We give a run down of the Big Sky Conference college football stadiums. Big Sky, based in the western states, is one of the many FCS conferences. Thanks for watching!
In defense of the "Big Sky" claim, it's something you have to see to believe. I was skeptical before visiting Montana. Whatever the scientific explanation for the illusion, it's real, and it's weird, and it's beautiful. It's like being inside a domed stadium, but then being inside a much bigger dome.
Glad you liked our state! The Big Sky is best looked at in Livingston. Livingston is on a flat plain where 3 major ranges of the Rockies meet and begin/end. Windiest place in Montana for that reason. But the sky having those mid afternoon clouds dwarf 10,000 Mountain Ranges. You feel like you can see for 500 Miles. The Ranges of the Rockies give the feeling of the sight. It becomes like an optical illusion because Earth and Sky meet and seemingly blend in.
I've seen football games at more than my share of college stadiums, FBS and FCS, and nothing compares to GameDay at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Missoula is a special place to be a football fan
Lifelong San Luis Obispian here. I love your channel and often wondered if anything from Cal Poly would ever make it into a video. Great job, as always. Cheers, dude!!
I live in flagstaff and had the opportunity to play in the dome while attending high school here. I also go to most home games. Love the Walkup Skydome! There is nothing like it ! Thanks man love your videos and love that you finally got to do the Big Sky! Jacks Up!!
I was going to NAU in 1983 and Coconino played Flagstaff in the Dome. Coconino was 9-0 and number 1 in the state. Flag not far back. I believe they had the Dome record for attendance with over 14k. Coconino won but Flagstaff went on to win the state title for the third straight year.
The pond around 4:55 looks more for retaining water in heavy rain than to be aesthetic, which has been requirement in the last few decades for large projects to reduce local flooding.
Washington-Grizzly Stadium is one of the greatest settings in college football. It's an awesome experience with the raucous crowd noise and Mt. Sentinel as a backdrop. A mecca of small college football. The Big Sky really does have some fascinating stadiums. I love the Walkup Skydome and Kibbie Dome. Sure, they're dated, but they have charm. Hold Arena looks straight from the '70s. Would love to go to a game there. EWU's stadium and red field is a retina-searing catastrophe. I flew over that area once and could see the bright red rectangle on the landscape from 35,000 feet up.
Got a tour of Griz Stadium and all of the athletic facilities this summer. Plush, stunning and a cut or two above what you might expect at an FCS school.
I have gotten two tours of the U of M football/basketball facilities and would of gotten a tour of the champion center but my brothers made me late so I dident get that third tour
Tony Romo said Grizzly Stadium is louder than the Seahawk Stadium. Bobcats stadium has come a long way. So had their team. The L is for the local high school (Loyola).
Been to many, and when I first started going the south end zone was grass. We'd sit there and you were constantly getting up and moving back up the hill as it was steep enough that you kept sliding down. Has gone thru several upgrades over the years. Very loud stadium and one of my favorite places there is. Go Griz!
I always loved Montanas stadium. Its the odd seating that wins me over and the fact that the backdrop is beautiful, no, breathtaking, makes it one of the best in the NCAA. Truly a bucket list kind of deal.
My first college football game was Montanas home opener vs Butler this year. Game day experience was incredible. It was really loud and the fans were passionate. I love the stadium design
@@RewatchPJ24 yeah, I dont know if I'd want to live in Montana though. Lol. I'm happy here on the PA OH border. Montana, for me, is more of a passerthru tourist attraction kinda deal but I really want to see their baseball stadiums next. It's really hard to beat parks like Modern Woodman PNC and the one San Fran uses. All have common backdrop features. I love river bombs.
Stewart Stadium has seen some pretty big renovations since these satellite images were taken. The north end zone features a brand new facility including a big screen, new home locker room, weight room, and ticket office.
i’m from sacramento so a big fan of finally seeing sac state and if davis getting recognized. the amount of times i’ve ran on that hornet track are uncountable
Are you going to do the ASUN-WAC conference? It's a conference that just formed this year in the FCS and has some nice stadiums. Anyhow, I love your videos!
Missoula definitely has the best stadium and gameday atmosphere in this conference. I feel like Montana could easily move up to the FBS level and play in the Mountain West if they wanted.
@@YANKEESFAN4LIFENUMBER28RBGuhh, nope! They already tried FBS but failed miserably. Also, got beat by the Griz on the regular. So now they’re back in the Big Sky and still losing to Montana.
Griz are right where they should be. I hope and pray they never try to move. My dad used to play for them and we’d have this conversation and he would make me a believer that they are right where they belong.
Love seeing stuff from Flagstaff on youtube. Looking out my kitchen window I can just see the top of Walkup Skydome. I work for NAU but not on campus, im on campus couple of times a year. I love driving by it. wish I had a reason to see in side of it.
The L on Mount Jumbo is for Loyola Sacred Heart High School in Missoula. It’s common practice in MT to find the side of a mountain with a schools letter up there with rocks or cement. Don’t know how this started.
Thank you so much my Aussie Friend!!! Especially for saving the best for last. You ever come out my way I'll need to take you to a game so you can take in that view in person
Finally the Big Sky Conference and glad to see Hornet Stadium make it on your videos. Also in addition of being one of the U.S. Based CFL teams, that stadium also hosted the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Trials for Track and Field.
