I was going to say the same thing, but I thought I would peruse comments first. It is a nice gesture with the crowd waving to the kids. It is a pretty tough venue for visitors, so Hayden Frye must have known that when he built the Hawkeyes into a perennial contender in the 1980s, after several years of irrelevance, and painted those locker rooms pink. Bo Schembechler used to hate those locker rooms, but had great respect for Frye. The fans are quite congenial in Iowa City, for the most part (have been to every B1G stadium but Rutgers, and over 55 of the 64 P5 stadiums for games).

Also, the endzone at Kinnick has been remodeled into multiple tiers. He was going off an old google earth.

no one cares, that's all iowa has, otherwise they are trash

@@jdickey3 What? Iowa has a good football environment, especially at night games. Iowa City is a pretty nice college town, even if the state of Iowa is not the most scenic. Lots of food people in Iowa, and the program has been pretty good for 40 years

One of the best traditions in college football is that wave to the kids in the hospital. I got goosebumps when I learned about it. So cool!

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As someone from Illinois, I'm just impressed he knew the "S" is silent on Illinois, since most Americans don't even know that.😂

No, Illinois is irrelevant and they’re nickname will end up changing anyway so bravo on mispronouncing their nickname.

In its day, the Illini stadium was classic design, but it is quite run down these days, and for a team that does not win much, they have the 2nd nastiest fans in the B1G. Champaign not near as nice a town as many of the premier college towns in America.

Sad that it is. Maryland and Rutgers do not belong, and my idea is creating a P6, so that each major conference will have 12 teams (9 league games, so after 4 years you would play every team at least twice, and 7 of them 4x) - all geographically arranged. The new conference would be a recreated Big East - with WVU coming back from the Big 12, Rutgers from the B1G, Pitt, Syr and BC back from the ACC, and adding Cinci, Memphis, UCF, USF, Army, Navy, and Temple to make 12 eastern teams. A&M & Mizzou would leave the SEC and go back to the Big 12, along with Nebraska of the B1G, whose spot would be replaced by Notre Dame. Purdue would switch from West division to East to join IU. This way, you have 6 12-team conferences and no teams way out of their region.

@@jdhjimbo dont use logic!!!!

@@jdhjimbo Big 8 + the state of Texas doesn't work. The two cultures clash and any alignment between them will not last very long. The real answer to have a conference for the Big 8 teams and add a couple like Colorado State or BYU if necessary and a conference for the Texas teams.

@@anondescriptobserver6774 They worked for a number of years, so there is no reason that makes TX separate. It is not like the Longhorns are dominating or anything.

@@jbj7599 I am not sure what your comment meant? What is illogical? The current setup is the one that does not make sense - having WVU playing hundreds of miles from their campus, having the B1G stretch from NJ to Nebraska, and the SEC stretch from SC to TX. The leagues should not be above 12 teams in order to maintain rivalries and a balanced schedule.

hehehehe

Wow. Thank you for this. I didn't know that!

There are 200 total columns on each side of Memorial Stadium; 183 of them are dedicated to the Illinois alumni that died in WWI. The entrances are on the ramps leading down from the upper decks, and are a sight to behold.

I believe the bears still wear his initials on their shirts to this day right?

@@eliwilson3902 Yes GSH stands for George Stanley Halas

@@jeffc1347 As I recall, the Bears played home games in Memorial Stadium, prompting the rennovation that led to the way it looks now. They couldn't play pro football in the old version of the stadium. Even more ironic when Lovie Smith (Bears coach who made a superbowl run) then coached the Illini for a few years.

I can’t imagine anything worse than being a kid with a terminal illness and being forced to watch Iowa football. It’s literally adding insult to injury.

@@gumbyshrimp2606 They can cheer for the visitors!

@@gumbyshrimp2606 Actually, ever since Hayden Frye arrived in 1980 or so, Iowa has been pretty good - especially at home. When I went to Michigan, they were horrible. I remember a 63-7 game. Now, nobody takes a trip to Kinnick lightly. They put a whooping on OSU a few years back, and ruined Michigan's playoff chances in 2016 with an ugly 13-12 win.

@@jdhjimbo 14-13

Did he have big teeth, or always smiling? After all, it is called "Haply Valley"!. As a UM alum, it isxmy favorite visitor's stadium to go to. Great passionate fans and a VERY tough place to win - particularly on those "White Out" night games. I did see UM win there once, but also 2 losses. It is only slightly smaller than the Big House, and very loud!

