War Damn Jordan Hare

[Guest Tigrinum Major]

JHS recognized by Rivals as one of the top homefield advantages in the country.

10. Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn)

Starting out as a 7,500-seat venue, Jordan-Hare Stadium has come a long way since its opening in 1939. There's no question that definitive home field advantages played a large part in Auburn's perfect 2004 season. And those who attended the game against Georgia last November will swear that the atmosphere was undoubtedly one of the best in the history of Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Besides the impressive noise and intensity level inside Jordan-Hare Staduim on gamedays, the Tigers are just downright hard to beat at home, too. Auburn boasts a .798 winning percentage at home over the last 65 years.

The X-factor: City-sized crowd

Just how huge is the support for Auburn football? Consider this: On Saturdays during the fall in Auburn, Jordan-Hare stadium becomes Alabama's fifth-largest city.

Capacity: 87,451

Complete list:

Rivals Top Ten Homefield Advantage Stadiums

[Tigermike 3,039]

There is a conspiracy!!!! I predict another Tommy Gallion lawsuit!

Surprising that & didn't make the list.

[bammanmr 0]

I find it hard to believe that we rank behind any of those other stadiums. I've been to some and they're just not that impressive.

[DKW 86 7,431]

1. Lane Stadium (Virginia Tech)

Capacity: 66,233

On TV this is not an impressive stadium. Been thru Blacksburg. It looked a lot like Starkvegas.

2. Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Capacity: 91,209

Loud AND very obnoxious. I love football. I love my Tigers. But there is no way in hell I would take my wife or daughter there. I would recommend having bail money just a phone call away too. The ugliness there can get to you some times. I have relatives that have had rental cars with every piece of glass completely broken out after an game. I was pelted with urine after one game there myself, back when they had dorms in the stadium. At points loudest of any team, just not consistently so.

3. Ohio Stadium (Ohio State)

Capacity: 102,329

Nice tradition and fan base. With 55k+ on campus, I am sure they sell out regularly.

4. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida)

Capacity: 88,548

Very loud and very consistent. Fun folks too. Lite beer commercial during a NM State game one time. 1/2 of crowd was "Less Filling," other 1/2 was "Tastes Great" Mr Two Bits was/is 's Shorty Price

5. Beaver Stadium (Penn State).

Capacity: 107,282

At PSU games I have been to, they do inappropriate cheers at times. Was at a game, 1976? Sugar Bowl, where they did "Here we go Lions" all thru the invocation.

6. Autzen Stadium (Oregon)

Capacity: 54,000

Pathetic 10, size, ugliest uniforms in the nation, who cares...

7. Kyle Field (Texas A&M)

Capacity: 82,600

How did Fran, who hated TSDTR, get to be coach at TSDTR in Texas? Would love to go to an Aggies game just as a fan.

8. Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin)

Capacity:82,368

of the Big-11

9. Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State)

Capacity: 82,300

Heard it was almost all metal grid structure at one time. We will be back there sometime soon I feel.

10. Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn)

Capacity: 87,451

Home, I wish we were a just a little more consistently loud but IMHO, we are the 2nd most consistently loud stadium in the Only is better.

And where are and ?

[sportwareagle 0]

I don't see how we could be ranked below some of those stadiums except that we don't sell out the cupcake games and like DKW said, we aren't always consistenly loud. Maybe this year we can change that!!

WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!

[quietfan 233]

JHS recognized by Rivals as one of the top homefield advantages in the country.

... the Tigers are just downright hard to beat at home, too. Auburn boasts a .798 winning percentage at home over the last 65 years.

Can anyone lay their hands on a link to home W-L records of other big time programs? I ask because I vaguely remember reading a few years back that despite its "Death Valley" nickname, LSU's home field advantage wasn't all that impressive, that their overall home W-L record was behind many others. Of course, I think this was either pre-Saban or very early in the Saban era. I imagine Nick's tenure improved the overall LSU record quite a bit. [or perhaps I just dreamed it, not read it]

Also, can we include our perfect record in Jordan-Hare West in our stats since we own that stadium too? Seriously, I wonder how Bama's overall record in Bryant-Denny looks since for many years they played their important games in Birmingham. Their overall B-D record might be very good, since for most of the Tide's football history they only played patsies in Tuscaloosa.

[AUesquire 1]

I've been to several FSU games at Doak Campbell recently, two of which were FSU/Miami games.

They have really done a good job with this stadium and it's a nice place to attend a game, but .....intimidating???? You've got to be kidding me. I've been to louder high school games.

They have one tradition I actually like though. In pre-game, the band comes on the field, faces the opposing teams section and plays that teams fight song. Pretty cool.

