Gems of the FARMAGEDDON Game Thread

[Emo EMAW]

How many ways are there to build a basketball stadium?  They're all nearly identical.

[Shooter Jones]

I can't think of too many people who take the time to discuss or even think about comparing Bramlage to Hilton, like who cares? But it's worth noting that the two buildings are identical in nearly every way. I wouldn't be surprised to know that Bramlage was modeled after Hilton. Dax mentions that the original plans for Bramlage included an upper deck, that's Hilton.

Fun fact:

Bramlage is actually modeled after (& nearly an internal carbon copy of) "The Pit" at UNM in Albuquerque.

 

They renovated the crap out of the pit recently. Pretty damn nice facility, and we could probably do some similar things if we ever decide to renovate.

[ChiComCat]

The comment about giving Campbell 10 years is really good. They gave Ames' own Paul Rhoads 7 years. They gave Dan McCarney 11 years. Those guys gave them 8 bowl trips and some of the best football Iowa State has ever had. I'm sure if they give Campbell 10, he'll get a few bowls and maybe an 8 wins season.

the flip side is the situation KU is in - I think I would rather have what Rhoads did vs Gill & Weiss

You're picking crap sandwich either way, but at least KU was trying to hire a coach that had some past success.  With Rhoads you were hoping to peak in mediocrity.

[MakeItRain]

How many ways are there to build a basketball stadium?  They're all nearly identical.

That doesn't match my experience at all

[Emo EMAW]

Gallagher Iba is the only kinda weird one I've been to.  Allen, Bramlage, Sprint Center all seem pretty similar.  Court in the center, stadium seats going up from there.  Concourse at the top.  Basketball stadium.

[Skipper44]

allen is nothing like sprint or the ood, I mean it had a dirt track inside of it until about 10 years ago

[MakeItRain]

Allen, Bramlage, Sprint Center all seem pretty similar.  Court in the center, stadium seats going up from there.  Concourse at the top.  Basketball stadium.

All of that swimming upstream must take a lot of energy.

[Belvis Noland]

Gallagher Iba is the only kinda weird one I've been to.  Allen, Bramlage, Sprint Center all seem pretty similar.  Court in the center, stadium seats going up from there.  Concourse at the top.  Basketball stadium.

Really, all sports stadiums are pretty much identical.  fields in the center, seats around the perimeter, places for players to sand/sit, concourses/sidewalks. 

[That_Guy]

Gallagher Iba is the only kinda weird one I've been to.  Allen, Bramlage, Sprint Center all seem pretty similar.  Court in the center, stadium seats going up from there.  Concourse at the top.  Basketball stadium.

Really, all sports stadiums are pretty much identical.  fields in the center, seats around the perimeter, places for players to sand/sit, concourses/sidewalks.

You're not wrong.


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[wetwillie]

Quit shitting on dlews gems thread you asshats

[scottwildcat]

Quit shitting on dlews gems thread you asshats

[Dugout DickStone]

I can't think of too many people who take the time to discuss or even think about comparing Bramlage to Hilton, like who cares? But it's worth noting that the two buildings are identical in nearly every way. I wouldn't be surprised to know that Bramlage was modeled after Hilton. Dax mentions that the original plans for Bramlage included an upper deck, that's Hilton.

If there were an upper deck my red hot penny flicking would have gone next level

[Emo EMAW]

Gallagher Iba is the only kinda weird one I've been to.  Allen, Bramlage, Sprint Center all seem pretty similar.  Court in the center, stadium seats going up from there.  Concourse at the top.  Basketball stadium.

Really, all sports stadiums are pretty much identical.  fields in the center, seats around the perimeter, places for players to sand/sit, concourses/sidewalks.

You're not wrong.


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Well with football you have outdoor or indoor.  Natural grass or turf.  Track or no track.  Also trees or no trees.  So like 16 total versions. 

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

The weirdest one is the Hearns Center.

Hilton sucks on the inside, lots of dim lighting and a feaux wood pannelling feel. Allen is the worst concourse imaginable, like a sheet rock cavern devoid of amenities. Oklahoma and Bram are the most similar, but ou has an "open" plan between concourse and arena.  Sprint center is an awful venue. The one's in omaha and wichita are way better.

[pissclams]

you need a pickaxe and hiking boots to reach your seats in the upper deck at sprint center but the bottom bowl is fine

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

You need a hubble telescope to see the game at sprint center from all rows except the first. Source, my eyes

[SkinnyBenny]

I can't think of too many people who take the time to discuss or even think about comparing Bramlage to Hilton, like who cares? But it's worth noting that the two buildings are identical in nearly every way. I wouldn't be surprised to know that Bramlage was modeled after Hilton. Dax mentions that the original plans for Bramlage included an upper deck, that's Hilton.

Fun fact:

Bramlage is actually modeled after (& nearly an internal carbon copy of) "The Pit" at UNM in Albuquerque.

 

Which doesn't have an upper deck per se. Two distinct sections for sure, but not true upper deck separation. I think Bramlage's proposed two-tiered situation wasn't going to be an upper deck either, just a separation akin to what Mississippi State's Humphrey Arena has:


And yeah, it was supposed to be round instead of Octagonal and hold 17,000 people. Thank God that didn't happen.

Source on all of this: shitloads of old farticles in the Kansas State University Archives (5th floor Hale)

[RickRampus]

Quit shitting on dlews gems thread you asshats

Quit shitting on dlews gems thread you asshats