25 toughest places to play

[Larry&Leisa]

sorry if already posted... another take on the toughest places to play

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[Sooner_09]

No. 12..not bad

[JLEW1818]

How much does this relate to fans? I noticed Oregon was small attendance wise.

[Lott's Bandana]

Numbah one and two are interchangable...miserable alchoholic holes for teh visitors.

SUC in teh top 10 and they don't even sell out...throwin' a flag on that one.

[Jacie]

The stadium in Lubbock made #24 on the list, ahead of the old Orange Bowl.

The fans are known for giving Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas A&M all they can handle anytime they play here.

At least in OUr case, replace fans with officials here.

[Charla]

it's those guys in black and white that make it tough to win at Autzen

[tulsaoilerfan]

it's those guys in black and white that make it tough to win at Autzen

The same could be said for Texas Tech. :)

[tulsaoilerfan]

If they went by records over the last decade, i'm sure we would be number 1; i doubt if anyone else has only lost 2 home games since 99

[OUHOMER]

Ducks at 5, but they did not mention th refs home cooking

[Lott's Bandana]

If they went by records over the last decade, i'm sure we would be number 1; i doubt if anyone else has only lost 2 home games since 99


Sooners own longest current home winning streak. (17)

OU = 2 home losses since 1999.
LSU = 4
suc = 5+
tOSU = 3 (since 2003)
Florida = 5 (since 2003)
Oregon + 6 (since 2003

Boise State = 2 home losses since 1999.

They claim to have the best home record of last 5 years, on their official website, 32-1. (OU's record over same time period at home, 32-1)

They also claim to be the "Nation's Winningest Team since 1999" on their website with only 24 losses. (OU? 17 losses during same period)

[Soonerus]

USC that high...give me a break...

[tulsaoilerfan]

Sooners own longest current home winning streak. (17)

OU = 2 home losses since 1999.
LSU = 4
suc = 5+
tOSU = 3 (since 2003)
Florida = 5 (since 2003)
Oregon + 6 (since 2003

Boise State = 2 home losses since 1999.

They claim to have the best home record of last 5 years, on their official website, 32-1. (OU's record over same time period at home, 32-1)

They also claim to be the "Nation's Winningest Team since 1999" on their website with only 24 losses. (OU? 17 losses during same period)

But they do have that cool blue turf; that must count for something:D

[JLEW1818]

Basically I like the Texas more then Boise State.

[Lott's Bandana]

But they do have that cool blue turf; that must count for something:D


http://www.quickpicturehost.com/images/qph-1214885524.jpg

From Broncosports.com:

The "Blue Turf" at Boise State University is receiving a makeover. The last time the field was replaced was in 2002 going from Astro Turf to Astro Play. The new "Blue Turf" being installed is called Field Turf, the same type of turf in the Caven-Williams Indoor Facility. Installation is expected to be completed by early August, just in time before fall football practices start.

This is the fourth "Blue Turf" Boise State has installed at Bronco Stadium. The first was put down in 1986. The second was installed prior to the start of the 1995 season.

[Frozen Sooner]

Sooners own longest current home winning streak. (17)

OU = 2 home losses since 1999.
LSU = 4
suc = 5+
tOSU = 3 (since 2003)
Florida = 5 (since 2003)
Oregon + 6 (since 2003

Boise State = 2 home losses since 1999.

They claim to have the best home record of last 5 years, on their official website, 32-1. (OU's record over same time period at home, 32-1)

They also claim to be the "Nation's Winningest Team since 1999" on their website with only 24 losses. (OU? 17 losses during same period)

Winningest team means "Team with the most wins" not "Team with the best overall record."

[sooner518]

During the recent stretch of its success in football, most of USC's regular home games, especially the alternating games with rivals UCLA and Notre Dame, attract a capacity 92,000 person crowd.
oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh wow!!!!!!!!!!!! what a joke

[Jimminy Crimson]

A&M ahead of us?

