How do our facilities compare to others?

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ISU has a really nice practice and training facility, with top-notch training machines, etc., but not with a lot of "extra" bells and whistles like other schools. The stadium is better than KU, on par with WVU, and below Tech/KSU/TCU. The biggest problem now is that a lot of schools are adding borderline luxurious amenities to lure recruits... and its working for them.

I like our stadium better than KSU but they are very comparable.
 
Nebraska's football stadium is a dump outside of how big it is. At least it was in the 90s when I attended a game or two most years there.

Assume that was before major renovations in 1999, 2004 and 2010, which combined cost over $300 million, added 93 luxury boxes, 12,000 seats and the largest video screen in college football. It is old, sure, but light years ahead of almost any college football stadium in terms of capacity and amenities. And I'm not really ripping so much as adding to the "arms race" discussion.
 
Just watched Uof I facility tour. We have everything that they have, except ISU does not have the goof off room, (xbox, PS4, pool table, etc...) Their facility is bigger than ours but they spent more money on it as well. Their team room is alot nicer but the rest of the classrooms look about the same.

Overall I think we have similar, but smaller, facilities than Iowa. Considering where we came from before this, I think we are doing pretty good to have what we have. More wins. more bowl money, will definitely help keep our upgrades going.
 
Assume that was before major renovations in 1999, 2004 and 2010, which combined cost over $300 million, added 93 luxury boxes, 12,000 seats and the largest video screen in college football. It is old, sure, but light years ahead of almost any college football stadium in terms of capacity and amenities. And I'm not really ripping so much as adding to the "arms race" discussion.

I've been to memorial three times in the last 8 years. It is a big erector set with most people sitting in the end zones and the west/east grandstands are old and ******.

I wasn't impressed.
 
I really wish we didn't have to be self-sufficient from state funds. An extra 4-8 million dollars would go a long way with this football program.

No thanks. That money needs to be spent on other things in the state. Also if ISU got $4M Iowa would get $12M and UNI would get $14M.
 
Wowsers, that Oregon one is ridiculous. Yeah, makes ours look like chump change. Oh well I guess. All said and done, we are never going to compete in the facilities arms race with the likes of them. All we can do is try to narrow the gap as much as we can. With that said, it also helps us that we will likely widen the gap between us and the non-bcs programs over the next few years.

The ISU wieght room is every bit as good as Oregon's. They have a much larger facility and the extra benefits they get are far and above what we get. One theme I noticed from watching a couple of these videos is the football team has their own dining center. And it seems that the team is encouraged to spend their down time together in the team facility. We don't have anything like that. The bball team does but the football team doesn't really have that I have seen.
 
Their indoor facility and practice field do not even compare to isu.

The isu indoor facility is still one of the best in the nation. It's bigger than most and taller ceiling.

Take a look at Georgia sometime. Many of you guys criticizing isu's facilities really need to do some research.

While I have only toured a couple of other schools full facilities (ours are 100% better than Syracuse) I have been to 22 other college stadiums. Of those ISU is right up there with the majority, and that was before the SEZ upgrades. Sure we don't have some big fancy press box but the overall atmosphere and views from different seats is much better. And for those curious current stadium list is SDSU, USC, UCLA, Air Force, CU, CSU, UGA, GA State, GA Tech, Boise St, IL, Purde, Iowa, KU, Tulane, MS State, Nebraska, Buffalo, Syracuse, Clemson, TCU, and Wyoming.

I've toured LSU, Auburn, and Tennessee.

Other than stadium capacity, none blew me away as having something above and beyond what we currently offer.

Just watched Uof I facility tour. We have everything that they have, except ISU does not have the goof off room, (xbox, PS4, pool table, etc...) Their facility is bigger than ours but they spent more money on it as well. Their team room is alot nicer but the rest of the classrooms look about the same.

Overall I think we have similar, but smaller, facilities than Iowa. Considering where we came from before this, I think we are doing pretty good to have what we have. More wins. more bowl money, will definitely help keep our upgrades going.
 
I was never impressed with Nebraska's stadium. It was a maze to get to your seat and the sight lines were terrible.

While I have only toured a couple of other schools full facilities (ours are 100% better than Syracuse) I have been to 22 other college stadiums. Of those ISU is right up there with the majority, and that was before the SEZ upgrades. Sure we don't have some big fancy press box but the overall atmosphere and views from different seats is much better. And for those curious current stadium list is SDSU, USC, UCLA, Air Force, CU, CSU, UGA, GA State, GA Tech, Boise St, IL, Purde, Iowa, KU, Tulane, MS State, Nebraska, Buffalo, Syracuse, Clemson, TCU, and Wyoming.

I've toured LSU, Auburn, and Tennessee.

Other than stadium capacity, none blew me away as having something above and beyond what we currently offer.

Nebraska is big. That is all. Big. Many of the seats are horrible. I've sat in them. But their tunnel walk is pretty awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC-FQr1A6pU
 
When will the arms race end?............NOT in my lifetime or your lifetime or your kids or grandkids lifetime


The never ending quest to WIN more games each season will always keep the Arms Race going Strong.
 
I was shocked how "meh" facilities were at Auburn. Wish ISU had that recruiting footprint though.

Haverhill U B D Greatest...."Wish ISU Recruiting Footprint"...........U nailed it ....The difference between Texas and ISU is that the Horns footprint is the whole state of Taxess...Ours (ISU)...is the city of Ames and maybe Central IA.

Until recruiting gets a whole lot better we will just keep bringing up the rear in the Big XII
 
Iowa State's goal should always be to have facilities on the same level as K-State, Missouri and Texas Tech. Given the resources and tradition of their programs, they are a step above in stature, but a goal should always be a step above as well.

I personally think Missouri is going to just take off. With their entrance to the SEC, they revamped everything. They will be making SEC money and after having won the SEC East twice in their first 3 years, I bet they are going to make some nice improvements. They are continuously trying to add bells and whistles. In their last year in the Big 12, they installed the world's largest touch screen to one of the facilities.
 
Missouri is still catching up to isu on the indoor facility. Talking about building a new one.

As I said before, many of you just don't get that isu has had one of the best indoor facilities in the nation for the last 10 years etc.

In some ways schools are trying to catch up to isu.

Obviously isu is catching up when it comes to the stadium improvements.

I personally think Missouri is going to just take off. With their entrance to the SEC, they revamped everything. They will be making SEC money and after having won the SEC East twice in their first 3 years, I bet they are going to make some nice improvements. They are continuously trying to add bells and whistles. In their last year in the Big 12, they installed the world's largest touch screen to one of the facilities.
 
I personally think Missouri is going to just take off. With their entrance to the SEC, they revamped everything. They will be making SEC money and after having won the SEC East twice in their first 3 years, I bet they are going to make some nice improvements. They are continuously trying to add bells and whistles. In their last year in the Big 12, they installed the world's largest touch screen to one of the facilities.

Once Tennessee and Florida get their **** together we will all forget about Mizzou. Facilities or not, Mizzou should be getting their *** kicked.

SEC east has been really weak.
 
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