This past weekend I have been on vacation with purose. Ive wanted to X off another SEC stadium and I wanted to finally go to Gettysburg, so I also stopped by Washington on my way to Pennsylvania since the Braves were playing to get another MLB stadium off my list also (which I would highly recommend that you skip Nationals Park unless you are trying to complete the 30 or are a die hard Nats fan). So a lot of driving and sight seeing. So this was the reason I asked Selma to do my weekly thread for me this week (thanks again Selma).
My Review of Williams Brice:
Stadium:
Positive:
Its a pretty Nice looking Stadium. It has a modern feel to it. A lot of parking, and pretty easy to get in and out of it compared to many stadiums. It was also cool to see a live mascot up so close and personal (even if it was a chicken)
Negative:
But the concourses reminded me of Legion Field. Parking on the Fairgrounds can be a journey in finding your space and dodging the endless amount of humanity that is oblivious of the fact that there are moving cars behind them while they are in the middle of the road about 5 wide.
Atmosphere:
Positive:
USCe fans are loud when they have something to cheer for, and they put most of the SEC fans to shame doing it. Really until the middle of the 3rd quarter it was one of the loudest experiences I've had. The 2001 Space Odyssey is one of the coolest entrances ever.
Negative:
Like many things others do that is somewhat cool, it can be done so much that it becomes annoying. The Rooster crow, Sandstorm, and the "GAME-COCKS" chant gets very old very fast at how often they do it.
Fans:
I really have nothing bad to say about THEIR fans in my experience (but I do have a lot to say about ours that showed their posteriors in my section to some of their fans for no reason). Ive heard the 2010 horror stories, but I encountered nothing but nice fans who really never expected to win and just told Alabama fans to "beat Clemson for us".
Moments:
Here are two TD's I recorded from last Saturday near my section. Maybe not the best of quality, but I tried lol.
Ranking my SEC road venues after USCe :
1a. aTm
1b. LSU
3. USCe
4. Tennessee
5. Mizzou
6. Mississippi St
7. Auburn
8. Ole Miss
Side Note:
Like I mentioned earlier. There were some bad apples in my section, and they were Alabama fans. One issue right in front of me was this husband and wife (alabama) who out of nowhere started dog cussing this mid 20's USCe law student and her family who were minding their own business, and sitting through the 4th quarter to stay and cheer their team when the game was over. They started turning around saying "Take yalls butt back to the freaking ACC because yall don't belong here", " If Nick didn't just kick your butt for us, then I would've because yall are just butts waiting to be kicked by better people than yall", and a bunch of uncalled for stuff. Then we had idiots throwing things at South Carolina folks (peanuts, ice, rally towels, and popcorn) .
Look I can take a good smack talk and a good ribbing, but there is a clear line between class and ignorance. I just wish some would learn that line.
Overall:
It was a very enjoyable time (aside from our donkeys being donkeys), and I would totally recommend it if you have a chance to go.
My Review of Williams Brice:
Stadium:
Positive:
Its a pretty Nice looking Stadium. It has a modern feel to it. A lot of parking, and pretty easy to get in and out of it compared to many stadiums. It was also cool to see a live mascot up so close and personal (even if it was a chicken)
Negative:
But the concourses reminded me of Legion Field. Parking on the Fairgrounds can be a journey in finding your space and dodging the endless amount of humanity that is oblivious of the fact that there are moving cars behind them while they are in the middle of the road about 5 wide.
Atmosphere:
Positive:
USCe fans are loud when they have something to cheer for, and they put most of the SEC fans to shame doing it. Really until the middle of the 3rd quarter it was one of the loudest experiences I've had. The 2001 Space Odyssey is one of the coolest entrances ever.
Negative:
Like many things others do that is somewhat cool, it can be done so much that it becomes annoying. The Rooster crow, Sandstorm, and the "GAME-COCKS" chant gets very old very fast at how often they do it.
Fans:
I really have nothing bad to say about THEIR fans in my experience (but I do have a lot to say about ours that showed their posteriors in my section to some of their fans for no reason). Ive heard the 2010 horror stories, but I encountered nothing but nice fans who really never expected to win and just told Alabama fans to "beat Clemson for us".
Moments:
Here are two TD's I recorded from last Saturday near my section. Maybe not the best of quality, but I tried lol.
Ranking my SEC road venues after USCe :
1a. aTm
1b. LSU
3. USCe
4. Tennessee
5. Mizzou
6. Mississippi St
7. Auburn
8. Ole Miss
Side Note:
Like I mentioned earlier. There were some bad apples in my section, and they were Alabama fans. One issue right in front of me was this husband and wife (alabama) who out of nowhere started dog cussing this mid 20's USCe law student and her family who were minding their own business, and sitting through the 4th quarter to stay and cheer their team when the game was over. They started turning around saying "Take yalls butt back to the freaking ACC because yall don't belong here", " If Nick didn't just kick your butt for us, then I would've because yall are just butts waiting to be kicked by better people than yall", and a bunch of uncalled for stuff. Then we had idiots throwing things at South Carolina folks (peanuts, ice, rally towels, and popcorn) .
Look I can take a good smack talk and a good ribbing, but there is a clear line between class and ignorance. I just wish some would learn that line.
Overall:
It was a very enjoyable time (aside from our donkeys being donkeys), and I would totally recommend it if you have a chance to go.
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