That's probably the most overrated joint in CFB!

[Vegas Sooner]

A&M is tough.

[JLEW1818]

Been tough the last few years.

[Lott's Bandana]

Winningest team means "Team with the most wins" not "Team with the best overall record."

From their website:

Courtesy: Boise State Sports Information
Release: 04/26/2007


Rank Team Record Pct.

1.Boise State Broncos 102 - 24 .809
2.Texas Longhorns 103 - 25 .805
3.Oklahoma Sooners 102 - 28 .785
4.Ohio State Buckeyes 98 - 27 .784
5.Virginia Tech Hokies 99 - 29 .773


I went back through the schedules on Soonersports...I didn't get any where near 28 losses. (22 through the 1999 season) Perhaps I missed something. Or, they are counting the vacated wins that were later given back by the NCAA?

[pweitkem]

Nebraska at 18? They must be basing this rating on the last ten years. That's all we heard about in the 90s was how tough Memorial stadium was and how their fans were the loudest in the nation. 18 sounds low.

The rest of the list looks pretty close to right on... I'd love for OU to pick up home and away games with the top SEC teams on this list.

[Harry Beanbag]

From their website:

Courtesy: Boise State Sports Information
Release: 04/26/2007


Rank Team Record Pct.

1.Boise State Broncos 102 - 24 .809
2.Texas Longhorns 103 - 25 .805
3.Oklahoma Sooners 102 - 28 .785
4.Ohio State Buckeyes 98 - 27 .784
5.Virginia Tech Hokies 99 - 29 .773


I went back through the schedules on Soonersports...I didn't get any where near 28 losses. (22 through the 1999 season) Perhaps I missed something. Or, they are counting the vacated wins that were later given back by the NCAA?


That's over the last ten seasons, 1998-2007.

http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/calc-wp.pl?start=1998&end=2007&rpct=30&min=5&se=on&by=Win+Pct

[Lott's Bandana]

That's over the last ten seasons, 1998-2007.

http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/calc-wp.pl?start=1998&end=2007&rpct=30&min=5&se=on&by=Win+Pct

Thanks Harry, their website says 1999 so I didn't include 1998. They need to do some updatin.

[Sooner in Tampa]

Man...all of the money that Booger paid and he can't get his alma mater into the top 25.

HAHAHAHA

[Frozen Sooner]

From their website:

Courtesy: Boise State Sports Information
Release: 04/26/2007


Rank Team Record Pct.

1.Boise State Broncos 102 - 24 .809
2.Texas Longhorns 103 - 25 .805
3.Oklahoma Sooners 102 - 28 .785
4.Ohio State Buckeyes 98 - 27 .784
5.Virginia Tech Hokies 99 - 29 .773


I went back through the schedules on Soonersports...I didn't get any where near 28 losses. (22 through the 1999 season) Perhaps I missed something. Or, they are counting the vacated wins that were later given back by the NCAA?

Not my fault they don't know what "winningest" means. :D

[JLEW1818]

Just look how many extra games OU, ut, and vtech have played. As far as conference championship games. Boise and tosu dont play crap.

[sooneron]

It's nice to see us ahead of some vaunted sec stadiums. I can't believe we beat out BD!!! :eek:

[shaun4411]

does the above statistic include post season play?

[Harry Beanbag]

yes

[yermom]

one of Boise State's losses was in a bowl game on their home field as well, they have only lost one game in the regular season at home since '99

[josh09]

Oregon #5? Puhleeaaase.

[soonerboy_odanorth]

The rest of the list looks pretty close to right on... I'd love for OU to pick up home and away games with the top SEC teams on this list.

Your wish is Joe C's command:

http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/schedule.cfm?seasonid=2009

Course you're gonna have to wait a stitch. Heck, by then we may have capacity of > 90,000.

[StoopTroup]

I really couldn't care about who's the toughest as long as we beat everyone of those folks like a drum for the next 100 years.