Look around Penn State. Most of their facilities are named after people that contributed either to the school or the community, not some big corporation that had a multi million-dollar check. Gotta respect that.

@@b.d.cooper8671 The University of Chicago was also a member. Michigan wasn't a member for over a decade. They left in 1906, not 16. They were forced out because Yost didn't like the new rules that were put in place over the few years before they were forced out.The Western Conference (now Big Ten) wanted to cut the number of games. They figured that it was wrong and possibly discriminatory for teams to have their meals together, so they didn't allow teams to sit together for meals(crazy). They also eliminated players playing for more than 3 years, required that players not play as freshman, and that players that had played college ball elsewhere couldn't play in the conference. So, if a player played at another school they couldn't play. They only wanted undergraduates playing. I'm sure there were players that played at 2 year schools who wanted to finish in the Western conference. The conference also wanted to band "professional" coaches. I think this meant coaches that played at other schools but then wanted to go another school. Being that Pro football, as we know it today, was just a bunch of amateur teams forming loose affiliations with other teams. Being so temporary, coaches were plentiful. It seemed silly to ban them. l Yost refused to do any of these, so they were pushed out.

Purdue President Smart was founder/organizer. Ironically, Purdue unique in it takes no student, university or tax dollars to fund its athletics, which must pay the school each year. It also has fewest # of sports in BIG, in part due to $$, but also as it remains male dominated school with fewer women’s sports teams. They just announced pretty nice plans for another stadium renovation, though the beer garden will be gone

Chicago left because they dropped football due to the school prioritizing the football stadium for the Manhattan Project and later left the conference due to not prioritizing athletics as much, but by and large still retain some level of cordial support with the conference, and are currently part of a "superconference" of elite institutions of knowledge in Division III. Of course, this video is now outdated as, as of this post, the Big Ten is expanding to 16 universities with University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Michigan State was able to join the Big Ten thanks to its rivalry with Notre Dame.

​@8avexp more likely thanks to its parent school, Michigan, being a founding member

I LOVED that show and never knew that about Iowa's stadium, I recognized the Golden Gophers footage though that they tried to pass off as Minnesota State Screaming Eagles footage :) Every so often my wife tries to find me reruns of that show but haven't found them yet.

no doubt I noticed that too. easy to pick apart things, he keeps it fun and finds the positive. thats great

Yes but 2nd place to SHIIIII Stadium...

I waa gonba mentioned that. Hoped he would mention it.

That's very wholesome.

@@kurtgreaser988 i was kind of surprised he didn't mention it, but hey, the video is about the stadiums not the traditions

Puck Furdue, Go Hoosiers

Yes the spoilermakers have had some very memorable games.

Also in top 25: Michigan State

@@upbeatproductions7614 I don't think so. Sparty Stadium only holds 75,000, which is not that big. There are many above it in college football - not to mention, soccer stadiums around the world.

@@jdhjimbo Look it up. It’s in the top 25 for college football stadiums. It’s also in the top 70 worldwide. And it has good features to it, for example an upper bowl, something mich’s doesn’t even have.

@@upbeatproductions7614 It is 22nd largest in US, which would surely not be top 25 in the 'WORLD", considering all the huge soccer stadiums. Spartan Stadium is fine (I have seen 4 games there), but Nick Saban left MSU for LSU after the 1999 season because Sparty's facilities were subpar, and he believed there was only room for one dominant power in the state, and UM already had carved out that role. They have replaced the trailers they used for post-game interviews, but the entire athletic campus is quite less than the facilities at Michigan. The crowd support is good in big games, but lots of empty seats when MSU is doing poorly or vs the lesser opponents. Now that D'antonio is gone, we will see how the fortunes go forward. He was the best coach since Duffy in the 1960s.

@@jdhjimbo the largest soccer stadium has less than 100k people and a big team like Liverpool fc only has 50-60k capacity

I am so glad the Gophers moved. I have yet to see the new stadium, but my games at Humpty Dumpty Dome were awful. Saw a Vikings preseason game vs the Saints in its first season (1982), a few Twins games, and my Wolverines crushing the Gophers. Was the worst for all 3! The old Memorial Stadium had a classic design, but was replaced by a tennis venue. In the early days of the B1G, Minnesota was a powerhouse, but have largely been irrelevant since the early 1960s - though PJ Fleck has them on the right track. I do recall 1977, when the Gophers handed Michigan their only loss there, 16-6. The Little Brown Jug has been pretty much OWNED by Michigan ever since 1968 onward - though the realignment does not allow the game to be played every season.