[DKW 86 7,431]

I've been to several FSU games at Doak Campbell recently, two of which were FSU/Miami games. 

They have really done a good job with this stadium and it's a nice place to attend a game, but .....intimidating????  You've got to be kidding me.  I've been to louder high school games.

They have one tradition I actually like though.  In pre-game, the band comes on the field, faces the opposing teams section and plays that teams fight song.  Pretty cool.

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Nebraska does the opponent's cheer before kickoff.

Epitome of class...

[DKW 86 7,431]

HFA by schools.

This list has problems. It does not take into account blowout games by very weak opponents. But you get the general jist. The numbers are computed HFA based on actual games. In other words instead of the traditional +3 for HFA you would ad this to get real predicted score. This was for 2004 only.

Team HFA in Points Rating

1. Texas (11-2) 28.664

2. Central Florida (5-5) 22.352

3. Washington (8-4) 16.523

4. Louisiana Tech (7-5) 15.758

5. BYU (12-2) 14.789

6. Miami (12-0) 13.164

7. Middle Tenn. St (8-3) 12.883

8. Toledo (10-2) 12.633

9. South Florida (5-3) 12.102

10. Oregon State (4-6) 11.711

11. Rice (8-4) 11.570

12. Maryland (10-2) 11.352

13. Tulane (2-9) 11.133

14. Boston College (8-4) 10.492

15. Kent (5-5) 10.180

16. Nebraska (11-2) 10.070

17. TCU (6-5) 9.7114

18. Tulsa (0-10) 9.1333

19. Utah (8-4) 9.1020

20. Iowa (7-5) 8.9614

21. Minnesota (3-7) 8.4926

22. Nevada (3-8) 8.398

23. North Texas (5-7) 8.2426

24. Louisiana-Monroe (2-8) 8.1489

25. Virginia Tech (8-4) 7.9926

26. Northern Illinois (5-5) 7.6176

27. Arkansas (6-5) 7.5083

28. UCLA (7-4) 7.5083

29. Eastern Michigan (1-8) 7.1801

30. Western Michigan (4-6) 7.0083

31. Akron (4-7) 7.0083

32. Hawaii (8-3) 6.8520

33. New Mexico (6-5) 6.4692

34. Syracuse (10-3) 6.4458

35. USC (6-6) 6.2426

36. Auburn (7-5) 6.1489

37. Houston (0-11) 6.0864

38. Air Force (5-6) 5.8051

39. Memphis (4-6) 5.2348

40. San Jose State (3-9) 5.2270

41. Bowling Green (8-3) 5.1176

42. SMU (4-7) 5.0786

43. Purdue (6-6) 5.0629

44. Arizona State (4-7) 5.0551

45. Army (3-8) 4.9770

46. Texas A&M (7-4) 4.9301

47. Arkansas State (2-7) 4.7739

48. Michigan (8-4) 4.7348

49. Louisiana-Lafayette (2-8) 4.7270

50. Marshall (9-2) 4.4145

51. Louisville (10-2) 4.3520

52. Miami (OH) (7-5) 4.1489

53. Baylor (2-8) 4.1176

54. Stanford (9-3) 4.0708

55. UAB (5-5) 3.9458

56. Kentucky (2-9) 3.7583

57. Virginia (4-7) 3.6645

58. Illinois (10-2) 3.6489

59. Notre Dame (5-6) 3.6020

60. Utah State (2-7) 3.6020

61. Southern Miss (6-5) 3.5551

62. Mississippi State (3-8) 3.5239

63. Ohio (1-10) 3.1489

64. Texas Tech (6-5) 3.1254

65. Northwestern (4-7) 3.1098

66. Colorado (10-3) 3.0786

67. South Carolina (8-3) 3.0708

68. Boise State (8-4) 2.8833

69. Idaho (1-9) 2.8520

70. Iowa State (6-5) 2.7583

71. Penn State (5-6) 2.6958

72. West Virginia (3-8) 2.6645

73. Navy (0-10) 2.4458

74. Georgia Tech (7-5) 2.4184

75. Florida State (8-4) 2.2583

76. Michigan State (7-5) 2.2036

77. UTEP (1-9) 2.1801

78. Tennessee (11-3) 2.1254

79. Mississippi (6-4) 1.6333

80. Ball State (5-5) 1.5083

81. Alabama (7-5) 1.4692

82. Indiana (5-6) 1.4379

83. Fresno State (11-3) 1.2895

84. Kansas State (6-6) 1.1333

85. Pittsburgh (6-5) 1.0239

86. Wyoming (1-9) 0.6333

87. North Carolina State (7-5) 0.4926

88. Washington State (9-2) 0.4770

89. Connecticut (2-8) 0.2114

90. North Carolina (8-5) 0.1801

91. Troy St (3-4) -0.522

92. Wisconsin (4-7) -0.819

93. Florida (10-2) -0.827

94. Vanderbilt (1-9) -0.897

95. New Mexico State (5-7) -0.897

96. Duke (0-11) -1.147

97. Colorado State (7-5) -1.272

98. Rutgers (2-9) -1.288

99. Cincinnati (7-5) -1.601

100. San Diego State (2-8) -1.780

101. Temple (4-7) -1.835

102. Ohio State (7-5) -1.913

103. Buffalo (3-8) -1.913

104. Missouri (3-7) -2.147

105. Oklahoma State (3-7) -2.226

106. UNLV (4-7) -3.132

107. Arizona (5-6) -3.272

108. LSU (11-3) -3.405

109. California (1-10) -3.554

110. Central Michigan (2-8) -4.382

111. Kansas (2-8) -5.085

112. East Carolina (5-6) -5.319

113. Oklahoma (11-2) -5.327

114. Georgia (8-4) -5.468

115. Wake Forest (5-5) -5.507

116. Oregon (11-1) -7.772

