Houston stadium and atmosphere sucked

[Atomic Frawg]

They also tailgate in the parking garage, which was, uh... different.

 

[Endless Purple]

I think the sight-lines, even in the visitor's section, weren't terrible. The stadium looks A LOT worse from the outside than inside. It reminded me of the Independence Bowl/Farrington Field from the outside, but they put a thin, school-colored facade around it to make it look better. Inside I was surprised. There was plenty of room for concessions and lots of SRO viewing.

Driving around the stadium area it damn-ear looks more like a plant than a university campus. The jumbotron wasn't very jumbo, but it was adequate. Quite frankly, the fieldturf looked thin and cheap and made me thankful for our grass. It has a train station that drops you off right at the stadium. Nice idea, but it didn't get much use.

Cool thing is that Frenchy's Chicken, a neighborhood staple, is right across the street.

Amon G. Carter Stadium spoils us.

Brand new endzone area being built this offseason. Involves rebuilding the upper level of the EZ with suites and a big new scoreboard.

 

[Endless Purple]

Point of reference:
TCU's first home Big 12 game was Iowa St with 42,000 in attendance.

 

[hometown frog]

My photo is too big.

Braggart

 

[CountryFrog]

Point of reference:
TCU's first home Big 12 game was Iowa St with 42,000 in attendance.

And it wasn't at night or against an in state rival who just played for the national championship the prior season.

If Houston had been playing Iowa St yesterday at 2:30 and had that same showing as they got last night then I don't think there would be a word on here about their lack of attendance.

 

[Spike]

I thought it was decent. We parked on Scott Street like 1/4 a mile from the stadium, which was awesome. Spacious concourse and good concessions, Chickfilet sandwiches were nice. The UH fans we encountered were nice enough. Got a kick out of the boos when they kept trying to run the ball unsuccessfully after getting behind.

 

[Ron Swanson]

I will say, the UH fans were so much nicer to us this year than they were at the 2003 game. The 2003 game I got trash talked by everyone. There was definitely a hatred of TCU from the UH fan base.

I got none of that yesterday. Very welcoming fans just happy to get the call up to the Big 12.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Was the old stadium we played in CUSA days torn down?

It collapsed one day.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Wish I could have gone to the game. Visiting the House of Pies after the game would have been nice.

My aunt and uncles townhouse was right by House of Pies on Westheimer.

 

[Double D]

Very friendly fans.

Met David Klingler via Jordy Reynolds, TCU Hall of Famer who played st Stratford HS with Klingler. Klingler very nice guy. We shared some stories from the 1990 shootout game at the Astrodome.

Club setup is weird. I don't get it.

Stadium built after 2012 season. Scoreboards are OK. Hard to locate down and distance, TOLs,etc.

Definitely better stadium than SMU. Probably as big as they could put in that location which was site of old Robertson stadium.

Big campus. Lotta new buildings and dorms. Hard to find an Über after the game. They try to force all riders to some pickup zone. Walked forever after the game to get out of the demilitarized Uber zone.

UH is in Big 12 because of their basketball program. Football needs a lot of work.

Affirmed in part, denied in part.

I found the fans gracious.

David Klinger was introduced to by my friends.
incredible guy.

yep, the stadium is not AGCS, but few stadiums are as good as the Carter.

Their club seats made no sense. Any possible view is blocked by people transitioning in front of the club windows.

Scoreboards are out dated.

water was $2 and they did not run out.

Humidity sux.

Overall I put the stadium on par with DKR in Austn with the exception of size and score board.

Fans seemed grateful to be in the Big 12.

I think the addition of Houston will be a positive.

 

[PO Frog]

Wish I could have gone to the game. Visiting the House of Pies after the game would have been nice.

My aunt and uncles townhouse was right by House of Pies on Westheimer.

House of Guys more like it, amiright?

 

[bmoney214]

My photo is too big.

I have that problem too. I usually just take a screenshot of the picture and then post the screenshot.

 

[Eight]

Wish I could have gone to the game. Visiting the House of Pies after the game would have been nice.

My aunt and uncles townhouse was right by House of Pies on Westheimer.

there is a house of pies in the woodlands if you don't want to drive all that way

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

you act like that is a problem

Not at all. Just responding to the post that they weren't blaring rap at every time out.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

They also tailgate in the parking garage, which was, uh... different.

Texas does the same thing

 

[Froglaw]

Very friendly fans.

Met David Klingler via Jordy Reynolds, TCU Hall of Famer who played st Stratford HS with Klingler. Klingler very nice guy. We shared some stories from the 1990 shootout game at the Astrodome.

Club setup is weird. I don't get it.

Stadium built after 2012 season. Scoreboards are OK. Hare to locate down and distance, TOLs,etc.

Definitely better stadium than SMU. Probably as big as they could put in that location which was site of old Robertson stadium.

Big campus. Lotta new buildings and dorms. Hard to find an Über after the game. They try to force all riders to some pickup zone. Walked forever after the game to get out of the demilitarized Uber zone.

UH is in Big 12 because of their basketball program. Football needs a lot of work.

Appeal denied

 

[PurpleBlood87]

there is a house of pies in the woodlands if you don't want to drive all that way

That's a long way from Fort Worth.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Didn't seem nearly as loud, I never even noticed it.

I think they played Pall Wall's greatest hits.

 

[Fosterpark Squatter]

I had fun but could have had more people in the stands.

 

[tyler durden]

I don't think anyone would be criticizing them for occasional poorly attended games against distant and bad opponents in the middle of terrible seasons.

This was their first ever Big 12 game, at night, against an in state opponent who played in the NCG last year. Outside of having their first game be against Texas, there's no way this could've setup better for them to have a huge showing.

Others have mentioned some poor numbers for a few Frog games in the past as being around 35k - 37k announced attendance. I have a feeling UH might put up several 20k - 25k numbers when they have teams like West Virginia or Iowa St come to town. People can criticize TCU attendance all they want and at times it's very much deserved but given the size of the school, so many alumni who live out of state, and location in a pro sports town then generally speaking we punch way above our weight class in that area.

Fair enough. Let’s put a pin in this convo and talk about it next year on Houston’s visit to AGC and let’s see how much we draw for this in-state, conference opponent.