See link.
http://college-football.si.com/2013/09/25/ncaa-rankings-loudest-college-...
The top 5 as ranked in this article are:
No. 5: Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech
No. 4: Camp Randall Stadium, Wisconsin
No. 3: Kyle Field, Texas A&M
No. 2: Autzen Stadium, Oregon
No. 1: Tiger Stadium, LSU
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And it could always be louder..
... but let's not open that can o' worms yet again.
Sorry I only believe articles written by Mama Giraffe, Bleacher Report, and ESPN. Take your legitimate journalism out of here.
No. 5: Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech, 66,233 capacity
No. 4: Camp Randall Stadium, Wisconsin, 80,321 capacity
No. 3: Kyle Field, Texas A&M 82,589 capacity
No. 2: Autzen Stadium, Oregon 54,000 capacity
No. 1: Tiger Stadium, LSU 92,542 capacity
We would probably be louder if the students would show up and we scored 70 points a game like Oregon
Damn you 1 min 43 seconds. Not editing my post. I bet at the end of games we're louder because there are only a few students left at the end of Oregon's games.
Stadium capacities (per Wikipedia)
5. Lane Stadium - 66,233
4. Camp Randall - 80,321
3. Kyle Field - 82,589
2. Autzen Stadium - 60,055
1. Tiger Stadium - 92,542
Autzen's listed capacity is 54,000 but their Wikipedia page lists their record attendance levels and the top ten are all over 59,000, so I'm listing their capacity at their record attendance. Impressive for Autzen and Lane to be in there with stadiums that have more than 15,000 more people than we do. Tiger Stadium has 26,000 more people than us.
I can't remember what year it was, but one year recently we were number one. They don't just pull decibels from the field, they do averages over a few tests of different games. I think the year we were number one was the year we had about 3 night games, including the Thursday night game.
Everyone always talks about LSU's legendary "Earthquake Game" but I would say this is equally impressive with only 66k fans:
VT vs. Miami football game registers as earthquake
Notice, it wasn't SI who did this. It was actually on the NCAA site that they got it, so that's pretty cool. I'd say we might be slightly ahead of Wisconsin, but the Shoe should also probably be on the list. Hard to argue with the other stadiums mentioned.
Fun fact about our earthquake game: the VT geophysics seismograph is located just off the huckleberry trail behind the south rec fields. Roughly 3,265.11 feet from midfield of Lane Stadium.
In contrast LSU's seismograph in their geoscience complex is located roughly 1,518 feet from midfield of Tiger Stadium.
So while it happened at LSU first, their seismograph is much closer to their stadium and is therefore much more sensitive to changes in rock vibration. Additionally at the time (1988) Tiger Stadium held 80,140 spectators. 13,907 more than Lane Stadium holds. In my geologic opinion, Tech's earthquake in the 2011 Miami game is just as, if not more impressive than LSU's famous game.
(note i did not take into account the bedrock density, or ideal harmonic resonance needed to produce a vibration that would be readable on a seismograph in either location. just keep in mind that there are other factors that need to align to produce a reading.)
Everyone please welcome our official TKP geologist, Cambro22!
geologist, weather man, cultural analysis of other teams' cities, what is this place?!?!?!
The most awesome place on the internet.
I really like how you used "roughly" and then gave a very exact measurement.
But thanks! Now I have some new ammo to throw out at my LSU coworkers when they bring their stupid earthquake up.
Sort of like a mile is roughly 5280 feet...thats an awesome analysis though, another reason why this site is the best
That's not bad company to keep, easily some of the best fan bases in the country and LSU is probably the best, putting my homerness aside.
I remember the Miami game in Lane in the downpour. It was loud, so loud you could see the noise and you could see the steam rising from people's breath as they were yelling because it was cold outside. It was unreal loud that day.
The Miami game in the rain was super loud (and the favorite game I went to) but the loudest moment I ever heard was the Danny Coale catch against Nebraska (Second favorite game)
Yes that was a very loud moment. My favorite part of the rain game was it was loud from Enter Sandman to the final whistle. My favorite game in Lane besides swinging from the goal posts at the 1995 Miami game. That game was amazing.
Other than the Nebraska game my favorite games at Lane have all been Miami- 03, 09, and 11. While '11 had those loud moments and was just a great game, 03 and 09 were great for the consistent wall of sound as we just demolished two overhyped Miami teams.