One correction to make about Sacramento State's stadium. The first CFL game played in the United States was between Hamilton and Ottawa at Franklin Field in Philadelphia in 1958, when Hamilton's stadium was being renovated. The Sacramento Gold Miners was the first USA based team in the CFL.
I was a student at the University of Idaho while the dome was being built. It was a pretty exciting time. It is a fun place to watch a football game, and yes it really comes in handy later in the season when it can be COLD. it is also used for indoor track and field. The translucent panels in the end zone really brightened up the arena. They didn't have those when I was there.
Sacramento State also hosted the Olympic Trials for the USA for the 2000 games I went to Sac St. and worked those trials. It was such an awesome site to see. STINGERS UP!!!!! 😀😀😀
Weber State added an athletic facility next to the north end zone. Also if you pull up the the picture of the stadium that shows Mt. Ben Lomond in the back that's one of the better views
The google earth view of MSU is several years old. The surrounding parking lots have been paved the running track around back has new surfaces and there’s been plenty of modern editions to the stadium itself. As for the best stadiums in the conference it’s easily UM and MSU in some order. As a fan who has been to games in both this year Montana has better non football aspects, better food options, better tailgating, more fans. However when it comes down to the actual game, the runout, the band, the cheerleaders, the fan atmosphere and the teams themselves MSU is pulling further and further ahead every year.
Don't agree about the tailgating, but I agree with everything else. One thing that is kind of annoying is the stadium is almost empty at the beginning of the 3rd quarter because all the fans are out tailgating. MSU fans, especially the students, have a reputation of being some of the more rowdy fans in the Big Sky and FCS.
LOL Get out of town with that comment. Montana is way better game exp then MSU by a landslide... The fans are just as passionate both ways, but you're not going to sit here and say that the litterbox is better then Washington grizzly stadium.. Yes I'm a Griz fan and have been to at least 75 games over the years so I can be a bit biased but I've been to a handful of games in the litterbox and its not even close. Has MSU improved their stadium in recent years and has it got better you bet it has but it def trails Montana. Anyone reading this comment you're on youtube look for yourself
@@MrIceblue1984My mother was a Bobcat cheerleader in the seventies. During the Brawl of the Wild in Missoula, students started throwing full beer bottles. One of them hit her in the head. Later, the zoolians nearly toppled the Bobcat bus. Things are better these days, but I’d still rather watch a game at Bobcat stadium vs Washington-griz.
@@MrIceblue19841000000000% correct. 05’ alum of UM here. We have better everything versus the Billybob Cats, even much prettier girls … by a country mile. Haha, MSU junior college.
As someone who goes to UC Davis, I can confirm that they do park food trucks on the concourse during the games. They also set up small inflatable game things for the younger kids. The one odd proclivity about the stadium, in my opinion, is that the student section is on the vistors' side.
I'm from Pocatello and I really do like the Holt arena. The seats are comfortable, and you always have a great view of the field. My only complaint is that it's hard to get from one side to the other, but hopefully they'll fix that in the upcoming renovations!
@@heavyizthacrown-5842 yeah true I'm not a big fan of the multicolored seating. But in some concept images of the renovations it looks like they're planning to paint them all gray. Kind of a boring color, but it'll probably be better than the multicolored seats
I went to UM vs ISU last year. I quite enjoyed my time at Holt Arena. First of all, the tickets are dirt cheap! 3 tickets, row 8 on the 35/40 yard line with all the BS fees: $68. That's the price of a single ticket in Missoula! Second: we parked less than a 2 minute walk from the entrance.. for free. What? Crazy! Third: the fans were pretty dang chill. Even got to chat with some players after the game. One negative: The Griz fans ran the beer tent dry. 🤣 Hopefully they will have more stock next time. I'll definitely be going back.
Great video but I think Bobcat stadium could have used some extra attention as it is surrounded by Mountain Ranges and has an ongoing renovation to make it a full bowled stadium, but great video as always!
Thanks for another great video. Portland State use to play at the MLS stadium in downtown Portland. At Idaho State, there's been many instances when a field goal attempt has hit the roof or rafters above the goal posts and caused some confusion about whether the kick was good or not. Northern Colorado really needs to invest some money into a better football stadium. Also, the Kibbie Dome also has a wooden roof structure like Northern Arizona.
Portland State is really a misfit playing all the way out in what is essentially a high school stadium in Hillsboro. Saw them play Montana there in 2019. Almost 80% Griz fans. No fan support. Playing in a HS stadium almost 20 miles from your campus. Why even bother playing football?
@@jasonbarney5587 I know the scheduling conflicts with the Timbers is the reason for playing in Hillsboro. With that said, at least invest some money to upgrade the stadium.
@@heavyizthacrown-5842 that is part of it. However I remember when PSU played at Providence Park in Portland, and were lucky if 100 people showed up. There's literally almost no fan interest in PSU football. The local high schools get more fan support.
@@jasonbarney5587 back in the 80’s where they were hanging anywhere from 70-100 points on teams and the late head coach Pokey Allen’s crazy commercials got that stadium packed
Fun fact: Walkup SkyDome used to house NAU ice hockey, too. The program was cancelled after the icemaking equipment broke and they didn't want to replace it.
The Skydome is pretty sweet honestly. It's not a very big stadium, but the wooden supports on the roof are super cool as is just being a dome. They recently redid the lighting in the stadium to LEDs and they can flash them around when the team scores, way more fun than when I was a student. Plus every NAU student gets into games free, so there's always some crowd even if the team is bad every year. ROTC rappels from the roof to the field to deliver the game ball every game too, always sweet watching that while marching pregame on the field around the logo.