[CrimsonandCreamForever]

Your wish is Joe C's command:

http://www.soonerstats.com/football/seasons/schedule.cfm?seasonid=2009

Course you're gonna have to wait a stitch. Heck, by then we may have capacity of > 90,000.

Psst, hey, Joe C.! The whorns are enclosing their south end zone. . .

[JLEW1818]

one of Boise State's losses was in a bowl game on their home field as well, they have only lost one game in the regular season at home since '99

how many ranked teams have the played at home?

[SoonerinSouthlake]

Psst, hey, Joe C.! The whorns are enclosing their south end zone. . .

More like....PSST President Boren, you think you can get the Gaylord family to kick in another 20 Mil or so?

[yermom]

how many ranked teams have the played at home?

more to the point, they are in the WAC, please

[RedstickSooner]

Oregon #5? Puhleeaaase.

Did you not watch the game?

When you OWN your own refs, it's a VERY hard place for the visiting team to win. I'm surprised they aren't number 1.

[JLEW1818]

Did you not watch the game?

When you OWN your own refs, it's a VERY hard place for the visiting team to win. I'm surprised they aren't number 1.

HaHa I agree. The thing that bugs me is some people are ranking them high this year and a possible BCS bowl, I just don't see it?

[Jason White's Third Knee]

I can take issue with Tenn and Clemson being ahead of us, but not Oregon.


I doubt if anyone can win in Oregon if the game goes the way it did against us.

[Outopia]

how many ranked teams have the(y) played at home?

That number is either "Zero", or a number very close to "Zero".

[Outopia]

Man...all of the money that Booger paid and he can't get his alma mater into the top 25.

HAHAHAHA

Not even Baboon Pickens has enough money to get people interested enough in that moribund program to pay to see them play. Even he, has his limitations. His money can't keep him alive long enough to ever see his guys ever become real winners, and it can't buy OSU any fans. Then he hires a brown nose golf coach as AD, and an under-qualified yes man as coach of the Football team. Makes you wonder, with choices like that, how he ever became rich.

[ashley]

I posted this about two years ago. Does anyone know the two largest crowds ever to see a football game in history? How about the smallest paid attendance in D1 modern football history.

[PDXsooner]

oregon not only loses at home all the time, we all know how they win at home...

[Fraggle145]

Oregon, Clemson, Aggie, Auburn, VaTech all Overrated... Florida #1 is a joke. Tenn or LSU in my opinion...

UGA, Alabama both underrated.

[Bourbon St Sooner]

I went to grad school at Tenn during the Peyton Manning era. That stadium's huge but it's no louder than OU's stadium. LSU's stadium is everything they say it is. A bunch of drunks screaming as loud as they can, although they still manage to lose to mediocre teams there, such as Arkie last year and Tenn in '05.

I've never been to Fla's stadium but it sounds pretty damn loud on tv. I think Michigan Stadium is a place that's pretty overrated as being tough to play in. USC being on that list is a joke unless you're talking about lining up against 5 number 1 draft picks every year.

[KingDavid]

Great link. thanks! spek.

[KingDavid]

How would you rank the Big XII? This would be my list, I think:

1. Oklahoma
2. Texas
3. Texas Tech
4. Nebraska
5. A&M
6. K-State
7. Colorado
8. O.S.U.
9. Missouri
10. Iowa State
11. Kansas
12. Baylor (you never quite know what to expect when you roll into Waco).

[r5TPsooner]

USC that high...give me a break...

How can a place be that hard to play in when it's usually only half full?

[r5TPsooner]

How would you rank the Big XII? This would be my list, I think:

1. Oklahoma
2. Texas
3. Texas Tech
4. Nebraska
5. A&M
6. K-State
7. Colorado
8. O.S.U.
9. Missouri
10. Iowa State
11. Kansas
12. Baylor (you never quite know what to expect when you roll into Waco).


A&M is a tough place to play. I'd say #2 or #3.

[JLEW1818]

Stanford won at USC at night. Enough said.