117. Clemson (6-5) -11.30

[Tigermike 3,039]

I've been to several FSU games at Doak Campbell recently, two of which were FSU/Miami games. 

They have really done a good job with this stadium and it's a nice place to attend a game, but .....intimidating????  You've got to be kidding me.  I've been to louder high school games.

They have one tradition I actually like though.  In pre-game, the band comes on the field, faces the opposing teams section and plays that teams fight song.  Pretty cool.

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Nebraska does the opponent's cheer before kickoff.

Epitome of class...

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And Bama has Rammer Jammer.

[WarTim 3,456]

Maybe, if uat were to ever play Nebraska, the Cornhusker band could do a little rammer jammer for 'em!

[sportwareagle 0]

Maybe, if uat were to ever play Nebraska, the Cornhusker band could do a little rammer jammer for 'em! 

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ooooohhhhhh...how I wish they would!!!! Then spank 'em right afterwards!!

[subterranean_jack 112]

I don't see how any PAC-10 stadium could be on this list. The Auburn fans nearly outnumbered the Trojan fans in L.A., and the Auburn fans were certainly louder. I've attended other PAC-10 games, and the crowd is generally more interested in the concession stands and chatting than the play on the field. I think the Mountain West conference has better atmosphere because of their fans than the PAC-10, even though the stadiums are a little smaller. I visited Stanford's stadium a couple years ago... what a piece of crap... it was practically falling down... wooden benches in the stands.... maybe seats 25 thousand... the PAC-10 hardly knows what football is, with the exception of maybe USC..

[AUslug 1]

I also noticed that Neyland was missing, that place can be very loud i.e. Florida in 98. I've watch several games when UGA was at home and I haven't been overly impressed with Sanford Stadium, it just doesn't seem loud even thought it is a nice looking place. The loudest I have ever heard Jordan-Hare was when Carnell broke it for 80 yards against Bama...wow.

[SEC FAN 0]

2. Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Capacity: 91,209

Loud AND very obnoxious. I love football. I love my Tigers. But there is no way in hell I would take my wife or daughter there. I would recommend having bail money just a phone call away too. The ugliness there can get to you some times. I have relatives that have had rental cars with every piece of glass completely broken out after an game. I was pelted with urine after one game there myself, back when they had dorms in the stadium. At points loudest of any team, just not consistently so.

So how come the 1000's of AU fans (including families) continue to show up every two years in Baton Rouge apparently don't see it your way? Or are you insinuating those parents are irresponsible parents?

[Jenny AU-92 0]

Nebraska does the opponent's cheer before kickoff.

Epitome of class...

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I wouldn't say that doing the opponent's cheer/fight song is the epitome of class - Tennessee does that too...

Kind of blows your theory!!

[SLAG-91 1,483]

I don't remember FSU's band playing our fight song before the game there in '89, but they sure as hell played it afterward...along with Rocky Top. That, more than anything else, is why our band serenaded the FSU players with their "Tomahawk Chop" after we beat them in '90. There wasn't anything benevolent about it.

Oh, and Doak Campbell was a glorified erector set back in the '80s...the facility looks much nicer now on TV.

[Streyeder 0]

2. Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Capacity: 91,209

Loud AND very obnoxious. I love football. I love my Tigers. But there is no way in hell I would take my wife or daughter there. I would recommend having bail money just a phone call away too. The ugliness there can get to you some times. I have relatives that have had rental cars with every piece of glass completely broken out after an game. I was pelted with urine after one game there myself, back when they had dorms in the stadium. At points loudest of any team, just not consistently so.