I live an hour away from southern utah university and I didn’t know they were leaving the big sky. The stadium also is talked about as so cool, but it is really tiny when you are there, and they also have a “bowl” where they have a lighting ceremony like the eternal Olympic flame
Washington-Grizzly stadium is the best game day atmosphere in the entire western United States and that includes the mountain west conference & pac 12!
@@abegott6813hahahahahahahahaha! Woo, that’s rich - it really is. Billy-Bobcats don’t have a stadium any more than a junior college can. But here you are, insecure Cat fanboy.
Stumbled onto this video and I always love to point this out about NAU’s Walkup Skydome. If you are brave/drunk enough and no security is around. You could literally climb one of the connecting concourses on the ground and literally walk to the top of the dome. I did it when I was 17 on a class retreat at the university and it was harrowing but exhilarating.
Northern Arizona 's previous stadium, Lumberjack Field, is still there right up the street from the Dome. It has been converted to a soccer stadium for NAUs women's soccer team.
Holt Arena was originally called the Minidome, and nicknamed the "Half-Astrodome." Under the Minidome name it hosted an early round of March Madness and the first professional track meet in the U.S.
When you do the Pioneer Football Conference, be sure to mention that the St. Thomas Tommies got moved all the way from Division III to FCS because they were too good. Sort of like a kid that goes all the way from elementary school tp high school.
Southern Utah red rock views are a site to behold. Here you n Utah there is one more school just down the highway from cedar city where southern Utah is located. It's Dixie State they are located in saint George
Soon to be renamed.. in spite of the obstinate asinine locals who see no problem with the racist connotation. Many modern Utahns dont know or like to remember that Slavery WAS tolelrated in the Utah territory.. Guess where they grew the cotton? >.
I didn't forget but yeah a lot are too internally focused. Can it please just not be Utah Polytechnic? Red Rock State and Southern Utah State sound so much better.
@@FirewolfKnight they wont use Southern Utah.. as it is already in use, and SUU's previous name was SoUtah State College. THat would be inane to say the least. THey likely wouldnt use anything like "red Rock as the Univ of Utah Gymnastic program and supporters would go on the warpath.
Any school that built a stadium with a track around it definitely needs to update it. Build a new one. It ruins The whole feel of the stadium. Plus it’s fugly. Absolutely LOVE Montana Grizzlies Stadium!! THATS how u build a football stadium in the FCS. Go Griz!
4:36 There is a big stockyard in Greeley. It's so bad that somedays here in Fort Collins when the wind is right you can really smell the Greeley. Nice campus though.
@@play712 You're mistaken. The building that collapsed 2 years ago was not part of the football stadium. It was a section of the fitness center about 1/4 mile from Bobcat Stadium. I believe your school's specialty must be being misinformed. That's unfortunate. Cheers mate.
@@kennethbeartusk51hahahahahaha! Billybob Cat fan trying to sound smart, 😆. Nothing changes the fact that the Griz own you, the Bison rape you and your school is a junior college to this very day! And Missoula has much, MUCH prettier girls!
I was a student, and lived in Missoula, and surrounding area before Washington-Grizzly Stadium was built. Guess I'll have to add another Griz game to my bucket list!
The Portland State Vikings have to play at Hillsboro Stadium because they were kicked out of Providence Park in downtown Portland, for the MLS Timbers. There are no plans to build a specific stadium for them, nor are there plans to change Hillsboro Stadium because it's primarily a high school sports venue. Like the whole place is a athletic complex for youth sports lol
THat roof structure at NAU is basically identical to the one used at Weber STate's Indoor Arena, Dee Events Center.. roof structure basically looks identical. Of course the SKydome is significantly larger to fit in a football field.
Sorry, the H is long gone. The students agreed several years ago that they didn't need to monogram the mountain. The L was made of whitewashed rocks that made it susceptible to being re-arranged to spell other stuff. That problem was solved when a group of parents with a wealthy backer hired a helicopter to make a monolithic concrete L.
I lived in Greeley, Colorado for a while and my mother went to University of Northern Colorado. Interesting fact. The Denver Broncos used to training camp on that campus
Yeah, it seems like this guy unfortunately gave Montana State's stadium hardly any recognition. I've been to both, and there both great, but unfortunately you never really hear about State's stadium. Awesome nonetheless.
In the words of Sonny Dykes on the Kibbie Dome, “I love that place. There was between 6,000 and 8,000 people at that game (2011 LA Tech vs Idaho) and it sounded like there was between 60,000 to 80,000. It was deafening I’ve coached at a bunch of big places and that was as loud as any place I have been”
u should come to a game at Washington grizzly stadium it is one of the loudest things ive heard on game day epically when we are playing Idaho eastern Washington or Montana state
Thanks for doing this one. I played at UNC in the early 90s when we played at Jackson Field. Nottingham Isn't much better. I don't want to be too critical of my Alma mater, it's just not a "serious" stadium. UC Davis, Montana, and Montana State have the best ones. Cal Poly is alright. They don't have tracks and they have a plan for their bleachers. NAU is the best of the domes. The other. domes look archaic.