Miami in the rain 09 and Miami seismograph games were definitely two of the loudest games I can remember being at. The Danny Coale catch against Nebraska may have been the loudest moment, but most of that game was a "boring" defensive game.
Personally one of the loudest moments I can remember was when Dyrell Roberts returned the kickoff against Alabama in '09.
The loudest I have ever heard was at that game. After both teams had come out and both side of fans were yelling, it was deafening. Never heard anything like that before.
With the new scoreboard trapping more sound, Lane could be VERY loud. Wait till we are ranked playing a ranked team at night and we will be shaking the glass again. Sad part is we should be doing that every game.
The first three being ahead of us I'll buy. Camp Randall though?
It's a bowl with high walls in an tight area with over 80,000 people. They've been doing pretty well in their conference, just had Russell Wilson and Montee Ball light up the offense the past couple of years, and have a pretty good fan base. I'd say it gets pretty loud.
Speaking of loud...Seattle's fans are loud.
I don't doubt it, I just don't pay much attention to Badger football. Don't have a good reason to for another 7 or 8 years either, now...
And yes. I'm not a Seahawks fan myself but I can respect any fanbase that brings the noise that much
I challenge the Seahawks thing. No doubt they're loud, but they designed that stadium to retain and reflect sound. I'd wonder how loud they'd be at Michigan, whose stadium appears to be designed to let sound escape. I've heard they're the quietest 100,000 fans you'll ever hear, and this is why. No question, the stadium design in Seattle was a great idea and it's been well implemented, but I don't give extra credit to their fans for it.
I've been told Lane was also engineered to amplify sound, although I was unable to confirm this on the interwebs. Had a friend close to the field for last weekend's seahawks game, he said the noise was pretty comparable to Lane.
Regarding Michigan, their fans are pretty lame. Went to both the ACCCG and the Sugar Bowl in '11. There appeared to be more UM fans in the (indoor) Superdome than Clemson fans in the (outdoor) Bank of America Stadium. Clemson fans were way louder, despite being outdoors and outnumbered (compared to UM fans at the SB). Clemson fans were also way more fun to tailgate with.
My loudest moment in Lane was the blocked punt vs. Miami in 2001. Wilford's drop would have been louder had he caught it.
This. That was the loudest moment I remember, and can't imagine what it would have been like if the south EZ wasn't wide open at that time.
We were really really loud when we thought Wilford caught the ball...
Then we got really really quiet
I got tix from a buddy on the sideline and was the only time I remember sitting on the pressbox side. When the punt was blocked, I swear the stands were shaking. Loudest I've been in there by far. And this was before the south end zone was completed....just imagine what that would have been like!
Unfortunately the loudest time I can remember in Lane was the last minute of the BC Matt freakin Ryan debacle. That was not a fun post game tailgate in the rain but the bourbon helped!
That is the game I remember being the loudest, too...and then suddenly the quietest.
Seriously though, the fans brought it the whole game. That last drive I thought my ears were going to burst.
I would actually put Tech higher.
Lane is unbelievably loud during night games. Oh, wait...
I question any list of loud stadiums that doesn't take stadium pop into consideration. I have watched games in all of these stadiums and while I agree LSU is insanely loud, VT and Oregon can be just as loud with a lot less people. the reorder of this list should be:
No. 5: Camp Randall Stadium, Wisconsin
No. 4: Kyle Field, Texas A&M
No. 3: Tiger Stadium, LS
No. 1 (Tie): Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech
No. 1 (Tie): Autzen Stadium, Oregon
Oregon has fewer people but the stadium, like the Seahawks, has been designed to amplify sound. Another poster mentioned that Lane also was designed to do this but actually it was designed to retain sound which is different. So I'll put them for a tie for 1rst.
2007 might have been the loudest year for Lane Stadium. Will never forget the noise in the BC game and when Chris Ellis had the pick six against FSU. DEAFENING
Paul Finebaum says this list is terrible because Camp Randall and Lane is on there. Replaced them with Auburn and another SEC team (can't remember which one.) He is such a homer. Lane is ten times louder then Auburn and is way higher than number 5.
I don't listen to walking Q-tips. I would bet a Rail he's never been to a game outside the $EC
Probably so.
Went to auburn freshman year and the Tigers played LSU at night with both teams ranked in the top 10. Jordan-Hare didnt even come close to a noon game at Lane.
Speaking of loud, Im pretty sure the Hokie fans were louder than the other tech last night
The "Let's go Hokies" chant at the end of the game just shows how great of fanbase Tech is.