I've never been to the new stadium, but I've seen Gopher games at both Memorial Stadium, and the Metrodome. If you want to see some pictures of what Memorial Stadium looked like in 1979, I have a video on my channel of pictures from the Ohio State game.

@@pbcoop62 I saw the old stadium in 1976, but it was summer, so did not see a game there, but I liked its brick exterior and Roman amphitheater look. What is your channel, where you have that video posted? I like the Minnesota campus, and being relatively close to downtown Mpls (as UW is to Seattle) is a plus. I just hate what the crappy "leadership" has allowed to happen to such a nice city. It was one of my regional cities for corporate housing, and always liked the warm weather visits (was -37 one January visit!), and running/biking around the Chain O' Lakes, boating on Minnetonka, the Holiday Light Parade along Nicollet Mall - viewed from the bridge from Dayton's - productions at the Guthrie, and many great restaurants - of which, Kincaids was one of my favorites! Also loved the architecture in St Paul - especially along Summit Ave, the boulevard by St Thomas College. The light rail now is a nice addition to the Twin Cities, which I saw in 2015. The residents cannot let the loons destroy it!

@@jdhjimbo One of the exterior walls from Memorial Stadium is inside the MacNamarra building across the street.

@@dans.7002 That is nice - to preserve a piece of history, and recall the great days of Bierman and Warmath, when the Gophers were a real power- and perhaps, P.J. Fleck can return them to greatness! 2019 was a step in the right direction, but 2020 kinda took a step backwards - though was a wacky season for all in the B1G and Pac 12, since the 2 conferences chose to play the Covid Cult charade - for absolutely NO reason! Best wishes for a good 2021 season!

Ohio State: my man!

After the game a group of App State students went to their stadium, tore down a goalpost, carried it across campus and dropped it on the Chancellor's lawn.

@@marcos3497 The horseshoe sucks, go blue!

@@nperry106 ha. Enjoy the season. It will end in the usual way for you.

That would have been funny 20 years ago...UM crushed them the last time they played btw, so...

that corner endzone seating looks atrocious.

@@rckflmg94 lol

The Fieldhouse is still the home of the womens volleyball team.

Is that where they stick the opposing teams families and fans? Would be a good spot to do so.

@@JonMillerCO No the opposing fans are on west side at the north 10 yard line almost directly opposite. Those weird seats are blocked off for most games.

We love Testudo!

Maryland has one of the most unique and kinda cool nicknames in college sports. I also love their helmets.

That's where I thought he was going before he said the bathroom 😂

Waving to the kids(and staff) is a class move. Imagining the trials and challenges within; young ones fighting for their lives and highly- committed medical people trying to help them. Great things happen there....but nuff said; Go Hawks😉

We were there to visit about four years ago when a member of my kid's basketball team had surgery to untangle an intestine. He made a quick full recovery but you didn't have to look hard to see other families who weren't so fortunate. People who commuted back and forth from their jobs, slept on cots or in recliners (if they slept at all) but mostly had that look in their eyes that was exhausted, scared, and frustrated all at the same time. I never forgot those looks. And I pray that no parents would have to go through that nightmare. And I salute the Iowa Hospital and athletic department for working to make that twelfth floor overlook happen.

One of the signature parts of Badger football. Good stadium to see a game, and the old basketball fieldhous attached has a lot of character, and fans can even use the restrooms there as well. Madison is a very scenic town! Enjoyed the 3 games I saw there - 2 Michigan wins, and 1 loss in 2005.

Plus I like how he ended on a video of downtown Madison, best college town in the country

No lies here

No it’s not the nosebleed seats are too high

@@MatthewHackett Oh yeah? Most of Michigan's seats are too far away from the fuckin field, and Ohio State sits up high

@@chuckyjamesamartin1968 Michigan’s seats are not too far from the field 🤣 plus if you sit too close at any stadium you can’t see the entire field

@@MatthewHackett Michigan's stadium looks like an entire city. Sucks that they can't produce a National Championship contender.

If I recall correctly, Purdue has used Prescription Athletic Turf ever since they invented it!