Idaho rejoined the Sun Belt Conference in 2014 after a season as an independent in 2013, and eight seasons in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), which dropped football after the 2012 season. The Vandals were previously in the Sun Belt (also football only) from 2001 through 2004, after the Big West dropped football. On August 18, 2012, Idaho was cleared to stay in the Football Bowl Subdivision as an independent after the WAC announced it would drop football effective with the end of the 2012 season. Idaho would only remain a football independent for the 2013 season; on March 27 of that year, the Sun Belt Conference announced that Idaho would return as a football-only member starting with the 2014 season. Nearly two years later in 2016, the Sun Belt Conference announced via teleconference that neither the University of Idaho nor New Mexico State University would be renewed after the 2017 football season. In 2018, Idaho resumed full membership in the Big Sky Conference, which participates in the Football Championship Subdivision.
In defense of the "Big Sky" claim, it's something you have to see to believe. I was skeptical before visiting Montana. Whatever the scientific explanation for the illusion, it's real, and it's weird, and it's beautiful. It's like being inside a domed stadium, but then being inside a much bigger dome.
I live in flagstaff and that’s exactly how walking your to the sky dome feels
Glad you liked our state! The Big Sky is best looked at in Livingston. Livingston is on a flat plain where 3 major ranges of the Rockies meet and begin/end. Windiest place in Montana for that reason. But the sky having those mid afternoon clouds dwarf 10,000 Mountain Ranges. You feel like you can see for 500 Miles. The Ranges of the Rockies give the feeling of the sight. It becomes like an optical illusion because Earth and Sky meet and seemingly blend in.
I live in that great state my entire life. Wouldn’t live anywhere else.
It is weird. I’ve been to nearly every state, but seeing the sunsets and sunrises in Montana: I’m sold.
Montana = last best place (except for the campus of the Billy Bobcats).
Yes. Big Sky Conference. Thank you for doing Big Sky Conference stadiums
Going to UC Davis games are amazing. You can sit really wherever you want walk around, get food, all while watching the game
Yeah we have a great atmosphere in the stadium
You and the other 15 people there to watch the games have your pick of seats?
@@play712 *you mean sold out stadium
It's a shame they nuked the marching band. I know a lot of their internal traditions had to go, but the replacement band is quite inferior.
I've seen football games at more than my share of college stadiums, FBS and FCS, and nothing compares to GameDay at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Missoula is a special place to be a football fan
GoEags!
Have to check it out sometime Missoula is beautiful !
@@heavyizthacrown-5842 u guys are trash this year so shut it
I have been to multiple big ten and pac games, Missoula is pound for pound the best around.
Missoula is definitely "special", no argument here. FTG!
Washington Grizzly Stadium in the crown jewel of the FCS and Big Sky Conference.
The Kibbie dome is way more famous ngl
Lifelong San Luis Obispian here. I love your channel and often wondered if anything from Cal Poly would ever make it into a video. Great job, as always. Cheers, dude!!
Lived in Templeton most of my life and loved going to football games there. The baseball stadium is pretty great too
Whatever happened to that Stefan Djordjevic kid Cal Poly recruited out of Pennsylvania a few years ago? I thought he had all the right moves!
I live in flagstaff and had the opportunity to play in the dome while attending high school here. I also go to most home games. Love the Walkup Skydome! There is nothing like it ! Thanks man love your videos and love that you finally got to do the Big Sky! Jacks Up!!
I was going to NAU in 1983 and Coconino played Flagstaff in the Dome. Coconino was 9-0 and number 1 in the state. Flag not far back. I believe they had the Dome record for attendance with over 14k. Coconino won but Flagstaff went on to win the state title for the third straight year.
Montana griz stadium is also the loudest stadium. Which affects a lot of teams that come here to play against us!
It’s 6th loudest in the country in decibels at 122. All the stadiums above it have a capacity of atleast 70k
The pond around 4:55 looks more for retaining water in heavy rain than to be aesthetic, which has been requirement in the last few decades for large projects to reduce local flooding.
Washington-Grizzly Stadium is one of the greatest settings in college football. It's an awesome experience with the raucous crowd noise and Mt. Sentinel as a backdrop. A mecca of small college football.
The Big Sky really does have some fascinating stadiums. I love the Walkup Skydome and Kibbie Dome. Sure, they're dated, but they have charm. Hold Arena looks straight from the '70s. Would love to go to a game there. EWU's stadium and red field is a retina-searing catastrophe. I flew over that area once and could see the bright red rectangle on the landscape from 35,000 feet up.
Got a tour of Griz Stadium and all of the athletic facilities this summer. Plush, stunning and a cut or two above what you might expect at an FCS school.
I have gotten two tours of the U of M football/basketball facilities and would of gotten a tour of the champion center but my brothers made me late so I dident get that third tour
Best part about Missoula are the gorgeous and liberated women. My gawd!
Tony Romo said Grizzly Stadium is louder than the Seahawk Stadium. Bobcats stadium has come a long way. So had their team. The L is for the local high school (Loyola).
I would love to see him do the MEAC conference. Those HBCUs have it going on!
Nah
Grizzly stadium is easily the best
Love Montana's field. Hope I can watch a game there someday
You got to. The atmosphere truly is one of the gets in the country
It’s the best .
Been to many, and when I first started going the south end zone was grass. We'd sit there and you were constantly getting up and moving back up the hill as it was steep enough that you kept sliding down. Has gone thru several upgrades over the years. Very loud stadium and one of my favorite places there is. Go Griz!
