We Need An Outdoor Stadium.....

[Cap'n Cat]

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Howzabout we share Kinnick Stadium as the Jets and Giants do theirs? Surefire attendance booster, I bet!

[06panther10]

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I recently ran into a guy at a bar who played football for SIU in the late 1990's. He started at safety and he told me that coaches, staff and players all HATED playing in the dome because "it was so damn loud!" then he went on to say, "Don't let them tell you they're not nervous going into that dome because we were all nervous as hell before a UNI game in the dome!" He said they ran their defense from safety so he would have to try and call out audibles and plays from the safety position and no one could ever hear him so they would have to switch it up mid-game.

It was a fun conversation.

That's dome-field advantage, the dome gives opposing players one more thing to think about besides the game!

Haha. Thats a good story. I guess that helps to explain the Saluki's never ending losing streak in the dome.

[Twin Cities Panther]

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Rob Weiss, Cap'n Cat and Oldcat at a September tailgater......

Which one of these 3 is luvsbugs?? Dude, you promised to stay away from Loring Park when you came up to the cities for a beer.......

[SpanishMoon]

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I am old fashion but to me Football should be played outside on Grass. I don't care how cold it is.

But you have to admit the Dome is great for when the weather is so bad and raining/snowing.

[JayJ79]

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Rob Weiss, Cap'n Cat and Oldcat at a September tailgater......

Bear week?

[JayJ79]

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I am old fashion but to me Football should be played outside on Grass. I don't care how cold it is.

But you have to admit the Dome is great for when the weather is so bad and raining/snowing.

Same goes for baseball. Too many of these indoor baseball stadiums. (retractable roof or not, it's still wrong)