So how come the 1000's of AU fans (including families) continue to show up every two years in Baton Rouge apparently don't see it your way? Or are you insinuating those parents are irresponsible parents?

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I agree, I had a insanely awesome time there! One group of LSU fans took me in and gave me free beer, CR, food, and even took me to the TAF (kegger) party! Man, kicka.. time!

[aulax1 0]

Going to Tiger Stadium a few years ago was definatley an experience all in it self. Since it was a night game, and they were playing Auburn, I think the majority of the fans had a little to much happy juice before the game. I had several fans standing next to the fance the sperates the stands and the field that found it necessary to taunt me al during our warmups on the field.

If anybody has a chance to see a game at Beaver Stadium, I suggest you do it. It was one of the best times I have had sitting in the stands. I haven't been there since the expansion, but I am anxious to go back again sometime soon.

[DKW 86 7,431]

2. Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Capacity: 91,209

Loud AND very obnoxious. I love football. I love my Tigers. But there is no way in hell I would take my wife or daughter there. I would recommend having bail money just a phone call away too. The ugliness there can get to you some times. I have relatives that have had rental cars with every piece of glass completely broken out after an game. I was pelted with urine after one game there myself, back when they had dorms in the stadium. At points loudest of any team, just not consistently so.

So how come the 1000's of AU fans (including families) continue to show up every two years in Baton Rouge apparently don't see it your way? Or are you insinuating those parents are irresponsible parents?

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No, they lead their lives as they wish.

I just am not subjecting my wife and daughter to it. When the boy is older, we will go. I know many that will never go back. The urine balls, nerf balls soaked in urine, are a part of the experience I hear. I know cups of urine being thrown on the visiting fans is for real. My wife and daughter do not need to experience that.

Why do the ladies at not say something to the :corndog:s?

[SEC FAN 0]

2. Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Capacity: 91,209

Loud AND very obnoxious. I love football. I love my Tigers. But there is no way in hell I would take my wife or daughter there. I would recommend having bail money just a phone call away too. The ugliness there can get to you some times. I have relatives that have had rental cars with every piece of glass completely broken out after an game. I was pelted with urine after one game there myself, back when they had dorms in the stadium. At points loudest of any team, just not consistently so.

So how come the 1000's of AU fans (including families) continue to show up every two years in Baton Rouge apparently don't see it your way? Or are you insinuating those parents are irresponsible parents?

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No, they lead their lives as they wish.

I just am not subjecting my wife and daughter to it. When the boy is older, we will go. I know many that will never go back. The urine balls, nerf balls soaked in urine, are a part of the experience I hear. I know cups of urine being thrown on the visiting fans is for real. My wife and daughter do not need to experience that.

Why do the ladies at not say something to the :corndog:s?

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The fact is, there will be thousands of AU families in Baton Rouge this year and they will be back again in 2 years. These families would not come back if they experienced the negative things you mentioned. That's your choice if you don't want to let your kids experience one of the best college football atmospheres in the country. And I'm not saying our atmosphere is better than yours because AU has one of the best too.

[sportwareagle 0]

2. Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Capacity: 91,209

Loud AND very obnoxious. I love football. I love my Tigers. But there is no way in hell I would take my wife or daughter there. I would recommend having bail money just a phone call away too. The ugliness there can get to you some times. I have relatives that have had rental cars with every piece of glass completely broken out after an game. I was pelted with urine after one game there myself, back when they had dorms in the stadium. At points loudest of any team, just not consistently so.

So how come the 1000's of AU fans (including families) continue to show up every two years in Baton Rouge apparently don't see it your way? Or are you insinuating those parents are irresponsible parents?

176242[/snapback]

No, they lead their lives as they wish.

I just am not subjecting my wife and daughter to it. When the boy is older, we will go. I know many that will never go back. The urine balls, nerf balls soaked in urine, are a part of the experience I hear. I know cups of urine being thrown on the visiting fans is for real. My wife and daughter do not need to experience that.

Why do the ladies at not say something to the :corndog:s?

176392[/snapback]

The fact is, there will be thousands of AU families in Baton Rouge this year and they will be back again in 2 years. These families would not come back if they experienced the negative things you mentioned. That's your choice if you don't want to let your kids experience one of the best college football atmospheres in the country. And I'm not saying our atmosphere is better than yours because AU has one of the best too.

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You know, it's a rather large place. Dare I say it is possible that people have different experiences!! Some people like LSU, some don't. The same can be said for every SEC stadium. All of our fans get rather rowdy sometimes, but that's why we love it!!!!