@@imnotlettingyouseemyname I think you're right.

Northwestern has been natural grass since the renovation in 1997. Pat Ryan the big benefactor insisted upon it.

It always looks cool on tv.

I remember when Ryan was under renovation they couldn't use one end zone and both teams had to play in the same direction. It might be the worst stadium in the Power 5.

Relax. Northwestern just received a $480 million gift to renovate Ryan Field.

MSC on one of them.

@@wmw3629 Most people outside Michigan don't know about the old MAC/MSC logos. The basketball team has alternate jerseys with the MAC on them.

@@MrRockmusicjunkie love that uniform, hope the football team adds that logo to the alternate uniforms this year, loved the script state this passed weekend against Northwestern

@@wmw3629 yeah that’s the one my Great Grandad and Great Great Uncle helped built along with the other smokestacks, my grandfather kept up the tradition and helped build a lot of the fraternities at MSU too, we are proud MSU fans though none of us have attended but I may be changing that with the plan to attend state for my masters and PHD

My former co worker (since passed away) remembered Beaver Field. I think it was by Rec Hall. I think he said tickets were around $8 to $10. The team's actual first "stadium" was the lawn of Old Main and had a capacity of zero.

It does have a real old-time stadium feel, but the problem for NW fans, is that the visitors (especially, UM and OSU) often have more fans than the Wildcats.

I believe the wave is between the 1st and 2nd Quarters - not BEFORE the game.

What? Cal's Stadium in Strawberry Canyon has a classic design, and partially built into the hillside, but atmosphere is not much, and surely not an outstanding stadium, compared to others. Tne jewel of the Pac 12 is Husky Stadium - on the shores of Lake Washington with a view of Mt Rainier - and the classic Rose Bowl used now by UCLA. I have been to every Pac 12 Stadium for a game, except AZ, which I only saw in the summer. I am not wild about Cal at all, and you cannot see the Bay from inside the stadium. Speaking of waves, Husky Stadium is where "the wave" originated.

@@jdhjimbo Dude your tripping. I was at this game: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebWRqKx7t8jDoHk.html You can’t beat Berkeley, and in regards to the bay there’s a massive view. You can see the Bay and Golden Gate Bridge.

@@WestsiderSC Other than showing me a great punt return by a Cal returner, this video answered nothing I said. I lived in SF for 5 years, so saw a few games at Cal in the 1970s, including my Wolverines beating Cal. They have had a few competitive teams, but mostly in the bottom tier of Pac 10/12 football. Their last Rose Bowl was in the late 1950s, for crying out loud. What seatsxhave a viewxof the Bay? I am not calling Berkeley an ugly town, or without views, but the fans do NOT see the Bay from inside. Most games at Cal do not have anywhere near the environment of other major stadiums I have been to (55+ of the P5). I am not pooh-poohing anyone rooting for their team, no matter where they are, but this was an article about B1G stadiums, and some interjected comments about other schools/stadiums. Husky Stadium in Seattle is by far the most scenic stadium in the Pac 12 (actually, the entire country!), and their fans are rabid, and UW has been far more successful than Cal. They were national Champs in 1991, and have been to several Rose Bowls since Cal was there to lose to Iowa in 1958. Speaking of the Rose Bowl, that is a gorgeous stadium, too, which U C Look A now calls home, but sports fans in California are pretty laid-back - college or pro, regardless the sport. I spent 13 years in the state from SF to LA to Orange Co to SD, and the last 18 months in Sta Barbara. I saw MANY sporting events including the WS, SB, 1984 Summer Olympics, college sports at all 4 Cali schools, and all 4 pro sports - including all 15 teams that have played there - Giants, A's, 49ers, Raiders (both in Oakland & LA), Sharks, Warriors, Dodgers, Rams (both in LA & Anaheim), Kings, Angels, Ducks, Lakers, Clippers, Chargers and Padres.

Yes, I remember them being disassembled every December.

LOL, I bet. He never could win the rivalry games wherever he coached. Beating UM in the Rose Bowl helped him get the job, then he on managed it twice his in over a decade...still better than Hairball, though.

Lol

Cheers!

@@TheWideWorldofStadiums SHIIIIII STADIUM... LOL!

I was at that game. The terrapins were blown out 0-59!