Best atmosphere in the country especially during the playoffs. Great place to watch a game
I always loved Montanas stadium. Its the odd seating that wins me over and the fact that the backdrop is beautiful, no, breathtaking, makes it one of the best in the NCAA. Truly a bucket list kind of deal.
Yep this makes me glad I live in Bozeman and can go to lots of Montana games. Beautiful scenery
@@RewatchPJ24Legit. God bless Montana.
My first college football game was Montanas home opener vs Butler this year. Game day experience was incredible. It was really loud and the fans were passionate. I love the stadium design
@@RewatchPJ24 yeah, I dont know if I'd want to live in Montana though. Lol. I'm happy here on the PA OH border. Montana, for me, is more of a passerthru tourist attraction kinda deal but I really want to see their baseball stadiums next. It's really hard to beat parks like Modern Woodman PNC and the one San Fran uses. All have common backdrop features. I love river bombs.
I can take that from anyone that isn’t from PA. Top of heap of ugly states with ugly chicks.
Stewart Stadium has seen some pretty big renovations since these satellite images were taken. The north end zone features a brand new facility including a big screen, new home locker room, weight room, and ticket office.
The view of Ben Lomond and the Wasatch to the north at Stewart Stadium is *incredible* too
I love the grizzly stadium! So perfect
I remember going to games in like 1990 and sitting on grass in the end zone. It was best football experience I could imagine.
@@gturcott1 Stadium opened for the 88 season and went to first game that fall. Also sat on grass. Great memories. Go Griz!
i’m from sacramento so a big fan of finally seeing sac state and if davis getting recognized. the amount of times i’ve ran on that hornet track are uncountable
I'm a Hornet fan myself, but I do like Davis stadium, can't hate on that.
Are you going to do the ASUN-WAC conference? It's a conference that just formed this year in the FCS and has some nice stadiums. Anyhow, I love your videos!
I believe MSU's press box is shaped look like mountain peaks, to kinda mimic the mountains that surround Bozeman.
Fianlly the best FCS schools
Lol MVC all day
@@joshb2686hahahahahahaha! Sure, if by MVC you mean NDSU. It’s all you got. The Jackassrabbits are a flash in the pan! 😂
Thank you I have been waiting for this one!
Missoula's L is for Loyola Sacred Heart. High schools marking mountains with their letter is oddly common throughout the Rockies.
Go Griz!
Col Mines too
What's "University mountain"? I went to Montana for 4 years and never heard it called that, it was always Mount Sentinel.
FTG
FTG | GoEags!
@@heavyizthacrown-5842 Shush you. Adults are talking. Here's some crayons to go play with in the corner.
Missoula definitely has the best stadium and gameday atmosphere in this conference. I feel like Montana could easily move up to the FBS level and play in the Mountain West if they wanted.
So could idaho vandals
@@YANKEESFAN4LIFENUMBER28RBGuhh, nope! They already tried FBS but failed miserably. Also, got beat by the Griz on the regular. So now they’re back in the Big Sky and still losing to Montana.
@@gregoryreed8567 shut up you cheated the vandals
Griz are right where they should be. I hope and pray they never try to move. My dad used to play for them and we’d have this conversation and he would make me a believer that they are right where they belong.
Thanks for the cool videos.
Love seeing all the stadiums I'll never get to visit.
Love seeing stuff from Flagstaff on youtube. Looking out my kitchen window I can just see the top of Walkup Skydome. I work for NAU but not on campus, im on campus couple of times a year. I love driving by it. wish I had a reason to see in side of it.
WA-Grizzly has since added a 50,000+ square foot champions center behind the SEZ.
The L on Mount Jumbo is for Loyola Sacred Heart High School in Missoula. It’s common practice in MT to find the side of a mountain with a schools letter up there with rocks or cement. Don’t know how this started.
Thanks for doing this one, I always love seeing people talk about my alma mater's stadium, the Kibbie Dome. Go Vandals!
The Kibbles n Bits dome, 😂. Great place to see a Vandals junior college game!
Thank you so much my Aussie Friend!!! Especially for saving the best for last. You ever come out my way I'll need to take you to a game so you can take in that view in person
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The stadiums are always great, but the. dry humor is easily the best parts of these videos. Never thought stadium videos could make me laugh this much
Finally the Big Sky Conference and glad to see Hornet Stadium make it on your videos. Also in addition of being one of the U.S. Based CFL teams, that stadium also hosted the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Trials for Track and Field.
P.S. love the fact you got the Yolo County reference out when you got to UC Davis lol.
One correction to make about Sacramento State's stadium. The first CFL game played in the United States was between Hamilton and Ottawa at Franklin Field in Philadelphia in 1958, when Hamilton's stadium was being renovated. The Sacramento Gold Miners was the first USA based team in the CFL.
That whole American expansion was such a cluster fuck
Awesome video!! Thank you for this 😁
I was a student at the University of Idaho while the dome was being built. It was a pretty exciting time. It is a fun place to watch a football game, and yes it really comes in handy later in the season when it can be COLD. it is also used for indoor track and field. The translucent panels in the end zone really brightened up the arena. They didn't have those when I was there.
Played at University of Idaho in 1972 for Northern Illinois University when field was outside.
Yay!!!! It’s finally here!
Sacramento State also hosted the Olympic Trials for the USA for the 2000 games
I went to Sac St. and worked those trials. It was such an awesome site to see.
STINGERS UP!!!!!
