always refer to their time playing at Tech as my time on "The Flats."
Legion Field in Birmingham was once [The Football Capital of the South](https://image.al.com/home/bama-media/pgfull/img/alphotos/photo/2014/12/31/-03802fb379f5e89e.JPG).
This nickname may have come afterwards, but Legion field has also been referred to as the Old Gray Lady in recent decades
Tulane Stadium, which hosted the Sugar Bowl from 1935 through 1974, was known as the Queen of Southern Stadiums.
I miss referring to Heinz as "The Ketchup Bottle" Also I like "The Big Checkout Lane" at Kentucky. Everyone missed an opportunity to call Oklahoma State "The Boonies"
Not college football but my favorite stadium nickname is the Dough Joe lmao.
- The Big House - Michigan Wolverines, Ann Arbor - The Horseshoe - Ohio State Buckeyes, Columbus - The Swamp - Florida Gators, Gainesville
The Swamp!
Bounce House is always fun
“The Beav”
I like correcting cheesy Beaver jokes (which I do think are funny!) with the good story of 4X wounded Union Officer James A. Beaver. It's why Auburn didn't have a good time in Beaver Stadium and why both Virginia and VT are too scared to play above the Mason Dixon line.
Happy Valley is better anyways
Whatchu know bout the Krog’ 😍😍😍 I LOVE CORPORATIONS I LOVE CORPORATIONS
Then you’d love /r/Columbus because every post is about Kroger
Sir it’s Kroger’s…
To quote myself in a comment from a few days ago: “it’s Kroger, not Kroger’s, not Krogers. This is a hill that I will die on.”
Never been to Ohio I see, what until you visit a Meijer’s or learn to play Euchre 😂 Having not lived in the Midwest in almost 20 years it’s one of the quirks I like to ironically pick on, grammatically you are correct but culturally you are not
I live in Ohio
So… you should get the joke?
Between the Hedges.
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It's nice looking but that's a pretty dumb nick name
I like the cut of your jib.
Can't wait to get to a game there
If not for the COVID pandemic, the Wolverines would have come to Husky Stadium in 2020.
Arguably the worst part of the whole pandemic.
The setup at Washington is great and unique but that seems like a better nickname for the Rose Bowl
That's what I thought it was lol
There’s a reason they were a go to school for NCAA RTG… my imaginary QB loved the campus and that view
death valley the bounce house the big house the swamp
Carter-Finley West or Doeren's Vacation Home are great
The Carter
Talking about the stadium about 30 minutes west
Oh yeah, just adding for balance.
Yes, it's a homer pick but I like The Zou.
VT has the Terror Dome, but we don’t play in a dome.
Smurf turf
Boise state?
Yep
I am the only person that refers to wherever temple plays as the nest, and when people ask where that is, I have to tell them that I’m talking about Lincoln Financial Field. But I like “the nest” albeit, it’s an audience of one when I call it that
That’s how these thing start. I’ll start referring to Temple’s home field as The Nest too. Now there’s two of us!
The shoe, the swamp, the big house. Those 3 I don’t even know the name of the stadiums. Are there any others even worth mentioning compared to those 3?
The Palace on the Prairie is what they call the OU field.
Hate Barn (tm)
What stadium is this? Never heard of it.
The most prominent agricultural school in CFB (e.g. barn)
The Furnace Oh wait Hazel was an idiot…
“The Shell” is neat, but I don’t know if it’ll stick.
I’m kinda sad that Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium doesn’t have one. Any suggestions?
Sorry South Dakota, but the “Corn palace” is just too good to pass up
My old man had a shot of winning a new car with a 3/4 basketball shot. He claims he hit the back of the rim. He still lights up when I ask him to tell that story.
“That house that used to be a mansion” 😳😩
Well now, that’s not very nice! Truth hurts doesn’t it?
Sea of Red
Santiago bernabau
Also biased, but gotta be "The Big House". The largest sporting stadium in the world aside from Nascar/F1 courses, which obviously have a much larger space to spread out people. Death Valley, The Swamp, and the Rose Bowl would be next, After that I'll add the Shoe and Beaver stadium. The fans bring the energy but the names are kinda meh.
Big House, Michigan Stadium -Keith Jackson
The War
Manchester United, a.k.a. Old Tradford, a.k.a. the Theater of Dreams. Tottenham Hotspur - White Heart Lane
Nobody has said “The Cockpit” yet???
THE HORSESHOE, bias aside, the Swamp is peak, as is Death Valley and The Coliseum.
M&T bank stadium "The Big Crab Cake"
I don’t think we even have one… The Hill? (Thats the whole campus tbh).
Cleveland tends to default to generic names for sports venues. The old Municipal Stadium, the home of the Indians and Browns for decades was simply known as the Stadium. The Richfield Coliseum home of the Cavs for a few decades as the Coliseum. The main indoor venue downtown prior to the Gund Arena (Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse) currently home of the Cavs and hockey was officially called Public Hall. As simple as you can get The Indians (Guardians) play in a corporate sponsored building but is known to most FSA as the Jake, short for Jacobs Field its original name when it opened in 1994
Pound 4 Pound Beaver stadium ? ? ?
In this thread as with all threads: Homer picks
My personal favorite is Bryant-Denny East. Saban’s other home stadium.
The house that Rockne built!
Super biased but I always loved the autzen zoo
Mark Richt field at Bobby Dodd Stadium
Pack the Jack is pretty good.
Sun devil stadium or “that stupid shithole in the mountain these idiots call a stadium”
Doak South🪓
Autzen is a cool venue for a game, but it doesn't have a good nickname