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So tOSU wants to be more like podunky Oregon

You know you're doing something right if football powerhouse Ohio State wants to emulate your stadium experience.

Ohio Stadium game-day atmosphere needs energy boost, better music and fewer commercials | Oller

Below is what Autzen looked like when I went to school in Eugene: A big hole in the ground with PLENTY of parking and not much else. Crazy to think that stadium, for a team that couldn't sniff a conference championship in almost 50 years from 1948 until 1994, is arguably now setting a standard in college football.

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member

Oct 30, 2024

Sure. Who is their Phil Knight in shining armor? I think all teams are looking for more of an Football-tainment experience.

SC does it best, BTW. When things click with SC football, it does not get any better. SC has that part figured out - if only they could compete a screen pass or learn how to run out the clock in the 4th quarter.

LA Duck

Oct 31, 2024

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I don't blame you, Waldo, or Pasadena or anyone else not in the know, but Oregon has been known as one of the LOUDEST stadiums in the nation since 2000 and before. NOTHING TO DO WITH RECRUITING OR WITH PHIL KNIGHT!

Lloyd Carr found out when they came to town in 2003 and lost, the Michigan coach said Autzen Stadium was "The loudest stadium I've ever been at".

It's just that NOW finally the world is recognizing this.....thanks to the game vs tOSU and Oregon now being number 1.

For the record Phil didn't ask to help out the football program until 1996. And nothing was different from the photo of Autzen below until the indoor practice facility, the Moshofsky Center, was built in 1998. Recruiting didn't really get going until Cristobal.

So please call Ripley's, but Believe It or Not, no, the Magic of Autzen has literally NOTHING to do with Phil Knight or the current recruiting bonanza or NIL. 😎

UCLA's current coach should know--he was there in 2000 when Bob Toledo said:

“We were jumping offsides and we couldn’t make reads,” UCLA Coach Bob Toledo said. “The crowd was like a 12th man for them.”