😀😀😀
Weber State added an athletic facility next to the north end zone. Also if you pull up the the picture of the stadium that shows Mt. Ben Lomond in the back that's one of the better views
I couldn’t have said it any better myself 👍. Also he pronounced the name wrong. It’s Wee-Brr
Really isn't a bad venue in the state. Gotta say I like them anyway
The views in Ogden are great in all directions.
No view from inside Northern Arizona's dome but outside the view of the San Francisco Peaks is amazing!
The google earth view of MSU is several years old. The surrounding parking lots have been paved the running track around back has new surfaces and there’s been plenty of modern editions to the stadium itself. As for the best stadiums in the conference it’s easily UM and MSU in some order. As a fan who has been to games in both this year Montana has better non football aspects, better food options, better tailgating, more fans. However when it comes down to the actual game, the runout, the band, the cheerleaders, the fan atmosphere and the teams themselves MSU is pulling further and further ahead every year.
Don't agree about the tailgating, but I agree with everything else. One thing that is kind of annoying is the stadium is almost empty at the beginning of the 3rd quarter because all the fans are out tailgating.
MSU fans, especially the students, have a reputation of being some of the more rowdy fans in the Big Sky and FCS.
LOL Get out of town with that comment. Montana is way better game exp then MSU by a landslide... The fans are just as passionate both ways, but you're not going to sit here and say that the litterbox is better then Washington grizzly stadium.. Yes I'm a Griz fan and have been to at least 75 games over the years so I can be a bit biased but I've been to a handful of games in the litterbox and its not even close. Has MSU improved their stadium in recent years and has it got better you bet it has but it def trails Montana. Anyone reading this comment you're on youtube look for yourself
@@MrIceblue1984My mother was a Bobcat cheerleader in the seventies. During the Brawl of the Wild in Missoula, students started throwing full beer bottles. One of them hit her in the head. Later, the zoolians nearly toppled the Bobcat bus.
Things are better these days, but I’d still rather watch a game at Bobcat stadium vs Washington-griz.
@@michaelhamel7049and by rowdy we mean insecure and loudmouthed. Also, girls from Missoula are much prettier.
@@MrIceblue19841000000000% correct. 05’ alum of UM here. We have better everything versus the Billybob Cats, even much prettier girls … by a country mile. Haha, MSU junior college.
As someone who goes to UC Davis, I can confirm that they do park food trucks on the concourse during the games. They also set up small inflatable game things for the younger kids. The one odd proclivity about the stadium, in my opinion, is that the student section is on the vistors' side.
Not uncommon. I went to Ole Miss and the student section was on the visitors side as well.
The Idaho Vandals, the only team to go from FBS to FCS, back to FBS and then back to FCS.
And remain consistently mediocre through it all. Congrats Vandildoes!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video.
Thanks for watching!
I'm from Pocatello and I really do like the Holt arena. The seats are comfortable, and you always have a great view of the field. My only complaint is that it's hard to get from one side to the other, but hopefully they'll fix that in the upcoming renovations!
And the multicolored seats need to be updated/painted the same color or something.
@@heavyizthacrown-5842 yeah true I'm not a big fan of the multicolored seating. But in some concept images of the renovations it looks like they're planning to paint them all gray. Kind of a boring color, but it'll probably be better than the multicolored seats
I went to UM vs ISU last year. I quite enjoyed my time at Holt Arena. First of all, the tickets are dirt cheap! 3 tickets, row 8 on the 35/40 yard line with all the BS fees: $68. That's the price of a single ticket in Missoula!
Second: we parked less than a 2 minute walk from the entrance.. for free. What? Crazy!
Third: the fans were pretty dang chill. Even got to chat with some players after the game.
One negative: The Griz fans ran the beer tent dry. 🤣 Hopefully they will have more stock next time.
I'll definitely be going back.
Pocatello is nice little downtown but that’s about it. Well that and watching the Griz come to town and serve beatdowns on the hapless Bengals.
@@playgroundchooserof course it’s cheap, it reflects the product on the field, except when my Griz are in town!
Great video but I think Bobcat stadium could have used some extra attention as it is surrounded by Mountain Ranges and has an ongoing renovation to make it a full bowled stadium, but great video as always!
Ftc
@@davidtolman1266 4 in a row
@@evanrankin5541 ftc. What's your record? Bet it's garbage.
@@davidtolman1266 lol only the #3 team in the country 🤡🤡
@@evanrankin5541 what's your record clown?
Thanks for another great video. Portland State use to play at the MLS stadium in downtown Portland. At Idaho State, there's been many instances when a field goal attempt has hit the roof or rafters above the goal posts and caused some confusion about whether the kick was good or not. Northern Colorado really needs to invest some money into a better football stadium. Also, the Kibbie Dome also has a wooden roof structure like Northern Arizona.
Portland State is really a misfit playing all the way out in what is essentially a high school stadium in Hillsboro. Saw them play Montana there in 2019. Almost 80% Griz fans. No fan support. Playing in a HS stadium almost 20 miles from your campus. Why even bother playing football?
@@jasonbarney5587 I know the scheduling conflicts with the Timbers is the reason for playing in Hillsboro. With that said, at least invest some money to upgrade the stadium.
@@jasonbarney5587 The real problem is that it’s off-campus. No on-campus stadium = no fan support.
@@heavyizthacrown-5842 that is part of it. However I remember when PSU played at Providence Park in Portland, and were lucky if 100 people showed up. There's literally almost no fan interest in PSU football. The local high schools get more fan support.