Not a real rabid fanbase for football, as they are more a basketball and lacrosse school. Unlike Rutgers though, Maryland has brought competitive teams to the B1G in many sports - but football, is not one of them so far.

I was at the Penn State-Maryland game in 2021. The reason there's so many PSU fans is that some parts of southern Pennsylvania are actually closer to College Park than State College.

I enjoy Bloomington, but the fan support was missing for many years. I hope Tom Allen can keep things going, as the B1G is better with lots of competitive teams. Have been to a couple UM-IU games, as well as a couple others vs KY and ILL. The Hoosiers only won the UK game, but I enjoyed the fans, and Brown County and Southern Indiana is a very nice place to hang out in. Madison is probably my favorite place, but the forests around Nashville, IN are nice, and I have good friends in Jeffersonville - and love the architecture in Columbus!

@@jdhjimbo From what I've heard season ticket sales have been through the roof. I'm going to the IU vs Cincinnati game & we got the last room available at a certain hotel.

@@HoosierBallz Great to hear. This was the best IU team since at least 1987 or the 1967 team, and possibly better than either. Good luck in 2021! That is a good match up- playing Cinci in the nonconference, as the 2 schools are not that far apart. Sure beats another game vs Ball State.

Cheers!

Yep I wanna see MWC stadiums too and Big Sky Conference as well

It's because the Big 12 has the copyright for big 14 and big 16

I liked it better before all the additions. To be a 12-team conference, PSU was fine, but ND was the logical 12th team or Mizzou. Nebraska wanted to get away from TX, who controls how the Big 12 is run. I do not know about an official,moniker registry, but the B1G has been around a long time, once Moo U was accepted. They were the Big 9 for awhile and had U of Chicago in, until they dropped football. I think Indiana was the last school admitted - before Sparty in 1953 to make it 10 teams. There are too many missed rivalries with 14 teams, and Rutgers, Maryland and Nebraska do not really belong. All 3 should be replaced by the Irish to have a new B1G of 12 teams.

@@jdhjimbo Notre Dame likes the ACC more than the B1G. Nebraska was just as beneficial to the B1G (money wise) as the B1G was for Nebraska. Regardless of opinion regarding Nebraska, they’re national brand is still one of the largest and they generate a huge sum of money for the conference. Rutgers was added to the conference to expand the network into the New York/New Jersey markets, while Maryland was added to get the DC market. Those markets probably generate more tv money than any other markets in the B1G footprint. So while they don’t really fit athletically in the conference, they’re pretty much the main reason why the B1G makes more tv money than any other conference.

@@fu-fucuddlypoops6583 I understand why the league did it, but I care about the quality of the league, not getting $$ for the suits. All of cfb has declined in thisxmoney-grubbing expansion Era, and it sucks. I guarantee you, peoplexin NYC do not follow Rutgers football! In fact, much of the northeast does not real,y follow cfb, period. Yes, Nebraska is a name brand for football (though they g ave done nothing in their 10 years in the B1G) and a few other sports. I do not dislike Nebraska, but they belong in the Big 12, and renewing that rivalry with OU. ND likes the easier completion in the ACC, but they are geographically out of their footprint. They played UM, MSU and Purdue yearly for a few decades and occasionally NW, too. ND is not deserving of a separate network, but they like calling all the shots, and since the ACC is willing to let them do it, they align with them. Perhaps, the B1G can add USC, GA and UW, so they can add large media areas! It is insanity, and they will kill the Golden Goose, as over-exposure and Woke broadcasting are already driving folks away.

@@Chris24Adam I realize winning makes a difference. I have nothing against Rutgers, but I do not think they fit with the B1G, and I don't like a conference stretching from NJ to Nebraska. What piles of $$ the suits in Chicago receive is of no concern to me! I understand their motivation, but these 14-team conferences are NOT good for college football. I have suggested a P6, with a new Big East that would incorporate Rutgers, WVU SYR, Pitt, BC, Cinci, Memphis, UCF, USF, Army, Navy, and Temp,e. That would be 12 teams and good competition. Send MD back to ACC to give them 12, Nebraska, Mizzou and A&M back to the Big 12, giving SEC & Big 12 12 teams, and add NDxto replace Nebraska and move Purdue to the B1G East division with their in-state rival IU. That way you have 6 12-team conferences with 9-game rotating schedules, so every team p.ays every other league team at least twice - home and away - every 4 years, and 7 teams 4x.

Stadium, not field....