Topic: Have you ever seen a stadium . . .

[murox]

Totally taken over by the opposing team's fans like OU has taken over Tulsa?  Aside from the student section, the entire visiting side and endzone is Sooner red.  Home side may be as well, I just haven't seen it.

[herd2win]

I thought it was embarrassing.  How many fans does Tulsa get for a regular game?  I know OU is only 120 miles away but it looks like 3/4 of the stadium is OU fans.

[2xBison]

i was traveling with an OSU alum today........he was saying that state is 75% ou and 25% osu..........i'm sure he's pretty close.  ou get's all the ditch diggers just like wvu does here.  anyway, i doubt there is much left after ou and osu for tulsa

[Chevy1]

Try watching Tennesee vs. Vanderbilt.... at Vanderbilt.

Lots of Orange.

[herdman]

Tulsa is a very small school. I think it is perhaps the smallest in IA football.

[GreenSteve]

Tulsa is a very small school. I think it is perhaps the smallest in IA football.

Wake is smaller I think.

Here's what goes on...The season ticket holders at OU will pay enough for the game tickets that TU season holder cover the cost of the whole season package in that one game. I'd bet those tickets were going for $500+.

It happens all over the place. In a small stadium like Tulsa's, the situation is much more apparent.

My take.

GS.

[greenskeeper]

I remember when we were in the SoConf and when we came to Georgia Southern or went to the So Conf basketball tourney and spent $2.00 bills to prove our presence,and it literally looked like we took over the stadium...oh and the color we wore back then was the LOUDER KELLY GREEN...it stood out more...wonder why WVU wears yellow now instead of blue when they travel....oh but we needed to change our colors because NIKE corp told us we had too...just how stupid was that decison?

[firstate]

In some previous years, when Tennessee played at Memphis...it looked similar.  (Even though I think it was a little deceptive because the way that stadium is layed out.)...which now that I think about..may be the strangest stadium I've ever been in.

I also remember a couple of years where we turned Kent State green.

[FLORIDA HERD FAN]

Marshall at Georgia Southern in 1996.

[Herd 90]

Tulsa is a very small school. I think it is perhaps the smallest in IA football.

You're right.  I think their enrollment is only 2,000-3,000.

[Herd 90]

Tulsa is a very small school. I think it is perhaps the smallest in IA football.

Wake is smaller I think.

Here's what goes on...The season ticket holders at OU will pay enough for the game tickets that TU season holder cover the cost of the whole season package in that one game. I'd bet those tickets were going for $500+.

It happens all over the place. In a small stadium like Tulsa's, the situation is much more apparent.

My take.


GS.

Actually GS, I think Herdman is correct.

[HerdnClt]

Announcer indicated Tulsa at 4,000.  Very impressive the way they have been able to compete.

[Random]

Take Tulsa's enrollment and compare it to Marshall's.  Then look at the respective home football crowds.  I'll bet Tulsa comes out favorably.

[McGuyver]

Well, they are reducing the seating to around 30,000 next year.

Flip this house

by: ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer
9/20/2007


TU's stadium renovation will be complete for 2008 opener


In exactly one year -- on Sept. 20, 2008 -- Tulsa will play its first football game in the renovated H.A. Chapman Stadium.

Fans who attend Friday night's game against Oklahoma probably won't recognize the stadium next fall after it receives a much-needed face-lift.

"We've very excited," TU football coach Todd Graham said. "We're not talking about something happening three years down the road. So many people for so many years have known what needed to be done here and to see it happening at a brisk pace is great."

Here's what Hurricane fans will see when they visit campus for the 2008 home opener, tentatively scheduled against New Mexico:

A large press box with 20 luxury suites will be built on the west side. A $1.5 million scoreboard will loom over the south stands. Each seat in the stadium will be replaced, with 6,800 of the current seats being replaced with a bench with a chair back. The football field will be replaced with new turf.

Aesthetically, two grand plazas will be on each side of the stadium, with Florence Avenue being replaced with trees behind the west stands. The blue and gold goes away, and will be changed to Tennessee Ledgestone and beige colors to be consistent with the rest of the buildings on campus.

Progress will also eat up seating. Capacity at the stadium will hover around 30,000, which makes it the smallest in Conference USA behind Houston and SMU (32,000 each). The number of "fixed seats"at Chapman will be about 26,000.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/common/printerfriendlystory.aspx?articleID=070920_238_B1_hTUss05764

[mr_ash_1995]

Take Tulsa's enrollment and compare it to Marshall's.  Then look at the respective home football crowds.  I'll bet Tulsa comes out favorably.

I noticed that the majority of their biggest crowds were against in-state teams.  I wonder how their AD made that happen?   Also what conference was TULSA in before CUSA? Anyone know...  :shock:

1. 47,350 Oklahoma 65, Tulsa 0 Sept. 26, 1987
2. 41,235 Tulsa 27, Oklahoma State 23 Sept. 13, 1986
3. 40,785 Tulsa 20, Oklahoma State 10 Sept. 9, 1989
4. 40,385 Oklahoma State 16, Tulsa 10 Sept. 18, 1993
5. 40,385 Missouri 42, Tulsa 21 Sept. 20, 1997
6. 40,385 Tulsa 35, Oklahoma State 20 Sept. 12, 1998
7. 40,385 Oklahoma State 36, Tulsa 26 Sept. 9, 2000
8. 40,385 Oklahoma 37, Tulsa 0 Aug. 30, 2002
9. 40,248 Tulsa 20, Montana State 2 Nov. 17, 1990
10. 40,235 Oklahoma State 31, Tulsa 7 Sept. 29, 1984
11. 39,479 Tulsa 13, Oklahoma State 7 Sept. 7, 1991