@@jasonbarney5587 back in the 80’s where they were hanging anywhere from 70-100 points on teams and the late head coach Pokey Allen’s crazy commercials got that stadium packed
Fun fact: Walkup SkyDome used to house NAU ice hockey, too. The program was cancelled after the icemaking equipment broke and they didn't want to replace it.
I attended NAU in the early 80s when they played hockey. I know being isolated from most hockey playing schools didn't help as well
Oddly Arizona State now has a D1 hockey team and the Phoenix Roadrunners play at their arena
The Skydome is pretty sweet honestly. It's not a very big stadium, but the wooden supports on the roof are super cool as is just being a dome. They recently redid the lighting in the stadium to LEDs and they can flash them around when the team scores, way more fun than when I was a student. Plus every NAU student gets into games free, so there's always some crowd even if the team is bad every year. ROTC rappels from the roof to the field to deliver the game ball every game too, always sweet watching that while marching pregame on the field around the logo.
Heads up, the mountain with the M is not call university mountain, it’s mount sentinel
I live an hour away from southern utah university and I didn’t know they were leaving the big sky. The stadium also is talked about as so cool, but it is really tiny when you are there, and they also have a “bowl” where they have a lighting ceremony like the eternal Olympic flame
Being from the San Luis Obispo area I’ve driven under that press box many times! And a great stadium for it being so small as well.
As a recent Cal Poly grad, I always loved Spanos Stadium but now seeing it compared to our conference, it’s nice to see how unique it is!
Washington-Grizzly stadium is the best game day atmosphere in the entire western United States and that includes the mountain west conference & pac 12!
Second only to Bobcat Stadium
@abegott6813 bobcats stadium is trash😂 bunch of gay boys
@@abegott6813hell no
@@abegott6813Washington Grizzly Stadium has been claimed the best FCS stadium by multiple sources.
@@abegott6813hahahahahahahahaha! Woo, that’s rich - it really is. Billy-Bobcats don’t have a stadium any more than a junior college can. But here you are, insecure Cat fanboy.
Stumbled onto this video and I always love to point this out about NAU’s Walkup Skydome. If you are brave/drunk enough and no security is around. You could literally climb one of the connecting concourses on the ground and literally walk to the top of the dome. I did it when I was 17 on a class retreat at the university and it was harrowing but exhilarating.
These are all great videos!!! Lovr them! Can you do D1 Subdivision that JMU is in!?!?!? Please!!!!!
That’s a beautiful stadium.
Northern Arizona 's previous stadium, Lumberjack Field, is still there right up the street from the Dome. It has been converted to a soccer stadium for NAUs women's soccer team.
Can you do the rest of Canadian university football stadiums please
Holt Arena was originally called the Minidome, and nicknamed the "Half-Astrodome." Under the Minidome name it hosted an early round of March Madness and the first professional track meet in the U.S.
When you do the Pioneer Football Conference, be sure to mention that the St. Thomas Tommies got moved all the way from Division III to FCS because they were too good. Sort of like a kid that goes all the way from elementary school tp high school.
Wasn’t it cuz enrollment leading to domination?
Should be D-III, but the babies of the MIAC didn’t want to try and improve their programs so they decided to kick the Tommies out
Southern Utah red rock views are a site to behold. Here you n Utah there is one more school just down the highway from cedar city where southern Utah is located. It's Dixie State they are located in saint George
St. George's Stadium is gorgeous too. But it seems like it will lose the mountain views especially post remodel
Soon to be renamed.. in spite of the obstinate asinine locals who see no problem with the racist connotation. Many modern Utahns dont know or like to remember that Slavery WAS tolelrated in the Utah territory.. Guess where they grew the cotton? >.
I didn't forget but yeah a lot are too internally focused. Can it please just not be Utah Polytechnic? Red Rock State and Southern Utah State sound so much better.
@@FirewolfKnight they wont use Southern Utah.. as it is already in use, and SUU's previous name was SoUtah State College. THat would be inane to say the least. THey likely wouldnt use anything like "red Rock as the Univ of Utah Gymnastic program and supporters would go on the warpath.
@@ZakhadWOW true. What would you name it?
Any school that built a stadium with a track around it definitely needs to update it. Build a new one. It ruins The whole feel of the stadium. Plus it’s fugly. Absolutely LOVE Montana Grizzlies Stadium!! THATS how u build a football stadium in the FCS. Go Griz!
4:36 There is a big stockyard in Greeley. It's so bad that somedays here in Fort Collins when the wind is right you can really smell the Greeley. Nice campus though.
Stewart stadium was renovated like a year or two ago yet your using pictures from before that? You also pronounced Weber wrong.
You should do the Lone Star Conference 🤙
Thanks you man
My favorite team is the MSU bobcats and they just built a new athletic building behind the video board GO CATS😺
The first one they built collapsed. What is your school's specialty again? Haha FTC
@@play712 You're mistaken. The building that collapsed 2 years ago was not part of the football stadium. It was a section of the fitness center about 1/4 mile from Bobcat Stadium. I believe your school's specialty must be being misinformed. That's unfortunate. Cheers mate.
@@kennethbeartusk51 great reply!! GO cats!
@@kennethbeartusk51hahahahahaha! Billybob Cat fan trying to sound smart, 😆. Nothing changes the fact that the Griz own you, the Bison rape you and your school is a junior college to this very day! And Missoula has much, MUCH prettier girls!
