Houston stadium and atmosphere sucked

[tyler durden]

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.

Now wait just a second there, buddy, you take Farrington Field’s name out of your mouth. While it could certainly use some TLC, that is a WPA-era treasure, art deco, moderne style, with bas relief sculptures featuring Davey O’Brien, and it is a gem. You want to throw some shade on a Fort Worth stadium, you can save your bon mots for Clark Field.

 

[FrogBall09]

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.

Will that be our first game in a big boy conference after decades of complaining we got left behind? Feel like we had that moment already and had a sell out against a mediocre opponent we had zero history with…

UH proved this weekend why they have never gotten an invite before - they have a small fanbase because despite all attempts to fix it - their students largely still have a commuter school mentality and no one cares about the hometown team outside of alumni

I bet even SMU manages to pack it for their first ACC home game

 

[froginaustin]

Will that be our first game in a big boy conference after decades of complaining we got left behind? Feel like we had that moment already and had a sell out against a mediocre opponent we had zero history with…

UH proved this weekend why they have never gotten an invite before - they have a small fanbase because despite all attempts to fix it - their students largely still have a commuter school mentality and no one cares about the hometown team outside of alumni

I bet even SMU manages to pack it for their first ACC home game

Will the visiting team be one with lots of sports fan alums/fans in the area? Or will SMU need its own fans to fill the seats? If the latter, they'll be doing a good job to get 25k through the gates, and they may draw closer to 15k.

Just guessing.

 

[tyler durden]

Will that be our first game in a big boy conference after decades of complaining we got left behind? Feel like we had that moment already and had a sell out against a mediocre opponent we had zero history with…

UH proved this weekend why they have never gotten an invite before - they have a small fanbase because despite all attempts to fix it - their students largely still have a commuter school mentality and no one cares about the hometown team outside of alumni

I bet even SMU manages to pack it for their first ACC home game

Believe me, I am in no way trying to defend Cougar High. I just know that my season tickets in AGC are up at the tippy-top and we are almost always sitting alone or surrounded by the opponent’s fans. I’m just saying, we have all kinds of viable smack talk against Houston. Attendance, uh, is not where I would start.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Stadium was easy to navigate but that 3rd level was a bit cheap and a pain to get to. But their concourses were wide...unlike ours.

 

[Frog DJ]

I agree that access to the upper deck was poorly thought out.

Concessions were on the ground level, so it was a loooong walk.

That stadium was built ten years ago, when UH didn’t have Big XII money.

They’ll make some upgrades, and things will improve with time and revenue.

The neighborhood sucks, but it always has and always will. Stay on campus.

UH fans were very friendly, and they were highly complimentary of TCU.

Go Frogs!

 

[tcudoc]

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.

I would assume their address is 314 Westheimer. Probably not, but would be cool if it was.