@@stevenwagner983go home in December Cats! 😆 Billybob Cats eat my Griz anoos!
I was a student, and lived in Missoula, and surrounding area before Washington-Grizzly Stadium was built. Guess I'll have to add another Griz game to my bucket list!
Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. Good thing it is indoors since it gets cold and windy in Pocatello.
The Portland State Vikings have to play at Hillsboro Stadium because they were kicked out of Providence Park in downtown Portland, for the MLS Timbers. There are no plans to build a specific stadium for them, nor are there plans to change Hillsboro Stadium because it's primarily a high school sports venue. Like the whole place is a athletic complex for youth sports lol
Roos Field is nicknamed the inferno cause of the color scheme of the field.
Look up Pallezetto dello Sport in Rome. It definitely was an inspiration for the NAU dome
I have couple questions, how did u get into US sports?also is there a similar thing in Australia?college stadiums?
We knew you'd like the Kibbles & Bits Dome the most. You didn't even have to tell us😉
Too bad you couldn't find any newer footage of Stewart Stadium at Weber State. They added a huge athletic facility and gigantic bottoms at each end.
THat roof structure at NAU is basically identical to the one used at Weber STate's Indoor Arena, Dee Events Center.. roof structure basically looks identical. Of course the SKydome is significantly larger to fit in a football field.
The L on Mt. Jumbo in Missoula is for Loyola-Sacred Heart High School. There’s also an H to the south of the L. For Hellgate High School.
Sorry, the H is long gone. The students agreed several years ago that they didn't need to monogram the mountain. The L was made of whitewashed rocks that made it susceptible to being re-arranged to spell other stuff. That problem was solved when a group of parents with a wealthy backer hired a helicopter to make a monolithic concrete L.
I lived in Greeley, Colorado for a while and my mother went to University of Northern Colorado. Interesting fact. The Denver Broncos used to training camp on that campus
Have you done the northeast conference yet?
You should have used updated info for Montana State's Bobcat Stadium .. and the views are amazing!
Would make no difference! The place is basically a high school field with insecure fans! MSU junior college, 😂. Go Griz!
Ftc go griz
Interesting Confernce lot's of good staduims
Disappointied that Bozeman (Montana State) didn't get any sort of pan to the surrounding mountains but great video overall. Go Cats.
Actually funny how cats and griz have the biggest stadiums in the conference. Go griz
Ftc go griz
Nahh Fuck That Go griz baby
@@davidtolman1266 yessir
Yeah, it seems like this guy unfortunately gave Montana State's stadium hardly any recognition. I've been to both, and there both great, but unfortunately you never really hear about State's stadium. Awesome nonetheless.
it would be cool to do the Big South Conference football stadiums
Can you do the revamped AAC soon?
Can you do the CAA stadiums!!!?
I have been inside Montana state’s football stadium they left the gate open and you could walk right onto the field
Hahahaha, MSU junior college.
I've been to Eastern Washington's field as they're the nearest college football team to me
Yessssss
Do the Southland next.
Gotta love the Kibbie Dome
Can you do Texas high school football stadiums
What about the Southern Conference(SoCon)? Thanks
In the words of Sonny Dykes on the Kibbie Dome, “I love that place. There was between 6,000 and 8,000 people at that game (2011 LA Tech vs Idaho) and it sounded like there was between 60,000 to 80,000. It was deafening I’ve coached at a bunch of big places and that was as loud as any place I have been”
u should come to a game at Washington grizzly stadium it is one of the loudest things ive heard on game day epically when we are playing Idaho eastern Washington or Montana state
Hahahahaha … little known fact: Sonny Dykes is deaf in both ears. And fat. 😂
@@gregoryreed8567and he brought my horned frogs to the natty and won coach of the year
Thanks for doing this one. I played at UNC in the early 90s when we played at Jackson Field. Nottingham Isn't much better. I don't want to be too critical of my Alma mater, it's just not a "serious" stadium. UC Davis, Montana, and Montana State have the best ones. Cal Poly is alright. They don't have tracks and they have a plan for their bleachers. NAU is the best of the domes. The other. domes look archaic.
The Idaho Vandals got demoted from the FBS? Huh, news for me
Yeah they got vandalized
Left the Sunbelt in 2017 and joined the bigsky.
😲
Idaho rejoined the Sun Belt Conference in 2014 after a season as an independent in 2013, and eight seasons in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), which dropped football after the 2012 season. The Vandals were previously in the Sun Belt (also football only) from 2001 through 2004, after the Big West dropped football.
On August 18, 2012, Idaho was cleared to stay in the Football Bowl Subdivision as an independent after the WAC announced it would drop football effective with the end of the 2012 season.
Idaho would only remain a football independent for the 2013 season; on March 27 of that year, the Sun Belt Conference announced that Idaho would return as a football-only member starting with the 2014 season. Nearly two years later in 2016, the Sun Belt Conference announced via teleconference that neither the University of Idaho nor New Mexico State University would be renewed after the 2017 football season.
In 2018, Idaho resumed full membership in the Big Sky Conference, which participates in the Football Championship Subdivision.
The NAU stadium looks pretty nice.
Can you do a WCC BASKETBALL TOUR?
This is the true WWOS music backing track. Any vids that don’t have this on I always feel cheated 🤣
Gotta do the ASUN-WAC stadiums next
Let’s see big 10 basketball arenas please!